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World Diabetes Day 2022
World Diabetes Day is an opportunity for people living with diabetes to connect, celebrate community, and fight for a better future for everyone who is touched by this disease. Each ...Read More
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Near $7 Million Grant Will Give Officers New Defibrillators
Building on success across IA, NE, ND, MN, MT, SD, and WY, Helmsley granted $6.9M to equip law enforcement officers in Nevada with life-saving AEDs. Our AED initiative totals over $60...Read More
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$6.9M Helmsley Charitable Trust Grant to Equip Nevada Law Enforcement Officers with Life-saving AEDs
LAS VEGAS, October 12, 2022 — Law enforcement officers and first responders throughout Nevada will receive equipment to help victims of cardiac arrest thanks to a $6.9 million grant from The Leona M. and ...Read More
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Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces a Public T1D Exercise Dataset and Request for Proposals
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust’s Type 1 Diabetes Program is launching an initiative to support novel, real-world solutions to help people with type 1 diabetes exercise safely ...Read More
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Las Vegas Review Journal: Grant Aims to Help Rural Mental Health
Following the success of similar efforts in rural South Dakota, the $3.8 million grant to the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services will help law enforcement agencies across the state ...Read More
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$3.9M Grant to Advance Behavioral Telehealth Services in NYC
Crain's New York covered Helmsley's latest partnership with NYC Health + Hospitals to launch a new tele-behavioral health service tailored to the needs of New Yorkers experiencing homelessness. The $3.9 million grant ...
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Helmsley Grants $3.9 Million to NYC Health + Hospitals to Launch Virtual Behavioral Health Platform
The Helmsley Charitable Trust announced a $3.9 million grant to NYC Health + Hospitals to launch and integrate a new tele-behavioral health service into its virtual urgent care platform, ExpressCare...
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Las Vegas Review Journal: Grant Aims to Help Rural Mental Health
Following the success of similar efforts in rural South Dakota, the $3.8 million grant to the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services will help law enforcement agencies across the state ...
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Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants $3.8M to Nevada DHHS to Bring Virtual Crisis Care Program to Nevada
LAS VEGAS, June 29, 2022 — The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust is granting $3.8 million to the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services to equip 11 law enforcement agencies with ...
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American Heart Association, Helmsley Charitable Trust announce $9.3 million in Helmsley grants to expand and enhance rural health and stroke care
$6.3 million will support Mission: Lifeline Stroke in Iowa and $3 million will support improved health in rural communities through HeartCorps
DES MOINES, Iowa, June 23, 2022 – The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association announced a statewide commitment of $7.5 million for its Mission: Lifeline Stroke initiative to strengthen the full spectrum of stroke care in Iowa. The foundation of this new initiative is a $6.3 ...
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New Report on Bolstering Mental Health Crisis Response
Today, the Bipartisan Policy Center released a new report with recommendations for improving the nation’s mental health crisis response system, including the rollout of the new 988 service. 988 ultimately seeks ...
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$18 Million Grant to Provide AEDs Across Minnesota
A new, three-year project funded through an $18.8 million grant from Helmsley seeks to equip every law enforcement officer and first responder in Minnesota with an AED, or an automatic external ...
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A Preview of Helmsley at Aspen Ideas: Health
Crohn’s Disease Program Director Dr. Paul Scholl has a post in the Aspen Ideas blog, highlighting our upcoming panel at Aspen Ideas: Health.
Grant Initiative Supports Purchasing 50 Ultrasound Devices in Nevada
For rural Nevada patients, access to ultrasound might be hours away. Helmsley is doing our part to improve care close to home through a $4.2 million grant to put more ultrasound ...
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Avera Health, JDRF, and the Helmsley Charitable Trust Partner to Provide Virtual Health Care to Schools in Underserved Communities
Program focuses on installing virtual nursing programs in schools and is currently recruiting schools and students for research
NEW YORK and SIOUX FALLS, MAY 25, 2022— Avera Health, JDRF, and The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust announce the creation of the eCare School Health T1D Demonstration Project to address disparities in access to school health care, starting with ...
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Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants $4.2M to Help Nevada Facilities Purchase State-of-the-Art Ultrasound Equipment and Bolster the Sonography Workforce
LAS VEGAS — The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has granted $4.2 million to help rural, frontier, and urban hospitals and health centers across Nevada purchase more than 50 ultrasound ...
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New Bison Center to Open at Custer State Park
The story of the bison is intertwined with North America's history, and now more readily understood with the opening of the new Bison Center at Custer State Park, home to ...
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Jerusalem Post: Revolutionizing Medical Practice in Israel’s Northern Periphery
This week’s Jerusalem Post covered Helmsley’s work with Zefat Academic College to help meet the unique health needs of communities in northern Israel. Two million people live in ...
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Honoring 74 Years of Israel’s Independence
The State of Israel marks its 74th year of nationhood today. Helmsley joins our friends and partners around the world in celebrating Israel's Independence Day.
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Philanthropy Age: New $22.5m Commitment for Disease Elimination Campaign
Philanthropy Age covered Helmsley’s investment in the Reaching the Last Mile Fund to advance the efforts to treat and eliminate two neglected tropical diseases in East Africa...
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