Transportation Fund Donations
ABOUT SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN
The Shrine of North America operates 22 Shriners Hospitals for Children
throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. Four Hospitals treat children
with severe burn injuries. Three Hospitals have the only spinal cord injury
units in the nation specifically for children and adolescents and 19 of the
Hospitals treat children with problems of the bones, joints and muscles.
Annually, Shriners Hospitals admit over 22,000 orthopedic patients, 3,300 burns
patients and provide over 260,000 outpatient and outreach clinic visits. THERE
IS NO CHARGE FOR THIS STATE OF THE ART MEDICAL CARE.
ABOUT KENA SHRINERS TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
Kena Shriners provide transportation for over 300 Shriners Hospital patients who
live in Northern Virginia. Kena members transport these patients and their
parents or guardians by van to the Philadelphia Hospital for initial treatment
and for continuing outpatient treatment. We also arrange air transportation for
burn patients to the Boston and Cincinnati Burns Units. Our Transportation
Program is totally funded through our Kena Transportation Fund.
CHARITABLE STATUS
The Kena Transportation Fund is a restricted Shrine Hospital Transportation Fund
for the sole purpose of transporting patients and their parents or guardian to
our Hospitals. As such, donations to this fund are held exclusively for
charitable purposes in accordance with Internal Revenue Code section 170 (c) for
the benefit of Shriners Hospital for Children.
DONATIONS TO THE KENA TRANSPORTATION FUND
You may make a tax deductible donation to the Kena Transportation Fund in your
name by completing the following form. You can also dedicate your gift, e.g. “In
Honor of ” or “In Memory of ” or “On Behalf of ” an individual, group or
organization. When dedicating your gift, please include in the space provided in
the Comments section the name and address of the individual, group or
organization to whom this gift is dedicated. We will send a letter to this
address acknowledging your gift.
You have 3 payment options to choose from.
(1) Mail Payment - Mail a check or money order to Kena Shriners
P.O. Box 456 Merrifield, Virginia 22116-0456
(2) MasterCard / Visa - Or use the form below to submit your donation.
(3) Use
Paypal
Using Paypal will cost Kena a fee of 30 cents plus 2.9% of the transaction
fee. Please use the Paypal calculator below.
Just enter the amount you are paying in the "Enter Amount Due"
red line and then please pay the amount in the last
line "Please Pay This Amount" in bold
