According to LoHud.com, a news site based out of New York’s Hudson Valley, one charitable family puts a lot of thought and care into deciding how to allot their time and resources. Ilana and Glen Meyers head the Slater Jett Myers Foundation, which has contributed more than $500,000 to various programs and charities in the region, mostly those that deal with children who suffered birth trauma injuries and other birth defects.
Some of their projects have included a therapeutic gym for children and other equipment to assist with their mobility. The Meyers had an infant son die of a brain injury 11 years ago, Slater Jett Meyers, for which the organization is named.
“I look at these organizations with whom we partner, and when I see the children I think this would be m the children I think this would be my son,” says Ilana Meyers. “I ask, ‘What would he need now?’”
The nonprofit is made up entirely of volunteers, and the Meyers wouldn’t have it any other way. The organization has been therapeutic for the family and has helped so many other families at the same time.
“When a birth injury happens, it just happens and you’re not prepared,” Myers said.
Cappolino Dodd Krebs, LLP– cerebral palsy lawyer.
