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The Monday Life
The Monday Life is a 501(c)(3) national non-profit organization that works toward the welfare of hospitalized children by improving their patient environments.[1] The organization has a crowd-sourced fundraising platform, in which donors can give $1 every Monday.[2][3] HistoryJoey McMahon started The Monday Life after his grandfather died of bone cancer in 2009. McMahon had grown up volunteering at Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center and noticed that the hospital environment impacted healing outcomes.[1] The organization was launched in 2011 and initially worked with Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center. In 2012, The Monday Life began to partner with other hospitals.[4] In 2013, The Monday Life was featured in a segment of Google's and Mashable's Giving Tuesday Hangout-a-thon.[5][6] The organization has worked with the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, including filming a video with players and patients which was featured on both CBS and NBC Sports.[7] MissionThe organization aims to help hospitalized children experience health, happiness, and hope through improved patient environments.[8] The organization listens directly to nurses, child health professionals, and patients when funding projects.[9] Requests from nurses have led the organization to support many ideas, including iPads, art supplies, a new playground, movie nights, djembe drums, and padding for beds.[8] In 2015, The Monday Life brought an interactive 3D V-pod Sensory Unit, created by Amazing Interactives, to Brenner Children's Hospital.[6] References
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