The American Academy of Dermatology has awarded 22 organizations with Shade Structure Grants to help install permanent shade structures for outdoor locations that are not protected from the sun, such as playgrounds, pools or recreation spaces. Each Shade Structure Grant is valued up to $8,000.
The 2014 AAD Shade Structure Grant winners include the following organizations:
โข Boys & Girls Clubs of Cypress, Cypress, California Sponsored by: Elisa Yoo, MD, FAAD
โข Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County, Sarasota, Florida Sponsored by: Heidi Anderson, MD, FAAD
โข Bridlewood Bridlewaves Swim Team, Gainesville, Virginia Sponsored by: Cuong Ha, MD, FAAD
โข City View Elementary School, Wichita Falls, Texas Sponsored by: Linda Reinhardt, MD, FAAD
โข Courtneyโs SandCastle Universal Access Playground, San Clemente, California Sponsored by: Maryam Moinfar, MD, FAAD
โข Del Dayo Elementary School PTO, Carmichael, California Sponsored by: Peter J. Lynch, MD, FAAD
โข First Steps at Monarch Montessori of Denver, Denver, Colorado Sponsored by: Arun Pathy, MD, FAAD
โข Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland Sponsored by: Barbara Honig, MD, FAAD
โข Kasson School Parent-Teacher Organization, Moatsville, West Virginia Sponsored by: Charles Franz, MD, FAAD
โข Lake Wylie Elementary, Charlotte, North Carolina Sponsored by: Meredith Dasher, MD, FAAD
โข Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc., Idabel, Oklahoma Sponsored by: Phillip Bandel, MD, FAAD
โข London Community Organization/London Municipal Pool, London, Ohio Sponsored by: Angela Shen, MD, FAAD
โข Millard Hawk Primary School, Central Square, New York Sponsored by: Ibrahim Tangoren, MD, FAAD
โข Morgan Elementary School, Clemmons, North Carolina Sponsored by: Wesley Hawfield, MD, FAAD
โข North Topsail Elementary School PTA, Hampstead, North Carolina Sponsored by: James Appel, MD, FAAD
โข Oak Grove Elementary School, Lexington, South Carolina Sponsored by: Jim Chow, MD, FAAD โข Olde Providence Elementary School, Charlotte, North Carolina Sponsored by: David Schulman, MD, FAAD
โข RSU 18 Atwood Primary School, Oakland, Maine Sponsored by: Peter H. Bouman, MD, FAAD
โข Sandstone Elementary PTA, Billings, Montana Sponsored by: Roberta Hawk, MD, FAAD
โข Tice Elementary, Houston, Texas Sponsored by: Paula Leis, MD, FAAD
โข Wayne Township Preschool, Indianapolis, Indiana Sponsored by: Robert McCallister, MD, FAAD
โข YMCA of Broward County-Weston YMCA Family Center, Weston, Florida Sponsored by: Quang Le, MD, FAAD
Since its founding in 2000, the Shade Structure Grant Program has awarded more than 300 shade structure grants to organizations across the country. These structures provide shade for more than half a million individuals each day.This program is part of the Academyโs SPOT Skin Cancerโข campaign to create a world without skin cancer through public awareness, community outreach programs and services, and advocacy that promote the prevention, detection and care of skin cancer.