Our partners at SeriousFun provide transformative camp and recreational experiences for children living with serious illness and their families, always free of charge. In this Q&A, Dr. Blaisdell dives into what makes a disease rare, and why play is so important for kids navigating these conditions.

Rite Aid Healthy Futures has committed $1.25 million in grant funding to six leading youth mental health organizations, joining the response to a generational crisis that has ravaged communities and highlighted the need for increased investment and attention.

Rite Aid Healthy Futures has renewed its partnership with Girls on the Run through a $1 million grant supporting the organization’s continued inclusion, diversity, equity and access (IDEA) work.

As the United States continues to confront the long-standing effects of systemic racism and ongoing discrimination, EmbraceRace has received an additional $1 million from Rite Aid Healthy Futures to support its important work helping children learn about race in healthy, identity-affirming ways.

With aims to address the toughest health and wellness challenges facing kids today, Rite Aid Healthy Futures on Giving Tuesday announced it has awarded over $4 million in neighborhood grants to more than 400 grassroots nonprofit organizations that work to create healthier, more equitable neighborhoods.

An expanded partnership between Rite Aid Healthy Futures and SeriousFun Children’s Network will advance critical new racial and health equity programs, helping ensure kids from all backgrounds can grow and thrive at camp this summer and beyond.