Healing the Children was established by a women named Cris Embelton who had lost a child she adopted from Korea in 1974. Cris' daughter died of a simple infection that antibiotics could of cured if the medication was available to her earlier. Some years after the little girl's death, Cris happened to hear of another child, this one in Guatemala, who would soon die without a surgical procedure not offered there. She did what seemed natural — and, indeed, inevitable — and arranged for the child to travel to the United States and have the surgery here. That was the first healing act of Healing the Children. Today it is an active and imaginative nonprofit humanitarian organization dedicated to securing donated medical and surgical care for children who are in need. From its beginning with one family in Spokane, Washington, it has grown to encompass 14 chapters in 24 states. Since its inception, Healing the Children has provided first class medical care to more than 174,879 children in 100 plus countries, including the United States. In 1979, Healing the Children began to take shape. By 1981, requests for help were coming in from all over the world and more formal organization was necessary.

Healing the Children FL -GA is 501 C 3 organization that provides donated medical treatment to children locally and internationally. Healing the Children envision a world where every child has access to medical regardless of location.

Healing the Children FL-GA provide life saving and life altering donated medical care to the world's needy children.

Healing the Children serves children 0-18 years age who have a special medical condition.

Our Local Program provides donated medical services and advocacy services to children in our local community.
Our International Inbound Program provides donated surgical interventions to children from aboard here in USA.
Through our Medical Mission Program medical professionals travel aboard to perform surgery on children in their native countries.

Annual Golf Event June 2010. Details to come.

Arlene Rhodenbeck MS, Eds
Master in Human Systems
Specialist in Education

I have been involved with Healing the Childen since the age of 10 as a foster sister and volunteer. I have worked for several years in the arenas of social work, theraputic counseling, clinical supervision/management, grant writing and in-service training/education.

Healing the Children is a mission near and dear to my heart. We have proven to be a leader in humanitarain health care. Our volunteers and staff dedicated individuals who give selflessly of their time and talents to help heal the children of the world.

Luis Cubillos, DDS-President
Angeles Glick-Vice President
Arthur Glick -Treasurer
Rev. Alfred Sanchez -Secretary
Dr. C. Keith Harrison
Loretta London RN
Laura Sudarsky MD

The Smile Train, American Charities, United Way, American Express Foundation, Gillete Company, KLS Martin, Galaxy Foods and David Maus VW.

Our three core programs allow to help children regardless of location. We have proven to be leader in humanitrain services and a strong advocate of children locally and internationally. We able to meet the need of children due to numerous special conditions we are able to treat.

To continue to expand services locally and internationally.
Locally we would like to expand our services into parts of Florida and Georgia that we have not penerated thus far. We would like to increase the number of medical missions trips we perform.

We have increased our service area locally in USA and aboard, we were chosen by the American Heart Association to provide forgein doctors instruction thus earning them an American Heart Association Certificate.