Why I Admire Howard Schiffer
Howard Schiffer has always been passionate about nutrition. For over 30 years he has helped to develop and sell a number of health food items.
In 1994, his priorities changed when Southern California was struck by the Northridge earthquake. During this time Schiffer realized how important it was to help get basic nutrition to the earthquake's victims. At this time, he helped to organize his friends and business colleagues from the health food industry to make an effort to help to distribute vitamin supplements to those who needed them most.
This was the launch of Schiffer's new charitable organization, Vitamin Angels. Over the years, they have helped to distribute over 350 million vitamins and supplements in 82 countries.
During his travels, Schiffer noticed how many children worldwide go blind and even die as a result of Vitamin A deficiencies. He then learned that high doses of vitamin A to children and lactating mothers can help to prevent this problem. This observation spawned Schiffer's current goal which is to eradicate childhood blindness by the year 2020, a project appropriately called, Operation 20/20.
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Vitamin Angels was established in 1994. Vitamin Angels is the only charitable organization in the world that is solely dedicated to providing basic nutrition to people in need, with no borders and no boundaries. Their strategy is simple: ...
Howard Schiffer Administering A Dose Of Vitamin A In Operation 20/20
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- Vitamin Angels - Providing Vital Nutrition to Children in Need
- Vitamin Angels provides vital nutrition to
children in need. Vitamin Angels believes that everyone has a right to basic nutrition. - Howard Schiffer - Brightcove
- Ever wonder what you can do to help in dwindling world nutrition? Vitamin Angels' founder Howard Schiffer comes by to chat about how a few vitamins have been shaping world aid.
- Vitamin Angels Launches Honduras Multi-Vitamin Program
- PR: Vitamin Angels, a non-profit organization designed to fight malnutrition and childhood blindness around the world, has launched a multi-vitamin distribution program in Honduras that will provide vital nutritional supplements to 55,000 school-aged children each year for three years. Vitamin Angel
- Vitamin Angels - Calender Of Events
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- ArtByLinda ArtByLinda Jun 18, 2008 @ 11:42 pm
- Very impressive hero, great story, thank you
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- Comfortdoc Comfortdoc Jun 15, 2008 @ 2:42 am
- Thank you for joining the Squidoo Superhero group. I remember the Vitamin Angels every time I give the Vitamin A lecture.
P.S. I made this lens for the Squidoo Superheroes Project
I was invited to participate in the Squidoo Superhero Project, making 5 lenses in 2 weeks about the people who have inspired me, mentored me, changed the way I look at the world. The people I just want to say a big loud public THANKS to.If you buy anything from this page, you'll automatically (for free, of course) be sending a royalty straight to the Squidoo Charity Fund, which pays out to nonprofits like JDRF and Room to Read and Donors Choose every month.
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- ... is the Schiffer family. â??Simply put, we cannot rebuild the house we had,â? said Howard Schiffer, who runs the international charity Vitamin Angels. ...
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