For Immediate Release                                                                 January 21, 2010
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Seattle, WA – The Moyer Foundation (www.MoyerFoundation.org), founded by Major League Baseball pitcher, Jamie Moyer and his wife, Karen, today announced that the organization will match up to $50,000 in donations through  their “Helping Hearts Campaign” that was created to support emergency relief efforts specifically targeted to helping child victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti.  

"We are all human beings with compassion, and we need to end the suffering,” said Jamie Moyer, MLBs winningest active pitcher and Co-founder of The Moyer Foundation. “As an athlete, I hope that my fans, Phillies fans, Moyer Foundation fans and anyone who supports our mission will team up with us on this effort to help children in Haiti.”

More than two million children have been affected already by this tragedy. In keeping with the Foundation’s mission of helping children in distress, The Moyer Foundation has created a partnership with Free the Children to help fund emergency relief and medical supplies to get immediate, effective, primary health care and support to the hardest-hit communities where so many children are at risk.  

Co-Founder of The Moyer Foundation, Karen Moyer has worked directly with the Founder of Free The Children, Craig Kielburger on previous relief and outreach efforts.

“Free The Children has been in Haiti for a decade serving kids. We are so grateful for the support made possible by The Moyer Foundation.   With this support, over the past days, we've run supply convoys, ensured the safety at our school sites, one of which is home to one-hundred and seventy-two Port au Prince orphans, and are continuing to put every ounce of our heart into the work on the ground work with our partners and NGOs,” said Keilburger in response to the Foundation’s fundraising efforts.

The Moyer Foundation created the “Helping Hearts Campaign” to facilitate support for those in Haiti from their network of sponsors, donors and supporters. One hundred percent of the donations to the campaign will go directly to the Haiti relief efforts lead by Free The Children. To make a donation to the campaign, please visit MoyerFoundation.org.

About The Moyer Foundation - Celebrating 10 in 2010: 10 years of helping children in distress
The Moyer Foundation – (a public, 501 c 3 organization) headquartered in Seattle, WA, was founded in 2000 by World Series champion, Major League All-Star pitcher, Jamie Moyer and his wife, Karen. The Foundation’s mission is to provide comfort and support to children enduring a time of profound physical, emotional or financial distress. With the community’s support, The Moyer Foundation has raised over $19 million to assist hundreds of local programs that directly serve the needs of children in severe distress. In addition to community grants, The Moyer Foundation also created and funds Camp Erin, the largest bereavement camp in the country for grieving children and teens; Camp Mariposa, for children affected by addiction/substance abuse in their families; and community partnerships such as The Gregory Fund – for early cancer-detection research.  The Moyer Foundation raises funds through many special events, corporate partners and individual donors. One hundred percent of individual donations benefit children in distress.

About Free The Children
Free The Children is the world's largest network of children helping children through education, with more than one million youth involved in innovative education and development programs in 45 countries. Founded in 1995 by international child rights activist Craig Kielburger, Free The Children has a proven track record of success. The organization has received the World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the child (also known as the Children's Nobel Prize), the Human Rights Award from the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations, and has formed successful partnerships with leading school boards and Oprah's Angel Network.