Institution: Perthes Kids Foundation

Affiliation: Founder and Advocate

Country: United States of America

Year of Award: 2022

Earl Cole was the winner of CBS Survivor: Fiji and initially established The Perthes Kids Foundation in 2007 as the Earl Cole Fund for Perthes Research in partnership with the University of Kansas Endowment Fund. Earl was diagnosed with Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease as a child and founded the charity to raise awareness, support, funds, further research, and connect others dealing with the disease. In 2015, the Perthes Kids Foundation became an independent non-profit organization that is solely dedicated to Legg-Calvé-Perthes. Since then, the foundation has developed a strong social network of 20,000+ and is the leading organization dedicated to growing a community that works together to advocate, educate, and support one another, as we fight this disease.

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