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The Clairity Ball, a fundraiser to support Claire’s Place Foundation, was held in Santa Monica, California on October 22, 2022. Awards were given to longtime Claire’s Place supporters. The honorees were Multi-Platinum Recording Artist Andy Grammer, Manhattan Beach Vice Mayor Richard Montgomery and NorthStar Moving Co-Founders Laura McHolm & Ram Katalan, who received the Clairity Partner Award for over a decade of dedication to the foundation and the entire CF community. Laura has been a member of the Claire’s Place Foundation Board since its founding and serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. NorthStar Moving supports all of the annual fundraisers and donates moving services to the CF community.
Event photos by Erica Joan Photography
Join us on July 16th for our Second Annual Glow Ride for Cystic Fibrosis in beautiful Hermosa Beach, CA. Can’t be here in person? You can still join us by choosing “Fundraise for this Campaign” on our registration page.
Thank you to our initial Event Sponsors: NorthStar Moving Company and Hermosa Cyclery. There are several event sponsorship opportunities available ~ please email melissa@clairesplacefoundation.org for more information.
Philanthropist & NorthStar Moving Co-Founder Leads Foundation Dedicated to Children Living with Cystic Fibrosis
LOS ANGELES, April 18, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Claire’s Place Foundation, a non-profit organization providing support to children and families affected by cystic fibrosis, today announced the election of NorthStar Moving Company Co-Founder Laura McHolm as the foundation’s new Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Laura has been a member of Claire’s Place Foundation Board since it’s founding. As co-founder of NorthStar Moving, Laura has built a company and a life that is focused on helping others and lifting up those in need. In fact, her dedication to the community and individuals was recognized on a national level by the editors at Ladies’ Home Journal, naming her one of “16 Women Who Made The World Happier.” Laura’s passion to help others led her to Claire’s Place Foundation Founder Claire Wineland when she was just 14 years old. Laura was answering Claire’s heartfelt wish to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater LA for a newly designed mermaid-themed bedroom. Since that first encounter over five years ago, Laura has been making Claire feel like a star and has worked tirelessly to help build the foundation. Laura made Claire the face of her company’s blog, Moving Happiness Home, giving Claire a place to shine, and has created countless campaigns to support the growth of the foundation, helping more and more children living with cystic fibrosis.
“Laura is not only an incredible leader and colleague, she has also become a part of our family,” said Claire’s Place Foundation Executive Director Melissa Nordquist. “She may be the co-founder of a moving company, but she thinks outside of the box. Laura puts countless hours into helping Claire’s Place Foundation serve our mission, making the organization a household name and endless time into thinking of new ways she can help. We are absolutely thrilled to have her as our new chair.”
“I am so honored to be elected chairman of the board,” said Laura. “I have been in awe and inspired since I met Claire and wholeheartedly believe in the foundation’s mission. There is such a need to help the families impacted by cystic fibrosis, financially and emotionally. I am so proud of the impact we have had thus far and look forward to helping many, many more families and young patients as we grow.”
To assist Claire Place Foundation’s mission in helping other children with cystic fibrosis please visit their website to make a tax deductible donation.
About Claire’s Place Foundation, Inc.
Claire’s Place Foundation, Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit organization providing support to children and families affected by cystic fibrosis (CF). Claire’s Place Foundation is named in honor of Claire Wineland, now a teenager, who has been living with CF her entire life. The foundation provides grants to families affected by CF, offering both emotional and financial support. A young author of bestseller “Every Breath I Take, Surviving and Thriving with Cystic Fibrosis,” Claire’s unique inspirational model for people living with this disease has led her to be a TEDx Speaker and receive multiple awards including Seventeen Magazine’s “17 Power Teens” of 2016, Fox Teen Choice Awards 2015, Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, Southbay Magazine’s “Top 10 South Bay Teen”, Looking Beyond LA’s “Soaring Spirit Award,” and winner of Los Angeles Business Journal’s “Small Nonprofit of the Year.” She has been featured on Inside Edition, The Dr. Oz Show, CNN, Huffington Post, ABC News, Cosmopolitan, People, Ladies’ Home Journal and more. Claire’s Place Foundation is a way for Claire to give back with hope, strength, and joy and make meaning of what she has had to go through. For more information and make a donation, please visit www.clairesplacefoundation.org.
Claire’s Place Foundation Partners with NorthStar Moving Company to Help Young Cystic Fibrosis Patients Relocate to Healthier Accommodations
LOS ANGELES, April 11, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Claire’s Place Foundation, a nonprofit organization providing support to children and families affected by cystic fibrosis, is pleased to announce a partnership with NorthStar Moving ® Company, the leading eco-luxury mover in California, to donate moving services to Claire’s Place grant recipients in Los Angeles County that are in need of relocating. Whether it is a need to live closer to treatment or move to a home that meets their health needs, NorthStar Moving will move them for free.
Recently, NorthStar Moving moved a Claire’s Place grant recipient that was undergoing evaluation for a double lung transplant and her disease had progressed to a debilitating state. She could no longer climb the stairs to her second story apartment and was in desperate need of relocating to a more suitable, first story apartment. Within a few days, the NorthStar Moving team coordinated her move around her schedule, packed her belongings and moved her seamlessly into her new place, all as a charitable donation.
“I want to thank NorthStar Moving for their continued support of our mission to provide services to families living with cystic fibrosis and their incredible gift and outstanding effort in regards to our recent Extended Hospital Stay Grant recipient. They certainly ‘moved’ us all with their generosity,” said Claire’s Place Foundation Executive Director Melissa Nordquist. “A mere mention of this family and their team went into action. Living with cystic fibrosis, especially during the end stages, can make even the simplest tasks seem impossible. Their incredible kindness, speedy and professional service has made a deep impression on us as a foundation and on this beautiful girl and her family. We are thrilled to continue this partnership as other families affected by cystic fibrosis in Southern California are in need of relocating.”
“We are truly honored to work with Claire’s Place and help those that are in great need of moving to a home that meets their health needs,” said NorthStar Moving Co-Founder Laura McHolm. “We know that moving is much more than a new home, we move for big life-changing reasons and needs. We are grateful that we can work together to make a real difference for children and families living with cystic fibrosis.”
Claire’s Place Extended Hospital Stay Fund is a special cache of funds available to families with children that are experiencing a hospital stay of at least 14 consecutive days. Extended stays are a financial stress and often the children are in a city far from home. If you know a family raising a child with cystic fibrosis and needs a helping hand please reach out.
About Claire’s Place Foundation, Inc.
Claire’s Place Foundation, Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit organization providing support to children and families affected by cystic fibrosis (CF). Claire’s Place Foundation is named in honor of Claire Wineland, now a teenager, who has been living with CF her entire life. The foundation provides grants to families affected by CF, offering both emotional and financial support. A young author of bestseller “Every Breath I Take, Surviving and Thriving with Cystic Fibrosis,” Claire’s unique inspirational model for people living with this disease has led her to be a TEDx Speaker and receive multiple awards including Seventeen Magazine’s “17 Power Teens” of 2016, Fox Teen Choice Awards 2015, Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, Southbay Magazine’s “Top 10 South Bay Teen”, Looking Beyond LA’s “Soaring Spirit Award,” and winner of Los Angeles Business Journal’s “Small Nonprofit of the Year.” She has been featured on Inside Edition, The Dr. Oz Show, CNN, Huffington Post, ABC News, Cosmopolitan, People, Ladies’ Home Journal and more. Claire’s Place Foundation is a way for Claire to give back with hope, strength, and joy and make meaning of what she has had to go through. For more information and make a donation, please visit www.clairesplacefoundation.org.
2013 has been an incredible year for us here at Claire’s Place Foundation. Through the efforts of our wonderful marketing team from NorthStar Moving Company and Carrie Callahan, PR Consultant and Strategist at Nash Callahan Communications, our programs are finally reaching the families that need them the most. Social workers across the country will be receiving our new pamphlets to share with the CF families they support and our hope is that we can help where others can’t.
We have been able to assist many families with Extended Hospital Stay grants this year and hope to do even more next year!