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Welcome to The MAGIC Foundation
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No Membership Required Services Include:
Specialty Divisions -
All disorders supported by MAGIC are officially classified as "rare" by the medical community. Despite this fact we assist thousands of families each year. Therefore, we separated larger groups of families (determined by the diagnosis) into what we call - Divisions. This helps us stay organized while still providing very personal help to families contacting us. If your child's disorder was not listed on the home page as a division, it does NOT mean that we cannot help you. Please visit the Rare Disorders section. Here you will find an extended list of additional conditions networked among our members.
Each division is headed by a Division Consultant or Network Coordinator. These wonderful parents of affected children, or personally affected adults respond to phone calls, emails and all communications where people want to speak to someone with real experience. (click here to view more information)
Special Interest Groups- MAGIC has parent volunteers who specialize in some key areas. They include: School Accomodations, Listserves and other areas of great help to families. Call us to contact these volunteers.
Network Coordinators- Smaller groups of families are coordinated by a group of amazing volunteers we call Network coordinators. They include disorders such as: Genital and Reproductive Anomalies in Children, Hypophosphatasia, Graves Disease and Adult Thyroid Disorders, Chronic Renal Insufficiency, Sheehan's Syndrome, Jeunes Syndrome, Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome, Down Syndrome as it relates to physical growth, Sensory Integration Disorders and Failure to Thrive. Call us for information on contacting these coordinators.
Networking - MAGIC maintains the world's largest database of affected adults and families whose children are affected by growth disorders. This allows us the ability to connect families and affected persons to those with matching or very similar medical condtions.
Please note that for your protection we must make you aware that: by signing or emailing this form, we guarantee your right to privacy. Your signature on this document, or submission by email via the form, acknowledges that you are fully aware that you are completely forbidden by law to release the names supplied to you to anyone outside your immediate family (i.e. spouse). You also agree not to contact anyone listed on the networking lists for purposes other than that which is stipulated in the Networking Agreement. We take our familys' Privacy very seriously (see our
Privacy Notice).
Educational Support
- MAGIC offers a wide array of Educational programs. Some are geared for parent education, while others are more in line for professionals such as school health officials. We also offer the
world's largest educational convention annually for families of affected children as well as an adult ghd convention. Criteria apply to these programs, please click on the titles to see the specific information.
Informational Services - MAGIC produces educational brochures explaining in lay terms, various medical disorders affecting children's growth. The brochures are listed within each Division and in the Rare Disorders section of this site as available.
Parent Help Line - MAGIC offers a toll free help line to offer support and physician referrals as well as emotional support and guidance.
Website - We try to offer as much information as we can through this site. If you have a comment or suggestion as to how we can improve this site, please let us know. Email our webmaster at
slupie@bellsouth.net and place the word MAGIC in the subject line.
Our Members Only Services also Include:
Grandparents for Growth Club- grandparents raising their grandchildren or trying to learn how to best support their kid's and grandchildren have their own "club". As listed below, grandparents have a separate newsletter, a roster of others to communicate with and discounted memberships. Members of this group also receive our primary publication of The MAGIC Touch each quarter. This is a popular group and many parents are signing their parents up for this to help them stay current on aspects affecting their grandchildren. Regular parent members of MAGIC do not have access to this area-it is restricted to grandparents only to facilitate open communication and support to this very unique group of "super stars"!
Newsletters
- MAGIC publishes 16 newsletters per year, 4 different quarterly newsletters for our members. They are available both in hard copy and online.
The MAGIC Touch - has sections for each of our primary divisions. Content includes, personal stories, medical updates and articles, foundation information, recognitions for donors, graduations etc., and more.
The MAGIC Star - is written for adult affected growth hormone deficient patients and includes information regarding medical updates, personal stories and foundation information.
MAGIC Maniacs - is a quarterly newsletter with games, puzzles and fun things for kids affected with a variety of disorders. It is a fun, non-medical publication.
Grand Times- is a special quarterly publication available to Grandparent Club members. Here the special issues of grandparents either parenting their grandchildren or supporting the efforts of their grandchildren are shared. Personal stories, pictures and foundation information are among the topics covered.
Kid's Programs - Member affected Kids have their own website (supervised of course), newsletter, birthday club and pen pal programs. Enrollment is required and age limits apply.
Scholarship Programs
- We have a great group of very supportive parents and sponsors. Through their generosity, we are able to offer a few scholarships for qualified members and affected young adults- designated for higher learning costs.
We also have scholarships (some restrictions apply) for member families hoping to attend our annual convention. Please call our national office for details.
Resource Bank - MAGIC keeps an Additional Resources database for parents and professionals which includes (among many other things) references to other support organizations.
Clinical Trials and Studies links and updates pertaining to our various disorders.
Complete Website Access- we offer even more Members Only features such as:
Personal stories are tightly resticted and protected on our website via passwords and identity verifications. Here Members share information about their personal or their child's medical conditions. Our members offer their personal stories so that we may all learn helpful ways to manage the unique issues associated with these conditions. If you have a personal story to share, please let us know! You don't have to be a great writer! Parents simply want to learn from your experiences and heart! So please send in your story to
jamie@magicfoundation.org. Thank you!
Photo Albums- We have photo albums of children, MAGIC events such as walk-a-thons and educational convention field trips, presentations and much more. Families provide pictures of their children so that other kids can remember their friends, or see the photo of a penpal. These albums are for members only.
Clinical Studies and Trials listings and links- Searchable areas are by medical condition as well as geographic regions.
Children's Websites- We have a MAGIC monitored children's website where they can enjoy games etc., as well as links to personal pages developed by the kids themselves.
Listserves- MAGIC provides listserves to families of children with various disorders. Here families can use the bulletin board type of program to communicate on a regular basis, or just "ask the experts" (other parents whose children are living with the same disorders) a specific question.
There are no medical professionals as moderators therefore no medical advice will be given. Instead you will see numerous parents comparing stories and advice. There is no charge to sign up for membership to any of the listserves.
Medical Articles- We link to articles on the web which parents recommend to us for disorder information. This saves many people time in researching "good" information throughout the entire Internet.
Funny Stories- Everyone living with a person who has a chronic medical condition (or lives with one personally) understands the higher than normal stress of daily life. Therefore, we have a section which will hopefully lighten your day a little. Members are encouraged to send us stories or other items they find to help us all smile today!
Members also enjoy discounts on Educational programs, and other opportunites sponsored by the foundation.
The above listed descriptions are only summaries of some of the support services we offer. Please call us if you need assistance and we will try to point you in the best direction.
Contact us:
Parents Toll Free Phone Number: (800) 3MAGIC3
Outside the U.S. call: (708) 383-0808
Professional Line: (708) 383-0808
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