Dreaming Of Cooperstown

Change4Children’s was never a grand plan—just a simple idea that is growing bigger and more impactful by the day. It is the brainchild of three families, all of whom have had kids treated at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. When Jeff Kreshek’s son Eli was there for back surgery, Jeff spent four nights with him. He was always at the cafeteria getting a cup of coffee or something to eat. At the end of each day, he would throw his change in his overnight bag. “I have always been a bit of a hoarder of change and always donated it to some sort of charity,” says Jeff. “On the way home from our stay, it hit me—change for Children’s!” Jeff immediately contacted two other dads he knew, Ryan Stromsborg and Andrew Apfelberg, whose children had been helped through various illnesses and who all shared the desire to give back to the hospital. It was just mid-January of this year when the guys met and decided, “Let’s do it.” The campaign was launched in March with this simple idea: collect people’s spare change and donate i