{"id":2593,"date":"2021-09-09T22:55:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T02:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/childrenshealing.org\/beta\/?page_id=2593"},"modified":"2021-10-05T16:36:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T20:36:46","slug":"melissa-block","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/childrenshealing.org\/beta\/melissa-block\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us \/\/ Melissa Block"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_987450242\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row align-middle\"  id=\"row-88228758\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-70861001\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h4><strong><span style=\"font-size: 65%; color: rgb(87, 147, 186,.70);\">ABOUT US<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28.512px;\">Our Team<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-70861001 > .col-inner {\n  margin: 0px 0px -25px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_987450242 {\n  padding-top: 18px;\n  padding-bottom: 18px;\n  background-color: #064a77;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-416291982\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1608823341\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-236738221\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-236738221 {\n  padding-top: 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/childrenshealing.org\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/07\/melissa-e1559142591920.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/childrenshealing.org\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/07\/melissa-e1559142591920.jpeg 270w, https:\/\/childrenshealing.org\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/07\/melissa-e1559142591920-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-bounce text-left\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h4>Associate Director<\/h4>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0083c2;\"><a style=\"color: #0083c2;\" href=\"mailto:mblock@childrenshealingcenter.org\">mblock@childrenshealingcenter.org<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1101052274\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\">Melissa Block<\/span><\/h1>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1931775720\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1931775720 {\n  padding-top: 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p><strong>As Associate Director, Melissa is responsible for day-to-day operations, development, overseeing volunteer coordination, and leading community outreach. Melissa has a bachelor\u2019s degree in Criminal Justice from Michigan State University and came to the Center from Sysco Food Services where she was the Marketing Manager.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Melissa and her husband Matt live in Lowell with their children, Claire and Kaleb. In 2009, at 20 months old, Claire was diagnosed with Stage IV Neuroblastoma. By the grace of God, the amazing care of Dr. Deanna Mitchell at Helen DeVos Children\u2019s Hospital, and the research of Dr. Giselle Sholler at the NMTRC, Claire is now officially on the other side of her diagnosis and declared cancer free- Praise God!<\/p>\n<p>Through her daughters cancer journey, Melissa developed a passion for helping families experiencing a childhood illness. Melissa feels blessed to be able to use her life experiences and heart to give back to this community of families during the most trying times of their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Melissa is fantasy football champion and sad but hopeful Lions fan. 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