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8.11.2008 - 09:04am ET

CSR News from:	Lend America
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	Health & Wellness

Lend America Teams Up With Dream House to Help Medically Fragile Children

Dream House named official charity of Lend America;Cash donation to be made for each closed loan to enable families to care for medically fragile children in home environment

(CSRwire) MELVILLE, N.Y., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Lend America, recently ranked as the 12th largest direct-to-consumer FHA lender in the nation, announced today that the Company will make a financial contribution to Dream House for Medically Fragile Children for each loan they close. Dream House for Medically Fragile Children, Inc, a 501(c) 3 non profit children's charity that teaches families and communities how to help kids with complex health issues thrive in a home setting instead of being institutionalized for life.

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Dream House was founded in 2001 by Laura Moore, a licensed pediatric nurse and clinical educator, who while caring for these children for more than 20 years, decided that these children just like any other children deserve a home, a family and a future. Dream House receives no state or federal funding and relies solely on private donations to help these children and families. Since 2001, Dream House has helped more than 820 families caring for over 730 medically fragile children by:

Providing educational programs and unique teaching environments for families and care givers
Assisting in the development of specially equipped and accessible homes
Increasing community awareness about the lives and needs of medically fragile children
Creating opportunities for community and corporate partnerships focused on improving the quality of life for medically fragile children and their families.

"As a caring and compassionate organization that is focused on helping borrowers achieve the dream of sustainable homeownership, Lend America has a responsibility to help Dream House provide safe, effective and long-term care for these medically fragile children in a stable nurturing home," commented Michael Ashley, Chief Business Strategist at Lend America. We believe as Lend America continues to grow, we can make a difference, one child at a time, and have a significant impact on improving the quality of life for more of these children by training and enabling more families to care for them at home."

A medically fragile child is one who, because of an accident, illness, congenital disorder, abuse or neglect, has been left in a stable condition, but is dependent on life sustaining medications, treatments, equipment, and has need for assistance with activities of daily living. A medically fragile condition crosses all diagnoses including chronic health care conditions such as diabetes, oxygen dependency, cerebral palsy (CP), organ transplants and most require special health care support, such as tube feedings, suctioning, tracheotomy care, a respirator or have limited mobility and require special health care support due to paralysis or chronic disease.

"Reality comes crashing down for these families faced with the challenge of caring for their precious children who have dramatically complex health issues," explains Laura Moore Founder and CEO of Dream House. "Unless you are faced with this situation or know someone going through this, you are completely oblivious to this tragic epidemic sweeping across American communities touching hundred's of thousands of families. Lend America has embraced the Dream House mission, and in doing so, is helping us open a door on a situation that together we can address."

Laura Moore concluded, "Lend America has a wonderful reputation for making new homeowners dreams come true. In parallel fashion, Dream House gives medically fragile children more than a vacation or a fond memory. We give them hope for the future. We help them find their forever home and family for keeps."

For more information on Dream House for Medically Fragile Children please visit the website http://www.dreamhouseforkids.org.

About Lend America
Lend America, a National Mortgage Banking Organization and one of New York's largest privately owned direct lenders, has proudly served the residential mortgage marketplace for over 20 years. The company is one of the most successful direct to consumer lenders in the United States and is the region's largest and most well known FHA direct lenders and is a GNMA approved mortgage backed securities issuer. Lend America is also the originator of successful nationwide broadcast television educational seminar programs, titled The Mortgage Loan Network "MLN." Lend America offers a wide range of home purchase and refinance programs to meet their clients' individual requirements. Lend America employs approximately 525 employees and is located at 520 Broadhollow Road, Melville, New York, 11747. For more information on Lend America, visit http://www.lendamerica.com.

About Dream House for Medically Fragile Children, Inc.
Dream House for Medically Fragile Children is a children's charity that teaches family and communities how to help kids with complex health issues thrive in a home environment instead of being institutionalized for life. Fueled by community support, Dream House has set the standard for home care of medically fragile children which will someday have national impact. The organization aims to improve the quality of life for these children, including dramatically reducing the number who are in foster care. The Dream House Family for Keeps(TM) transition model of care, education programs and services is the only one of its kind in the country. Since 2001, Dream House has served over 820 family members caring for more than 830 medical fragile children in 37 Georgia counties. Visit http://www.dreamhouseforkids.org or call 770.717.7410 for more details and ways to get involved.

For more information please contact:

John Lovallo, Lovallo Communications Group
Lend America
+1-203-431-0587
+1-203-526-6371

Mary McPhail, Chief Marketing Officer
Lend America
+1-631-944-6883

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