The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Widow's Bequest Gives Children's Charity and Those It Serves Reason to Smile

By Stephen G. Greene

In October 1996, Jeanne Cox Brady saw a television show that would change not only her own life, but also the lives of hundreds of children around the world.

Watching The Geraldo Rivera Show, she saw Mr. Rivera interview Dennis M. Nigro, a San Diego surgeon who had founded a nonprofit group to do reconstructive...

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