Quarterbacking Children’s Health Foundation

The Quarterbacking Children’s Health Foundation, formerly the Crippled Children's Foundation, is the charitable arm of the Monday Morning Quarterback Club.

The foundation originated in 1929 as a community effort to fund a treatment center for children with polio. As the need grew, so did public support. At its founding in 1939 Monday Morning Quarterback Club chose to dedicate its efforts toward that need. In 1943 it began putting on the annual Crippled Children's Classic high-school all-star game as a fund-raiser. A $3 million Crippled Children's Hospital and Clinic, dubbed "the hospital that football built," opened in 1951.

The development of the polio vaccine later that decade all but eliminated the need for treatment of the disease. In 1971 UAB purchased the former clinic for use as the University Ambulatory Center, and later demolished it for the site of the Spain Wallace Tower. The formal charitable foundation was established with those funds.

As of 2024 the foundation has distributed more than $40 million to support efforts benefitting children's health.

References

• Belin, Timothy (June 16, 2025) "Quarterback Club makes record $2.4 million donation." Bham Now

External links

• Quarterbacking Children’s Health Foundation at mmqbc.org