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About Whitten Newman Foundation

WNF believes in philanthropy and education through stigma work and documentary storytelling. In the last 21 years, the Whitten-Newman family has created numerous nonprofits, our umbrella Whitten-Newman Foundation, Pro’s For Africa, Sewing Hope, FATE, ExplorOlogy, and others in honor of our much-missed boys. Our sons, Brandon Whitten and Dylan Cheatwood, both died at 25 years old and they died 15 years apart. Brandon passed away due to addiction in 2002 and Dylan died of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy in 2017. We believe documentaries can change lives and are proud to have produced Killing Pain, which was awarded 3 Regional Emmy’s. Killing Pain was produced in honor of Brandon, who died of opioid addiction. We are also proud to have produced Sewing Hope, voiced over by the incredible Forest Whitaker. All funds raised from Sewing Hope have and continue to go to women and children in need in Uganda. These are two of our more notable projects and we are also launching another documentary about epilepsy in September of this year. F.A.T.E. works to prevent stigma by producing the Killing Pain docu-series and Reggie Whitten has toured the state of Oklahoma for 21 years telling Brandon’s story and warning kids of the dangers of opioid addiction. Sewing Hope sends money to victimized women and children in Uganda and South Sudan through the funds raised from the Sewing Hope documentary, Sewing Hope book, and selling pop tab purses made in Africa. ExplorOlogy, in partnership with the Sam Noble Museum, sends kids from around the nation to dig up dinosaur bones at Black Mesa in the panhandle of Oklahoma. We believe in inspiring kids to get involved in science! You can check out our website at https://wnff.org

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