I wanted to share with you all about Hope Kids! I just found out about this amazing organization from reading our Utah heart friend's blogs (thanks Amy). I googled Hope Kids online and found out that they have a Phoenix Chapter! How did I not hear about this sooner??
"HopeKids provides ongoing events & activities and a powerful, unique support community for children with cancer and other life-threatening medical conditions. We surround these remarkable children and their families with the message that hope can be a powerful medicine." quote from hopekids.org homepage
I registered Owen as a Hope Kid and got a phone call pretty quickly afterwards. I had a great phone conversation with one of the directors and the next day we received a package with our Hope Kids tshirts (for the family)!
There are events all over the valley that you can sign up for, free of charge, to take your terminally ill child and/or siblings to. It's such a great organization and I hope that if you live in one of the chapters... Phoenix, SLC, Dallas/Fort Worth or Minneapolis.. that you will sign your kiddo up!
Hopekids.org
"HopeKids provides ongoing events & activities and a powerful, unique support community for children with cancer and other life-threatening medical conditions. We surround these remarkable children and their families with the message that hope can be a powerful medicine." quote from hopekids.org homepage
I registered Owen as a Hope Kid and got a phone call pretty quickly afterwards. I had a great phone conversation with one of the directors and the next day we received a package with our Hope Kids tshirts (for the family)!
There are events all over the valley that you can sign up for, free of charge, to take your terminally ill child and/or siblings to. It's such a great organization and I hope that if you live in one of the chapters... Phoenix, SLC, Dallas/Fort Worth or Minneapolis.. that you will sign your kiddo up!
Hopekids.org
6 comments:
Cool! Thanks for letting us know about this. It looks like a very cool program. I'll definitely look into it for Kyson.
Hurray! So glad I could help. Daxton's mom told us about it last year and I think it is just such a cool organization. I hope your area has lots of fun things to go do.
This is so awesome!! I am so glad you came across it. I wish we could find something, anything around here... but there is nothing. (that I know of)
When my mom took Gabriella to Disney on Ice in January, they sat right by all the Hope Kids! They told my mom to sign Gabriella up, but I just hadn't gotten to it yet! Off to finally sign up! Thanks!
That is a wonderful support system. Glad you came across it.
Omg. I didnt realize Owen was now terminally ill! Im so so sorry! I thought he was doing okay and getting a heart transplant in the future. This is disheartening! I am praying hard!
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