Hi all, I have been sick for awhile now, and during that time I have found lots of groups that help young people with serious Illness The make a wish foundation provides wishes for children under 18 with life threatening illness-I have known 2 mg kids that have gotten a wish (myself included) ask your doctor to see if you qualify wish.org Feel better friends make knitted dolls for sick children for free fbfdolls.org Bee brave make custom lap desks (super handy for car rides and hospital stays) for sick people of all ages for free beebrave.org Beads of courage provide beads to tell your medical story (for example red bead = blood transfusion, blue bead =clinic) check with child life at your hospital to see if they have the beads or apply online for the distance program (there is a long waiting list but its worth the wait! Need to be under 21 at time of application) beadsofcourage.org Binkees for comfort provide super soft blankets to young people for free (must be hospitalized at time of application) binkeezforcomfort.org Angel blanket ministries provide a blanket to people going threw a hard time for free angelblanketministries.org Healing helpers make custom stuffed toys with zippered pockets to represent surgeries (pockets have the mended organ inside) **at a cost** although you can wait to have your healing helper sponsored if you are not able to pay healinghelpers147 they are fantastic teaching tools Chemo duck (for young people on chemo, sometimes chemo is used to treat mg) can be purchased on there website or you can try and get one threw child life at your hospital chemoduck.org chemo duck has a port or a Hickman line, its a great teaching tool! Painted courage provides a box of art supplies to sick young people for free https://facebook/pages/Painted-Courage/1514871812084842?ref=ts&fref=ts Wishes and dreamers doll gowns make hospital gowns for stuffed animals free for kids who spend a lot of time in the hospital wishersanddreamers Gracies gowns make personalized fun hospital gowns for people under 18 who spend lots of time inpatient for free graciesgowns.org Theres lots more, Ill add links in the comments to others as I remember them!! Hope this is helpful! -hannah
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 03:35:51 +0000
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