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HopeKids serves families that have a child with a life-threatening medical condition and our ongoing program of events gives the family something to look forward to, rather than dwelling on a calendar full of clinic appointments, hospital stays, and needle pokes. Instead, they get to look forward to movies, sporting events, theater shows, concerts, picnics, and so much more. These events allow the entire family to spend quality time together at a time that threatens to rip them apart. Often a parent is living at the hospital and the siblings are with family and friends while the other parent works. At the events, the families get to meet and spend time with other families like theirs that understand their challenges and struggles. It may be a cancer family meeting a kidney transplant family, but they understand their life and they speak the same language. Immediate support and friends are formed. Our events are always a safe and accepting environment where kids that are bald, in a wheelchair, have an oxygen tank, or a feeding tube are not stared at but feel like they belong. When we can, we try to make them as private as possible away from the public to keep the germs away from our immunosuppressed kids. Given the significant medical costs our families incur, all of our events are always free. Often one parent needs to quit their job, coupled with significant out-of-pocket medical expenses, along with all the extra miles on the car to and from appointments and hospital stays, HopeKids families don’t have any disposable income to afford to pay for something fun or extra.
Our North Texas Chapter is one of 7, and we serve over 1,000 families in the DFW area.