Resources for Our Hero Families!
We have compiled lists of resources that we have verified over time and have personal relationships with for our families to use as needed. Each of the organizations has a true heart for chronically ill children, their families, and each of their journey's.
Wichita's Littlest Heroes refers our families in need to agencies that can help locally and nationally! We will be happy to work with you to help you apply for this or any other grant or resource available.
For more information please email office@wichitaslittlestheroes.com
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This site maintains a list of groups that can provide flights to patients in need of care.
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Travel
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Air Charity Network is comprised of network member organizations who cover specific geographical service areas and coordinate volunteer pilot flights in the continental United States as well as Alaska and Hawaii. Rules vary by individual member organizations.
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Travel
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Give Life Interrupted Grants that cover a wide range of needs, including (but not limited to): current and residual medical bills, rent, utilities, car and health insurance premiums, IVF treatments, integrative therapies, travel expenses, computer, phone, hair pieces, etc. to patients between the ages of 15-36.
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Adult
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Financial
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Pediatric
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ACS has 31 Hope Lodge locations throughout the United States. Accommodations and eligibility requirements may vary by location.
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Housing Assistance
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American Childhood Cancer Organization
Publishes and distributes free childhood cancer books and materials for parents, patients, siblings, educators and caregivers.
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Information/Support Groups
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Pediatric
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Andre Sobel River of Life Foundation
Provides emergency assistance within 24 hours to single caregivers of children with catastrophic or life threatening illnesses who are in financial crisis.
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Financial
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Pediatric
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Created to give free health resources, information, and support.
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Give the hope that comes from Jesus to newly diagnosed children and their families affected by cancer or other serious illnesses, primarily by the delivery of a Basket of Hope filled with inspirational materials to nourish them mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
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Gifts
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Pediatric
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Provide financial and emotional support to families of children with cancer.
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Financial
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Pediatric
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Resilience-based intervention designed to support and strengthen children and families coping with serious illness.
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Gifts
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Pediatric
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Cameron Siemers Foundation For Hope
If you are between the ages of 18 and 30 and have been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, you can apply for a Life Grant™. A Life Grant is an award up to $5,000 to be used in the fulfillment of a dream, goal, or project that you take on to make a difference in your life and the lives of others.
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Adult
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A camp for children who have a parent who is currently in remission of, battling, or has passed from cancer.
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Cancer
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Camp
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A medically supervised, cost-free Montana experience, in an intimate community setting, to children and young adults, and families affected by cancer.
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Cancer
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Camp
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Camp Rainbow Gold is a summer oncology camp, a sibling camp and a family camp. All camps are FREE to all campers and take place over the summer in the Sawtooth National Forest near Ketchum, Idaho. They also have a college scholarship program and a teen support group.
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Camp
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Scholarship
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Free, year-round retreat that provides respite, support, joy, and hope to children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.
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Cancer Card Xchange collects monetary and gift card donations and then distributes gift cards to verified cancer patients simply to brighten their day. CCX depends 100% on donations. Gift cards are given out to verified cancer patients as available.
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Gifts
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Cancer for College provides hope to survivors by granting college scholarships.
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Scholarship
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Cancer Support Community Helpline
Whether you are newly diagnosed with cancer or a long-time cancer survivor or caring for someone with cancer, or a health care professional looking for resources, CSC’s TOLL-FREE Cancer Support Helpline is open Mon-Fri 9 am- 9 pm ET.
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Offer limited financial assistance for cancer-related costs, and our professional oncology social workers can help you find resources.
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Financial
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Provide education, peer support, and resources to family caregivers across the country free of charge.
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Offer protected websites for connecting people when it matters most.
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Caring Connections provides people with information and support when they are planning ahead, caring for a loved one, living with an illness or grieving a loss.
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Challenged Athletes Foundation
Supports the athletic endeavors of people with physical challenges by providing unparalleled sports opportunities that lead to success in sports — and in life. They can provide funding grants for equipment such as sports wheelchairs, handcycles, mono skis and sports prosthetics, and resources for training and competition expenses directly to physically challenged individuals.
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Since 2003, they’ve set up and organized Child’s Play, a game industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with toys and games in our network of over 70 hospitals worldwide.
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Gifts
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Pediatric
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A list of available clinical trials. A service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health
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Adult
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Clinical Trial
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Pediatric
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Care packages for kids with cancer are sent directly to their homes in our effort to make their day a little brighter as they open up a box of surprises. They also publish a quarterly newsletter for childhood cancer patients, and provide free tickets to events in the Baltimore, MD area.
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Gifts
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Pediatric
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Help cancer patients access the best possible treatment for their specific type of cancer by arranging free travel to treatment across the country using empty seats on corporate jets.
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Travel
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Promote and enrich the lives of children who are seriously, chronically or terminally ill. We offer children with life threatening illnesses the chance to hope, dream and live their fantasies.
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Pediatric
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Freedom Hooves Therapeutic Riding Center
Dedicated to unlocking the full potential of anyone with a physical, mental or emotional disability through equine-assisted services.
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FoJ pairs up children and their families battling pediatric cancers with college and high school sports teams. The teams give these children love, support and friendship as they fight this devastating disease.
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Gifts
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Pediatric
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Patient assistance support is for eligible patients in the U.S. who don't have insurance coverage or who can't afford out-of-pocket co-pay costs.
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Financial
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Provide memorable, magical, cost-free experiences to children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.
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Pediatric
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Assist patients living with chronic and life-altering illnesses in paying their share of prescription drug copayments, deductibles, and health insurance premiums.
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Financial
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Help patients and families bridge the financial gap between what their health insurance will cover and what they actually need to heal, live and thrive. They work to provide patients, families and community volunteers with the tools and support to launch successful fundraising campaigns to meet out-of-pocket medical expenses. They provide: personalized fundraising guidance; customized fundraising materials; free web pages for online fundraising; tax deductibility and fiscal accountability for donors and more.
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Financial
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Provide custom celebration cakes to ill children and their siblings.
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Gifts
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Pediatric
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They send kids with cancer regular boosts of encouragement. These fun boosts include JoyJars, NEGU Power Packs, I’m a NEGU Kid t-shirts, NEGU PJ’s, NEGU wristbands, Family Fun Packs, toys for siblings, We NEGU for You designs, NEGU Kid of The Week promotion, online Joy Mobbing and much more.
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Pediatric
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Offers a variety of camp and recreational activities year-around for children with cancer and their families.
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Camp
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Pediatric
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Grant wishes to kids between ages 3 and 18 who are battling life-threatening conditions. They also have a Funeral Assistance program that makes funds available to a wish family in the event of their child’s passing.
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Pediatric
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Give free hats to kids with cancer.
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Gifts
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Pediatric
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Grants the wish of a child diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition in the United States and its territories.
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Pediatric
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MedGift support pages take the awkwardness out of asking for help. Our pages include financial support, calendaring, and communications to keep your caring community up to date.
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Adult
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Financial
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Gifts
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Housing Assistance
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Pediatric
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Merck Patient Assistance Program
Private and confidential program provides medicine free of charge to eligible individuals, primarily the uninsured who, without our assistance, could not afford needed Merck medicines, including Temodar.
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Provide travel assistance to Americans living in poverty and/or living in rural or small town areas who lack the financial means to travel to distant medical specialists for essential care and treatment.
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Adult
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Pediatric
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Travel
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Providie electronic gifts to hospitalized, seriously ill children so they can have a diversion and connect with friends, family, and school.
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Gifts
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Pediatric
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Provide free commercial medical air travel across the US to give kids their best chance at a brighter future.
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Travel
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Provide financial assistance for medical-related travel expenses due to child's illness.
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Financial
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Travel
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Provide safe, healing and accessible online communities, services, and events to help our members (moms of children with cancer) during the most difficult days of their lives
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Each pre-school or elementary aged child is provided with a "monkey kit" which includes a big stuffed monkey that takes their place in school when they are unable to be there.
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Gifts
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Pediatric
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National Children's Cancer Society
Financial, emotional, and educational resource for families that can't make ends meet when their child is diagnosed with cancer.
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Financial
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Pediatric
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Scholarship
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Travel
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National Patient Travel Center
They maintain a help line and programs that assist with travel both on private and commercial planes.
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Resource of programs that provide assistance to people who are unable to afford their medications and health care costs.
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Parenting Children With Special Needs
Dedicated to enhancing the Quality of Life of families whom have a child with challenges that are associated with a medical diagnosis. We empower these special families by providing them funding, educational resources, community awareness and support.
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Financial
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Pediatric
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Partnership for Prescription Assistance
Assist patients with finding patient assistance programs for prescription medicines.
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Adult
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Pediatric
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Provides patients with arbitration, mediation and negotiation to settle issues with access to care, medical debt, and job retention related to their illness.
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Patient AirLift Services (PALS)
Arrange free air transportation for individuals requiring medical diagnosis, treatment or follow-up who cannot afford or are unable to fly commercially. They cover flights in the entire northeast United States as far west as Ohio and as far south as Virginia. PALS also arranges volunteer flights for family members of patients as compassionate missions, to ensure patients have support when they are away home for long periods.
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Travel
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Provide a "safety net" for patients with chronic illnesses who are struggling to keep up with expensive premiums and copayments.
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Adult
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Financial
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Provide a variety of services to parents with critically ill children, including meals, mortgage assistance, funeral assistance, and much, much more.
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Financial
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Pediatric
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Provide a guide for Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities and other Special Needs
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Adult
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Pediatric
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Ronald McDonald House Charities
A Ronald McDonald House is that “home-away-from-home” for families so they can stay close by their hospitalized child at little or no cost. At every House, families can enjoy: Home-cooked meals, Private bedrooms, and Playrooms for children Additionally, RMH offers scholarships to students in financial need who have demonstrated academic achievement, leadership and community involvement. Applications are accepted in the fall.
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Housing Assistance
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Scholarship
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Patient assistance programs are run by pharmaceutical companies to provide free medications to people who cannot afford to buy their medicine. RxAssist offers a comprehensive database of these patient assistance programs, as well as practical tools, news, and articles so that health care professionals and patients can find the information they need. All in one place.
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Financial
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Help people in need in obtaining critical medications that they would normally have trouble affording.
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Adult
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Financial
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Pediatric
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The SAMFund is the only nonprofit organization in the country designed to help young adults (YAs) recover from the devastating financial impact of cancer treatment. They provide direct financial assistance to young adult cancer survivors and provide online support through their blog and webinars.
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Financial
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Benefits to you and certain members of your family if you have worked long enough and have a medical condition that has prevented you from working or is expected to prevent you from working for at least 12 months or end in death.
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Soul Sitters provides a comforting place of community and expert insight for those in need of guidance during a time of life often neglected – before the death of a loved one. Personal stories and tips on how to support a loved one through this challenging journey.
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Provide support, coping tools, and small gifts to siblings of young cancer patients.
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Individuals and families without prescription drug coverage can gain access to immediate savings on hundreds of brand-name and generic prescription products at their neighborhood pharmacies. Through this website, we also connect you with resources about the Health Insurance Marketplace, the Affordable Care Act, individual pharmaceutical company patient assistance programs, and other patient assistance resources.
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Financial
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Send mail to children living with difficult circumstances.
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UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation
Provide financial help/assistance for families with children that have medical needs not covered or not fully covered by their commercial health insurance plan. Patient must be 16 or younger. Grant funds are not paid to the family or the child outright. Grant families must work with the Foundation on submitting invoices/bills for approved medical services/items after their commercial health insurance plan submits initial payment (if any) to the health care provider.
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Financial
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Pediatric
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Provide free custom wigs made from real hair to children who lost their hair due to illness, treatments or burns.
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Provide emotional and financial support to children with a life-threatening illness and their families.
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Financial
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Pediatric
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From paying a phone bill or mortgage payment to aiding in paying for medical bills deemed "experimental" or due to lack of insurance, Contractors for Kids provides financial assistance to families of sick children.
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Financial
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Pediatric
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