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National Organizations
EarlyInterventionSupport.com has found links to national
organizations useful to parents and parents of children with
special needs.
See our National Organizations
page.
For Pennsylvania Residents
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Pennsylvania, has many clients and
supporters in the Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania
Region. We've collected links specific to
Pennsylvania.
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Wish Granting Organizations
The Sunshine
Foundation: The Sunshine Foundation's sole purpose is to answer
the dreams of seriously ill, physically challenged and abused
children aged three to eighteen, whose families cannot fulfill their
requests due to financial strain that the child's illness may cause.
Make-A-Wish Foundation: Since 1980, the
Make-A-Wish Foundation® has enriched the lives of children with
life-threatening medical conditions through its wish-granting work. The
Foundation's mission reflects the life-changing impact that a Make-A-Wish
(R) experience has on children, families, referral sources, donors, sponsors
and entire communities.
Wish Upon A Hero: web sites
for help with devastating tragedies like hurricane damage. It believes that
everyone can help anyone. People are nominated as heroes too on this site.
New Hope For Kids: New Hope
for Kids mission is to support children and families grieving the death of a
loved one and to grant wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses in
Central Florida.
Dreamweavers:
Dreamweavers is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that engages in acts of
kindness to individuals who have a need or a wish they cannot afford. We
fulfill those needs and wishes anonymously.
A Wish with Wings: A 501
(c)(3) non-profit organization that grants the Wishes of Texas children with
life-threatening diseases. Working closely with children's hospitals, child
life specialists, and physicians our sole purpose is to grant the Wish of a
child in need and bring a ray of hope and happiness into their lives during
a time of sorrow and despair.
Tender Wishes: Life can be too
short to see a dream come true for a child suffering from a potentially
life-threatening illness. The Tender Wishes Foundation can't promise more
time to these children, but it can try to grant their wishes before their
time runs out.
Children's Wish Endowment:
Provides helpful links on endowments.
Special Wish Foundation: A
Special Wish Foundation is determined to make these dreams become a reality.
With incredible support from local organizations and individuals, we have
brought smiles to the faces of hundreds of children and their families.
Wish Upon A Star: Wish Upon A
Star is a non-profit, law enforcement effort designed to grant the wishes of
children afflicted with high-risk and life threatening illnesses. Our
services are available to children throughout the state of California, ages
3 through 18 years. We have granted over 1800 wishes in our 26 years of
service.
Starlight Starbright: When a
child is diagnosed with a serious illness, the day-to-day joys of childhood
take a back seat to the rigors of treatment and hospitalization. For more
than 25 years, Starlight Children's Foundation has dedicated itself to
improving the quality of life for children with chronic and life-threatening
illnesses and life-altering injuries by providing entertainment, education
and family activities that help them cope with the pain, fear and isolation
of prolonged illness.
Magic Moments: When a child is
diagnosed with a serious illness, their world becomes filled with countless
doctor visits and ongoing medical treatments. The days of carefree laughter
and fun are immediately replaced with anxiety and uncertainty. And sometimes
these experiences cause children to lose their sense of hope. That's where
Magic Moments comes in. We give back their childhood - if only for a moment
- and create smiles and memories that last a lifetime.
Debbie Chisholm Memorial Foundation:
The state-of-the-art complex reflects the growth and diversity of the
Tribe's business interests, and the expanded services it provides to members
of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians.
Wishing Well Foundation: Was
founded on the premise that children with life threatening illnesses are
denied the basic right to grow into adulthood. For these unfortunate
children, The Wishing Well Foundation will fulfill the fondest wish of any
child not expected to reach age 18. Each wish, the child's very own, must be
completed while the child is able to enjoy the wish to the fullest extent.
Both the child and family will share in the experience and create happy
memories together. The Wishing Well Foundation is committed to this single
purpose.
Jason's Dreams for Kids: A
nationally recognized charitable organization dedicated to infusing hope,
creating happy memories and improving the quality of life for children. It
assists children and their families through several key programs.
Kids Wish Network: A
nationally recognized charitable organization dedicated to infusing hope,
creating happy memories and improving the quality of life for children. It
assists children and their families through several key programs.
Dreams Come True: An
organization unlike any other of its kind. In 25 years, almost 2,400 dreams
have come true for children battling life-threatening illnesses in Northeast
Florida and Southeast Georgia. There is so much more to be done.
Dream A Wish: The Dream-A-Wish
Foundation on April 4th, 1997. Starting with their own personal funds, they
built this non-profit foundation from the ground up. Within only the first
forty-eight months of operation, the dreams of 37 I’m off of the computer
I’m off of the computer children were fulfilled, and much media attention
was brought to the organization. With growing community awareness &
support, this program aims to continue to fulfill the dreams of physically
or mentally challenged special needs children, in Central Florida.
Angel Mom:
Turns "the news" into Good News! by giving direct-donation information for
the real families behind the most heartbreaking news headlines.
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