Amazing Organizations
Fun Resources for your Child
The Superhero Project - See your inner hero come to life, The Superhero Project interviews kids and teens with serious illnesses, disabilities, and complex mental health and physical medical needs about who they are beyond their diagnosis and how they want to make a positive difference in the world. The storytelling collaboration continues when artists design the superhero alter egos the children have described, creating a visual representation of their strength, courage, and resilience. Families receive inspiring posters of their superheroes to treasure forever.
Songs of Love - The Songs of Love Foundation is an organization that creates free, personalized, original songs to uplift children facing tough medical, physical, or emotional challenges
Team IMPACT - Team IMPACT matches children facing serious illness and disability with college sports teams, creating a long-term, life-changing experience for everyone involved.
Beads of Courage - Help children record, tell and own their stories of courage through the use of colorful beads that honor their courage and acknowledge each step of their treatment journey
Feel Better Friends - The Feel Better Friends Project make handmade dolls stuffed with love and well wishes, crafted by volunteers and donated to children battling cancer and other illnesses.
Make A Wish - Creating life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.
Kick Cancer like a Girl Boss - Gives children who are fighting critical illnesses and cancer the opportunity to design their own custom kicks!
Beyond the Diagnosis - The Beyond the Diagnosis art exhibit’s focus is the orphan disease patient. Artists donate their time and talents to paint children living with a rare disease for this groundbreaking exhibit. The exhibit is traveling to medical schools, research institutes, and hospitals around the globe encouraging the medical community to look “beyond the diagnosis” to the patient.
Dance Marathon - Become a miracle kid/family for a local Dance Marathon organization. It’s a great way to get involved locally, advocate, meet other families, and have lots of fun for your kiddo throughout the year.
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U of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital and Iowa Hawkeye Football Kid Captain Program - Kid Captain is a partnership that began in 2009 between UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital and the Iowa Hawkeyes to honor pediatric patients and celebrate their inspirational stories.
Magical Mix Kids - Magical Mix Kids is an organization that provides a worry-free vacation for chronically and terminally ill children of the Cedar Valley area.
If you know of a book or other fun resources that look to impact kids fighting chronic or terminal diseases that we should know about and add to our list please let us know and we will check it out, teamreed12312@gmail.com