Resources

Below is a list of resources to help you on your journey. Talk to your doctors and social workers to find local resources in your community as well.

Providing Complimentary Items:

Best Buddies

Opportunities for one-on-one friendship, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
bestbuddies.org

Beads of Courage

Helping children coping with serious illness record and tell their own story.
beadsofcourage.org

Dream Night at the Zoo

Certain zoos offer free admission to those with special needs and their guest. Ask your local zoo for more details.

Feel Better Friends

Handmade dolls stuffed with love and well wishes, made by volunteers and donated to children battling cancer and other illnesses.
FBFdolls.org

Free Movies

Some movie theaters offer free admission to an attendant of a disabled person. Also, if you need to leave the movie early, ask for a refund. Speak to your local movie theatre for more information.

Healing Helpers

Companions for children who are going through difficult circumstances.
healinghelpers147.com

Meal Train

Helps to organize a meal train, pick up groceries, do laundry, and more for a patient, family or friend in need of some extra help.
mealtrain.com

The National Library Service for the blind and physically handicapped

Free braille and audio materials to people who have visual or physical impairments.
loc.gov

Project Sunshine

Provides free educational, recreational, and social programs.
projectsunshine.org

Songs of Love Foundation

Creates personalized songs for children and teens facing medical, physical, and emotional challenges.
songsoflove.org

Special Kids Photography of America

Free photo shoot and free 8×10. Smiles for Kate Family Photo Grant. Must be from a SKPA photographer.
specialkidsphotography.com

I Taalk Foundation

Provides kids with disabilities of all kinds up to $250 in free apps per year.
itaalk.org

Icing Smiles

A non-profit that provides special celebration cakes to children who have a critical illness or their siblings.
icingsmiles.org

Making Dreams Come True:

Dream Factory

Not limited to children with life-threating illness. The Dream Factory also grants wishes to children who are critically or chronically ill.
dreamfactoryinc.org

Garden of Dreams

Non-profit working with Madison Square Garden Company and MSG Networks
gardenofdreamsfoundation.org

Granting Wishes for Adults:

A Special Wish Foundation INC.

Granting wishes for any person under 21 with a life-threatening disorder.
spwish.org

Deliver the Dream

For children or adults living with an advanced illness, the organization provides a three-day retreat by partnering with other organizations.
deliverthedream.org

Dream Foundation

Helps fulfills wishes of adults with advanced illnesses.
dreamfoundation.org

Memories of Love

Parents with a life-threatening illness who have children under the age of 16 are sent on a five-day all-expenses-paid trip to Orlando, FL.
memoriesoflove.org