The "Caring Committee" was formed in 2014 to assist our members with hospitalizations. If you know of a family experiencing a hospital stay, please feel free to contact us! We can offer limited financial support, and can rally around the family if they'd like -- sharing their fundraisers, referrals to other sources of support.
Please keep in mind, if the hospital stay is a certain distance from your home, Katie Beckett may be able to reimburse you for hospital stays AND mileage. Contact your Katie Beckett support person for further information.
Caring Committee
Phase 1
Phase 2
Other
Please keep in mind, if the hospital stay is a certain distance from your home, Katie Beckett may be able to reimburse you for hospital stays AND mileage. Contact your Katie Beckett support person for further information.
Caring Committee
Phase 1
- If a child with Down syndrome who is a member of our group gets ill or has an extended hospital stay, we will gift the family with up to $100 in gift cards for gas / food.
- Gift cards to be either for food, gas, or a generic Visa
- We have an additional amount usable for sending balloons or gift (blanket?) to the child (up to $25)
- Minor surgeries (ear tubes, tonsils) will not be included
- We will do our best to send to the hospital, or at least send balloons to the child’s room & sent cards to parents home address.
Phase 2
- If there is recurring hospitalization or other serious injury / illness, we will assign a person to be the contact to the family (preferably based on proximity)
- An email will go the group, allowing for donations (meals or money) to be sent for the family, to the contact person
- The contact person will coordinate meal delivery (either on specific days, or will gather all the meals & deliver at once) and pick up dishes as needed.
- The contact person will keep in touch with the family and let the group know if they have any other needs we can assist with
Other
- If parent or sibling of a child w/DS in our group has a serious illness or injury, we will follow phase 2 and gather donations of meals & money for the family, on a voluntary basis.