Welcomed items include: Gift cards ($5-50) for iTunes, Kindle, Amazon, GameStop, Target, Wal-Mart, National Chain Restaurants and Clothing stores Patients spend hours/days researching the best items to purchase, giving them a measure of control and something to pass the time. Video games and game systems (PlayStation 3, Wii Systems, etc.; video games of all ratings) Tablets (iPad Mini’s, Kindles, etc.) …
We have many young Dragonfly patients in the hospital right now whose parents can’t visit them because they can’t afford the gas back and forth from the hospital to work/home. I can’t imagine what it’s like to know that your child has to be an inpatient without you, or worse to be a child or teen without anyone at your …
Many of our young patients are depressed, angry and/or upset over having to endure so much pain and trauma, and having to be away from their family and friends while in the hospital or in isolation at home. We try to do as much as we can to distract them and to create smiles. We are often faced with hospital …
Sure, we have programs like our CARE packages, gifting, events, etc., but one of the other things we do (that is hard to quantify) is connect our Dragonflies with our supportive community. In the last month, we have helped connect a Dragonfly with a job, found crutches for a family with no health insurance, helped someone get a mortgage on …
