Believe In Tomorrow National Children's Foundation
June 2010

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Believe In Tomorrow Family Connection

We Believe — Believe In Tomorrow provides exceptional hospital and respite housing services to critically ill children and their families. We believe in keeping families together during a child’s medical crisis, and that the gentle cadence of normal family life has a powerful influence on the healing process.

June 2010 - in this issue


Pinnacle Falls

The Believe In Tomorrow House at Pinnacle Falls

AirshowPinnacle FallsYour contribution TODAY can help us open the Believe In Tomorrow House at Pinnacle Falls THIS SUMMER...
Although the economy impacted our timeline to open the Believe In Tomorrow House at Pinnacle Falls, as originally scheduled, we are determined to open the facility this summer, but we need YOUR help. This mountain top respite, outside Asheville, North Carolina is Believe In Tomorrow's second designated respite property to prioritize military families with critically ill children. Help us support the men, women and families who honor us with their service and dedication to our nation. Your donation will help us open the doors of this 3,300 square foot house to military families, who endure even greater hardships, including deployment and being displaced from family and friends, during a child's critical illness. Thank you! 

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Our Respite Facilities

AAAAhhhhhhhhhhSUMMERTIME Summer officially begins TODAY, but our respite properties at the beach and in the mountains have been booked solid, as we begin to celebrate the longer and definitely warmer days ahead.

House On The Bay Children's House By The Sea Wisp Fenwick Island

 

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Notes from our Families

Here are some quotes from our families who travel from as far as Wisconsin, Missouri, Florida, New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Illinois to embrace a week's respite at the Believe In Tomorrow House by the Sea or The Believe In Tomorrow House on the Bay in Ocean City, Maryland or the Believe In Tomorrow House on Fenwick Island, in Delaware or the Believe In Tomorrow House on Wisp Mountain, in Western Maryland. As we celebrate our 25th year of bringing families with critically ill children to the beaches of Maryland and Delaware, we THANK YOU for your continued support, which enables us to offer families who are experiencing the darkest of days a bit of relief from their stressful routine.

Wednesday, June 16
We just returned from a week stay at the House on the Bay in Ocean City. I am almost speechless with the generosity we experienced during our time at the beach. This program is amazing and we will be forever grateful to all that made this trip possible. Wayne, his staff of volunteers and all the business owners in Ocean City that donated to our family really restored my faith in humanity. Our son Rumi, was diagnosed with leukemia on July 30th 2008. Luckily, he is doing well on treatment at this point. This week was such a reflection of how far we've come as one year ago he was terrified to go in the water and didn't even want to play on the beach. This trip it was hard to get him out of the water!! We've been home for 2 days and he keeps talking about how much he misses the beach and the friends he made while we were there. Thank you so much for allowing us to come and we hope we are lucky enough to come again!! Family from Madison, Wisconsin

Saturday, June 5, 2010
Dear Believe In Tomorrow, I can't explain how much I appreciate you allowing my family and I to come to this amazing vacation. I enjoyed all the restaurants and my brother loved all the activities.  The beach house was so spacious and too, too comfortable! It was so refreshing for me to be able to go on vacation after struggling with this cancer for almost two years. I had fun meeting the other families during our deck cookout and my sister and I enjoyed walking the boardwalk everyday. I really hope we'll be able to come back again soon for another vacation! I <3 believe in tomorrow :) See you soon! Family from Chantilly, Virginia 

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An Uplifting Adventure At The Beach:

 

Hop for Hope

Members of the legendary 101st Airborne Division and Navy joint parachute teams are flanked by Believe In Tomorrow families who enjoyed the privilege of spending an afternoon with these heroes.

Many Believe In Tomorrow Families participated in a meet and greet with the USAF Thunderbirds and members of the 101st Airborne Division and Navy Joint Parachute Teams at the Ocean City Air  Show.

Fears Family

Danny Fears is "pinned" by the Blue Angels during their appearance at the Ocean City Air Show

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Mark Your Calendars

Believe In Tomorrow's 28th Annual Benefit & Auction Saturday, November 13, 2010 at M&T Bank Stadium, home of the Baltimore Ravens!

 

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