1. What is the organization’s official name?
2. What is Believe In Tomorrow’s mission?
3. Who does Believe In Tomorrow serve?
4. Is Believe In Tomorrow a national organization?
5. How is Believe In Tomorrow related to the Children’s House at Johns Hopkins?
6. What are the official names of your facilities?
7. Which facilities are hospital housing and which are retreat housing?
8. Where is each facility located?
9. What is the Hospital Housing Program?
10. What is the Retreat Housing Program?
11. What is the Military Initiative?
12. Which facilities are dedicated to the Military Initiative?
13. Do you serve civilian families?
14. What are some Believe In Tomorrow Statistics?
15. How do I schedule an interview with the Founder & CEO?
16. Where is the Believe In Tomorrow office located?

1. What is the organization’s official name?
Believe In Tomorrow National Children’s Foundation. back to top

2. What is Believe In Tomorrow’s mission?
Believe In Tomorrow provides exceptional hospital and retreat 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. back to top

3. Who does Believe In Tomorrow serve?
Believe In Tomorrow serves families from all over the United States, and families from foreign countries, who have a child with a life threatening illness.  The children are undergoing active treatment and under 17-years of age.  Believe In Tomorrow continues to serve children and their families for a year after they finish active treatment. back to top

4. Is Believe In Tomorrow a national organization?
Believe In Tomorrow is a national non-profit organization, serving families from every state, and many foreign countries in our hospital and retreat housing programs. back to top

5. How is Believe In Tomorrow related to the Children’s House at
      Johns Hopkins?
Although incorporated separately, Believe In Tomorrow built and operates the Believe In Tomorrow Children’s House at Johns Hopkins.  The Children’s House is a part of the Believe In Tomorrow Hospital Housing Program. back to top

6. What are the official names of your facilities?
7. Which facilities are hospital housing and which facilities are
      retreat housing?
8. Where is each facility located?

Hospital Housing
• Believe In Tomorrow Children’s House at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Md.
• Believe In Tomorrow House at St. Casimir, Baltimore, Md.

Retreat Housing
• Believe In Tomorrow House By The Sea, Ocean City, Md. (On Atlantic Ocean)
• Believe In Tomorrow House on Wisp Mountain, McHenry, Md.
  (Allegheny Mountains)
• Believe In Tomorrow House on Fenwick Island, Fenwick Island, Del.
   (Near Atlantic Ocean)

Retreat Housing Opening May 2008
• Believe In Tomorrow House on the Bay, Ocean City, Md.
  (On a bay off Atlantic Ocean)
• Believe In Tomorrow House at Pinnacle Falls, Hendersonville, Md.
  (Private mountain community)
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9. What is the Hospital Housing Program?
As a leader in hospital housing, Believe In Tomorrow offers families a place to stay when traveling far from home for medical treatment.  The Believe In Tomorrow Children’s House at Johns Hopkins provides a “home-away-from-home” to families worldwide who are traveling to Johns Hopkins Hospital for treatment.  The 15-bedroom facility offers a community of support while also providing over 1,000 individual overnight accommodations each month to children and their families.  A second hospital housing facility, the Believe In Tomorrow House at St. Casimir, located in Canton, Md., has seven individual apartments.  This nationally significant project is the first stand-alone hospital housing facility in the United States to focus exclusively on the long-term housing needs of pediatric bone marrow transplant patients, and their parents and siblings. back to top

10. What is the Retreat Housing Program?
With the only respite housing program in the United States, Believe In Tomorrow provides children with life threatening illnesses and their families an escape from the stressful routine of medical treatments.  By relaxing, a free of charge, in a beautiful facility in a top destination spot, families are able to renew themselves mentally and physically, and spend quality time together while enjoying a wide range of activities.  Believe In Tomorrow has a variety of generous donors who provide free meals and free activities for the families to also enjoy while staying at the retreat facility. back to top

11. What is the Military Initiative?
While getting treatment for their child at a military hospital, families in the United States Armed Forces often are far from home without the support of extended family members.  The Military Initiative prioritizes military families in our retreat housing facility.  Believe In Tomorrow therefore acts as an outside support system that gives the opportunity for the families to be together in a comfortable environment.  As we continue to serve both military and civilian families in all of our facilities, two retreat houses opening in May 2008, the Believe In Tomorrow House By The Bay and the Believe In Tomorrow House at Pinnacle Falls will be dedicated to the Military Initiative. back to top

12. Which facilities are exclusively dedicated to the Military Initiative?
• Believe In Tomorrow House at Pinnacle Falls
• Believe In Tomorrow House on the Bay

These new houses opening in May 2008 will be dedicated to military families, while all other Believe In Tomorrow facilities will continue to serve both civilian and military families. back to top

13. Do you still serve civilian families?
Believe In Tomorrow serves both military and civilian families in both hospital and retreat housing programs. back to top

14. What are some Believe In Tomorrow statistics?
Believe In Tomorrow…

• …celebrated its 25th Anniversary in 2007.
• …has provided over 250,000 individual overnight accommodations.
• …provides over 1,000 individual overnight accommodations each month at the Believe In Tomorrow Children’s House at Johns Hopkins.
• …volunteers and donors have provided over 5,200 meals to families through the hospital housing program, alone.
• … families benefit from the generosity of community members at each retreat facility location, who donate free passes, services and dinners, saving these families hundreds of dollars during their stay.
• … operates the only retreat housing program in the United States.
• … owns and operates the only hospital housing facility dedicated to the special needs of pediatric bone marrow transplant patients and their families.
• … uses 90% of all donations to fund the programs.

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15. How do I schedule an interview with Believe In Tomorrow’s
      Founder & CEO?
Please contact our communications associate at 410-744-1032 to set up an interview or for any further information. back to top

16. Where is the Believe In Tomorrow office located?
Believe In Tomorrow office is located in Baltimore, Md. back to top