What Dylan's Dream
Is All About
Our Plans, Projects and Support


FAMILY FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE

  • Hospital parking passes for families throughout the course of treatment
  • Phone Cards, Gas Cards
  • Vending machine $
  • Daily monetary allowances
    for meals
  • Assistance with home expenses when the need arises


MAKE ANY DAY
SPECIAL

  • Sporting Event Tickets
  • Movie Night Out
  • Adopt a Child and Their
    Family for the Holidays
  • Art’s and Craft Day’s
  • Assist with Birthday Wishes and Gifts for the sick child
    and siblings
  • Sponsored Toy Drive


HOSPITAL AND CLINIC
SUPPORT

  • Enhancements to the physical space.
  • Snacks, crafts, and other diversions for patients
    and their families.     


At Dylan's Dream, Inc. we execute our mission through three major programs

    •  Direct financial and emotional assistance to families of children in out-patient or in-patient treatment.
    •  Outreach to inform the community about the effects of childhood cancer.
    •  Changing the families focus, with “Smiles in a Box” and “Parent Care Packages”.

To Educate, Provide Informational Resources, Offer Support and Serve as
an Advocate for the Children and Their Families Dealing with Their Ccancer Diagnosis

    •  Provide a broad selection of reference materials
    •  Medical treatment Information
    •  Online medical resources
    •  Pediatric Oncology Social Workers
    •  Parent Consultants
    •  Child Life Specialists


SMILES IN A BOX


Many children undergoing treatment for cancer spend days, weeks and even months in a hospital bed. Dylan’s Dream, will periodically during the course of the year provide the children on the Hematology/Oncology Ward with "Smiles In A Box" an activity box filled with:

Toys, card games, crayons, sports cards, an electronic hand held game and puzzle books to help pass the time.

These activity boxes will occupy the children, as well as a welcome diversion for the parents and the patient.


PARENT CARE PACKAGES

 


Imagine it is the middle of the night, you are a parent of a sick child and have just spent many hours in the ER; stressed, worried, hungry and tired. Only to find out that your child is very ill and being admitted to the hospital as an in-patient.

There you sit totally over whelmed with the fact that your child has just been diagnosed with a horrible illness.  You look around and see a soda machine and pay phone; yes you need to make some important phone calls and would kill for a Coke.

You take a look in your purse or wallet and find nothing, not even some lose change for the pay phone or the vending machines. By this time you are a physical and emotional wreck.

Now your on your way up to the floor were your child will be staying during his or her treatment; and one of the nurses hands you a "Parent Care Package" from Dylan's Dream. Containing some toiletries, a little $ for the vending machines, phone card, toothbrush, toothpaste and some other needed items. Instantly things are looking up, you have a little better out look and your mind set changes from “Oh my God, what am I going to do”? To "Thank God somebody must be looking out for me".