How to Help Your Child With Cancer if You Live In Florida

By AngelBean

How to Help Your Child With Cancer if You Live In Florida How to Help Your Child With Cancer if You Live In Florida

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Cheering your child up with cancer is easier if you live in Florida. There are organizations that will send your child cards and provide a free trip to the Florida attractions for as long as there is a need. The Sunshine State can put a little sunshine in your child’s heart too. Take a look.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • Internet
  • Telephone
  • A willingness to express your needs to total strangers
  • Patience
  • Determination to help your child and other children if necessary
Step1
Give Kids The World Village is a special place set up for terminally ill children to go visit the Florida attractions and have their lodging remain free for as long as there is a need.
Give Kids The World Village
210 South Bass Road
Kissimmee, FL 34746
800-995-KIDS (Tel)
407-396-1114 (Tel)
407-396-1207 (Fax)
Email: dream@gktw.org
Website: http://www.gktw.org/
Step2
Locks of Love provides prosthetic hair pieces to children with long term hair loss like alopecia to improve their self-esteem.
Locks of Love
2925 10th Ave. North, Ste. 102
Lake Worth, FL 33461

phone (561) 963-1677
fax (561) 963-9914
TOLL FREE INFO 1-888-896-1588
E-mail: info@locksoflove.org
Website: http://www.locksoflove.org/
Step3
Make A Child Smile Organization provides greeting cards to terminally ill children to get them to smile. The parents and children enjoy reading the cards and feeling the support from people around the world.
Make A Child Smile Organization
PMB #255
12717 W. Sunrise Blvd.
Sunrise, FL 33323
Email Contact: http://www.makeachildsmile.org/contact.shtml
Step4
The Joey Bergsma Retinoblastoma Awareness Foundation increases awareness that you can take a picture of a life-threatening tumor, cataract or other disease and possibly save a child’s life.
The Joey Bergsma Retinoblastoma Awareness Foundation
619 South K St.
Lake Worth, FL 33460
561-586-2094
Email: lovejoey@bellsouth.net
http://www.lovejoey.com
Step5
Do you have a child with cancer, leukemia or lymphoma? Then you need a copy of The Dying Child: A Journal For Parents. This book has over 200 soul searching questions designed to help you discover your true feelings in a trying situation. The book focuses on Fun at Home, Relaxation and Quiet Normal Times, Strong Marriages For Tough Times, The Stong Marriages For Tough Times chapter also includes a section on handling money together, Self-Help Web Links that will put you in touch will all sorts of therapists, classes for new dads, autism resources, support groups parenting classes and more. Order your copy at https://www.createspace.com/3353176 or click on the link below in resources.

Tips & Warnings

  • Check out Give Kids The World’s website. It is sooo cute. It reminds you of Candyland and Disney World all at the same time.

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