Serving Critically Ill Children of United States Military Families
April is the Month of the Military Child
Twelve hours after doctors diagnosed Cydney Young, then one-year-old, with Wilm’s tumor, Cydney and her mom, Crystal Young, boarded a plane from Portugal to Walter Reed Hospital. Two weeks later, Crystal’s husband and two kids joined the other half of the Youngs stateside to support Cydney as she went through rigorous chemo treatments, post-surgery.
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For 27 years, Believe In Tomorrow has proudly served the critically ill children of United States military families. Through our Hospital, Respite Housing and Hands On Adventures programs, military families from throughout the United States have found comfort, hope and support in our services.
In 2005, Believe In Tomorrow introduced the Military Initiative, which prioritizes military families in our respite facilities. While getting treatment for their children at a military hospital, families in the U.S. Armed Forces often find themselves far from home, without the support of extended family members. The Believe In Tomorrow Military Initiative acts as a support system that provides families the time to be together, relax, and reconnect.
Two of our respite houses are dedicated to the Military Initiative, the Believe In Tomorrow House at Pinnacle Falls, located in North Carolina and opening in 2009, and the Believe In Tomorrow House on the Bay, located in Maryland on a Bay that feeds into the Atlantic Ocean. This facility opened in 2008. These two respite houses give military families with critically ill children a year round respite from the stresses of lengthy hospital stays and treatment programs.
Please contact our main office at 800-933-5470 if you would like to contribute to the Believe In Tomorrow House at Pinnacle Falls.
