HI Friends + Family + All

The past few years we have organized a toy and blanket drive for our hospital, M Health Fairview Masonic Children's Hospital in MSP. Our reach has been incredible and last year we were able to donate $4,000 to the hospital.

This year, the need is greater, so we teamed up with some other badass moms in the community to help further our reach! We all have unique stories and backgrounds. Five of us have or are raising incredibly strong, amazing kids who are climbing through some of the toughest battles you can face. Between us all, we have had 4 feeding tubes, 3 ports, have had 12+ brain surgeries, 5 heart surgeries and 1 heart transplant. Our kids have been diagnosed with everything under the sun, including Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy, complex heart defects, global developmental delays, and traumatic brain injuries. Some of our kids are nonverbal and non mobile while others are continuing to making HUGE strides forward.

Read that again. Our kids have been through it all. We've seen it all.

And the need to give back is what continues to move us forward.

If you feel so moved to help, your contribution will go directly to one of two things:

1. General funds for Family life to help purchase toys/activities for families inpatient.

2. Food baskets for nurses/doctors/staff/families on our respective floors of the hospital --- the ER, CVICU, Gen Peds (6th floor), and NICU.