Case #1: The family of a child with diabetes, autism, and other serious illnesses requested a used refrigerator because some of his medications had to be refrigerated. The committee approved the purchase of a new refrigerator. Total asked: $700 APPROVED Case #2: The family of a child with a brain tumor requested $700 to pay […]

Case #1: To help pay for assistance dog training in Kansas City so that a four-year-old girl can get help with basic tasks as she moves about in her wheelchair. Total asked: $2,500 APPROVED Case #2: To help with utilities and phone service for a family whose six-year-old child has a severe muscle disease. Total […]

Case #1: For the mother of a premature child to help with the expenses of a new home. Total asked: $500 APPROVED

The Baby Sharon Fund assisted three families with rent and utility payments. Case #1: The family of an 11-year-old child with a brain tumor. Total asked: $450 APPROVED Case #2: The second family, whose child also has a brain tumor. Total asked: $500 APPROVED Case #3: The third child has severe gastrointestinal problems and his […]

Case #1: The Baby Sharon Fund assisted the family of an 18-year-old cancer patient with three months of rent payments totaling $900. Total asked: $900 APPROVED Case #2: A second family whose child suffers from Short Bowel Syndrome was awarded a grant of $825 to help them move to Little Rock because the illness requires […]

Case 1#: The Baby Sharon Fund assisted the family of a 5-year-old liver transplant patient with living expenses and transportation. Total asked: $1,000 APPROVED

Case #1: To a family to buy a portable ramp and to help with three months of utility bills. Total asked: $2,000 APPROVED Case #2: To a family to help with rent. Total asked: $1,350 APPROVED

Case #1: The committee granted an amount to a family to cover many different expenses. Their child has a brain tumor requiring surgeries that forced the mother to leave work for a number of months to care for the young man. Total asked: $815 APPROVED

Case #1: To a family to defray some of their rent and utilities while their child undergoes a bone marrow transplant. Total asked: $2,200 APPROVED Case #2: To a family for two months’ rent and utilities while their child has chemotherapy for a sarcoma. Total asked: $1,000 APPROVED

Case #1: To a family to pay back rent while their child recovers from severe burns. Total asked: $1,000 APPROVED Case #2: $1400 to a family of a very sick baby. The money will be used to pay off a car note thereby providing around $200 of cash for monthly expenses. Total asked: $1,400 APPROVED

The meeting was conducted electronically. Case #1: For an ADA ramp Total asked: $1,648.98 APPROVED Case #2: For a high chair, stroller, and car seat Total asked: $357.90 APPROVED Case #3: To assist with a car purchase Total asked: $1,400 APPROVED

Case #1: To help with home modifications for a child neurologically devastated after a near drowning. Total asked: $1,200 APPROVED Case #2: For alterations to a home so it can accommodate medical equipment needed to care for a very ill baby. Total asked: $900 APPROVED

Case #1: To help a 17-year old girl with severe gastrointestinal issues buy nutritional supplements for several months. Total asked: $1,300 APPROVED Case #2: For a baby with many heart problems including Tetralogy of Fallot to become current on the family electric bill. Total asked: $440 APPROVED Case #3: For a patient with cerebral palsy […]

Case #1: For rent supplement and payment of a late fee to the family of a very sick six-month-old child. Total asked: $575 APPROVED Case #2: For utility bills and mortgage payments to the family of a five-month-old with numerous gastric issues. Total asked: $1,978 APPROVED

Case #1: For back payments on a mortgage to the family of a child severely disabled in an automobile accident that killed her mother. Total asked: $1,400 APPROVED Case #2: For an eye exam and glasses for an uninsured fifteen-year-old living with her grandmother. Total asked: $389 APPROVED

Case #1: To help pay for two months of lodging in Little Rock for a family while their child undergoes brain tumor surgery. Total asked: $1,200 APPROVED Case #2: To help offset the cost of asbestos removal for a family whose child has a seizure disorder, asthma, and respiratory problems. Total asked: $1,000 APPROVED

Case #1: To help pay utilities and buy school clothes for a patient with End Stage Renal Disease. Total asked: $750 APPROVED Case #2: To help with the rent and utilities of a patient with Short Gut Syndrome. Total asked: $1,600 APPROVED Case #3: To help pay for a special bed for a child born […]

Case #1: To help replace a septic tank for a patient with a heart defect. Total asked: $1,000 APPROVED Case #2: To buy two generators for families with seriously ill children on ventilators. Total asked: $900 APPROVED

Case #1: To buy a generator and supplies for the family of a 3-year-old with heart problems on a ventilator. Total asked: $575 APPROVED Case #2: To buy a washing machine for a family with a 14-month-old hydrocephalic child and other serious medical problems. Total asked: $320 APPROVED Case #3: For unpaid electric bills for […]

Case #1: To help a single mother with a wheelchair-bound child and two other children buy a van with a chair lift. Total asked: $1,800 APPROVED

Case #1: The family of an 8-year-old with multiple medical issues, CP, brain function, food allergies, skin problems, shunt in the brain, on a feeding tube, etc., was granted $1,800 for an accessibility door for her van. The costs were broken down as follows: $1,000 for the door, $300 for labor, and $500 for the […]

Case #1: A great-grandmother taking care of a two-year-old girl with multiple life-threatening health issues, needed $1500 to move her trailer because her landlord would not allow the sick child on the property. The request was granted. Total asked: $1,500 APPROVED Case #2: In another case, the family of an 11-year-old boy in need of […]

Case #1: The family of a child, age 17, a long-time renal patient who has been hospitalized for over 100 days this year with cardiac and renal issues, was granted $750 to help with mortgage and utility payments. Total asked: $750 APPROVED Case #2: The family of an eight-year-old patient with meningitis, a recent related […]

Case #1: To the family of a child aged 2, with several serious problems, including the need for a feeding tube and ventilator, $545 was granted for a generator and special extension cord to keep the ventilator and feeding pump working during an electrical outage. Total asked: $545 APPROVED

Case #1: To the single-parent family of six children with one child age 6 having multiple medical problems, $970 to pay deposits on a home and the utilities. Total asked: $970 APPROVED Case #2: To the family of a child age 15, ventilator dependent and wheelchair bound, $2000 to give the home wheelchair access and […]