Bumble Bee Foundation

BumbleBee Foundation is a nonprofit born from one family's experience with childhood cancer, built to wrap real, practical support around every family facing a pediatric cancer diagnosis. They serve kids 18 and under currently in treatment or who completed treatment within the past year, and they have helped over 2,000 families since 2011.

Their biggest program is Patient Aid, and it is the kind of help that actually keeps families from falling apart. Through a hospital social worker referral, families in California or Idaho can receive assistance with rent and mortgage, utility bills, car repairs, medical bills not covered by insurance, gas cards, grocery cards, hospital parking vouchers, transportation reimbursements, counseling, hotel costs during long hospital stays, and even burial and funeral costs when the unthinkable happens. Over 300 families were helped last year alone. To get started, ask your child's social worker to contact BumbleBee Foundation directly at 📧 info@bumblebeefoundation.org or 📞 805-374-2124.

Every year around the holidays, BumbleBee runs their Holiday BEEs program where volunteers shop for personalized wish list gifts for every child in the family, including siblings. Parents also receive a $100 Target gift card and a $100 gas card. The Spring Baskets program does the same thing around Easter. Both programs are local to the Conejo Valley in California and Treasure Valley in Idaho.

When a child is newly diagnosed and admitted to a partner hospital, families receive a BEEpack at the door. It is a bag filled with the basics that no one thinks to pack in a panic: shampoo, deodorant, lotion, hand sanitizer, lip balm, playing cards, window markers, and a Starbucks gift card for the exhausted parent sitting bedside. BEEpacks are distributed through over 20 partner hospitals in California and Idaho.

The BEEday Card program sends a personalized birthday card to any child currently fighting cancer anywhere in the country. It is a small thing that lands big. To request a card for your child visit bumblebeefoundation.org.

Kelli's Wagons provides a free wagon to families so kids can haul their belongings back and forth to the hospital without wearing themselves out. This program is local to Conejo Valley, CA and Treasure Valley, ID.

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BumbleBee Foundation es una organizacion sin fines de lucro creada por una familia que vivio el cancer infantil de cerca, y su mision es darle apoyo real y practico a cada familia que enfrenta un diagnostico de cancer pediatrico. Atienden a ninos de 18 anos o menos que estan en tratamiento activo o que terminaron tratamiento en el ultimo ano, y desde 2011 han apoyado a mas de 2,000 familias.

Su programa mas grande es Patient Aid, y es el tipo de ayuda que de verdad evita que las familias se derrumben. A traves de una referencia del trabajador social del hospital, las familias en California o Idaho pueden recibir ayuda con renta o hipoteca, cuentas de servicios, reparaciones del carro, facturas medicas que el seguro no cubre, tarjetas de gasolina, tarjetas de despensa, vales de estacionamiento en el hospital, reembolsos de transporte, sesiones de consejeria, costos de hotel durante hospitalizaciones largas, y hasta gastos funerarios cuando lo impensable sucede. El ano pasado ayudaron a mas de 300 familias. Para empezar, pide al trabajador social de tu hijo que contacte a BumbleBee Foundation directamente en 📧 info@bumblebeefoundation.org o al 📞 805-374-2124.

Durante las fiestas navide nas, BumbleBee corre su programa Holiday BEEs donde voluntarios compran regalos de una lista de deseos personalizada para cada nino en la familia, incluyendo los hermanos. Los padres tambien reciben una tarjeta de regalo de $100 de Target y una tarjeta de gasolina de $100. El programa Spring Baskets hace lo mismo en Pascua. Ambos programas son locales al Valle Conejo en California y al Valle Treasure en Idaho.

Cuando un nino recibe su diagnostico y es admitido en un hospital asociado, la familia recibe un BEEpack en la puerta. Es una bolsa con lo basico que nadie piensa empacar en el momento de panico: shampoo, desodorante, locion, gel antibacterial, balsamo labial, naipes, marcadores para ventana, y una tarjeta de regalo de Starbucks para el padre agotado que esta al lado de la cama.

El programa BEEday Card envia una tarjeta de cumpleanos personalizada a cualquier nino que este luchando contra el cancer en cualquier parte del pais. Para pedir una tarjeta para tu hijo visita bumblebeefoundation.org.

Kelli's Wagons regala una carrito a las familias para que los ninos puedan cargar sus cosas al hospital sin agotarse. Este programa es local al Valle Conejo, CA y al Valle Treasure, ID.

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