Our Sponsor Kids

Each year we receive applications from multiple families seeking assistance from our organization.  Some of them in need of limited assistance while others require much more financial assistance.  We assist families with medical bills, equipment and every day expenses that seem to fall behind while caring for a sick child such as groceries, mortgage, vehicle expenses etc. Sadly, we have even assisted the families with funeral expenses in a few cases.

We select one family to be our Sponsor Family each year.  Our sponsor family is chosen by our Board of Directors and is selected based on several factors.  We feel that they are the ones most in need of our organizations assistance.  While we do assist multiple families throughout the year, it is our sponsor family who generally receives the most financial help throughout the year.  

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2020 Sponsor Child

Channing Rhoads

15 Months Old

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Diagnosed with:

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Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease (ARPKD)

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Meet our 2020 sponsor child Channing (chan-man) Rhoads. Channing was born 11/21/2018 with Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease (ARPKD), had both kidneys removed at 5 days old and was placed on life saving peritoneal dialysis 24 hours a day. He spent 156 days at Mott Children's NICU; he faced additional challenges with excessively low blood pressures, hip dysplasia, and a stroke. He overcame these challenges with unrelenting vigor and was discharge the day before Mother's Day 2019. He is striving for a kidney transplant in the coming year.

Past Sponsor Children