Sunday, September 25, 2011
Your look back with Snellville Patch.
See what top stories you missed in Snellville Patch over the past week. September 18: Update: Child Identified in Lenora Park Accident Olivia Hellwig, 1, is killed after a car hit her at Lenora Park. Her mother, Brooke Hellwig, was pushing the little girl across a parking lot when the fatal accident happened. September 19: Dream House Remains Open, Suspends Critical Program Dream House in Snellville is having some financial challenges, and this may not bode well for the nonprofit's future standing. If you want to help, be sure to donate to them. Snellville Arts Council Moves Forward The arts are gaining more steam. See what Snellville is up to now. September 20: Zoar UMC Celebrates 200 Years We spent time with Zoar UMC, as the church …
Monday, September 19, 2011
Dream House for Medically Fragile Children, based in Snellville, is restructuring the organization to help save it from complete closure.
Dream House for Medically Fragile Children is still hoping to raise enough money to keep the center open and to restore critical programs. Officials at Dream House have said that the board is in the middle of restructuring, so that a complete closure does not beset the nonprofit in the next few weeks. Already Dream House had to suspend its transitional home in Lilburn. However, the nonprofit's Family for Keeps education and training and Bridging the Gap, a privately funded program that provides needed resources for families and caregivers of medically fragile children, are still up and running. Over the years, Dream House has helped more than 1,000 children through its various programs. "Dream House is now in urgent need of donations to …
Thursday, March 10, 2011
For many children with complicated medical needs, the Dream House has been life-changing.
Somewhere, right now, a child is dreaming. At Dream House for Medically Fragile Children, Inc., staff believes all children are entitled to those dreams no matter what their circumstances. For these children, the dreams are strained, awash in lost innocence, incurable diseases and unwanted feelings. Their aspirations for a life filled with love -- and a many random things that kids hope for -- may be challenged, but they are no less important to founder Laura Moore, her staff and volunteers. Here, Moore said, children have "a chance to see that life can be better." "They are limitless in what they can do and believe and become," she added. What's needed is the care and concern of people dedicated to ensuring that the children here know…
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Sandra Deal plans to tour the Lilburn transitional care home of Dream House for Medically Fragile Children, Inc. The nonprofit's headquarters is in Snellville.
Georgia's First Lady Sandra Deal plans to visit the Dream House for Medically Fragile Children, Inc., a local nonprofit that has its headquarters in Snellville. The First Lady confirmed today that she will tour the organization's flagship transition care home, Family for Keeps, located in Lilburn on Wed., March 9, according to a press release sent by Dream House. This facility is licensed as the first Children’s Transition Care Center (CTCC) in Georgia, and serves children with complex health care needs from across the state. The residential facility is the first in Georgia to provide 24-hour nursing and skills training to prepare each child and family for transition to their own home, according to the press release. In her visit, Sandra …
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Dream House founder and chief executive officer Laura Moore brings hope and happiness to children betrayed by the system.
Laura Moore had a dream when she was eight months pregnant with her first child that she would run a home for children who had nowhere else to go. A pediatric nurse at the time who frequently attended to long-term patients, she attributed the dream to surging hormones. It continued to haunt her. So much so that while she was raising her own two children, Hayden, now 23, and Anna, now 21, she worked extra hard on developing a skill set that would enable her to be an inspiration to mothers facing even greater challenges. She even went back to school and got her masters degree in nursing education. Fourteen years after that dream, her son came to her and said that he and his sister didn’t want her to wait any longer; that they wanted to …
Kevin Newins
10:31 am on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Thank you for all you do for these young ones. You are a blessing and an inspiration to all of us! more ›