Meet the Marino Family and their ten-year-old daughter, Milana, of Turnersville, New Jersey. See how Fred’s Footsteps helped renovate this family’s home to safely care for Milana.
Kellen of Newark, DE, lives with a rare disease that made shower time a struggle for the family.
Rob and Tonya’s precious baby girl, Robbi Marie, is a true miracle. This family spent the first 361 days of her life in the hospital, but the journey of caring for their medically-complex child in their Pennsauken, NJ, home was just beginning.
The Wallace Family of Delaware County was getting ready to welcome their second child when her premature birth led to a financial crisis they could have never seen coming.
Mia’s family turned to Fred's Footsteps for help with their mortgage and utilities when Mia was born 3 months too early.
Jaelin was a healthy teenager getting ready to graduate high school when she suddenly and quite unexpectedly became sick. Her illness resulted in a liver transplant and ultimate bilateral trans-tibial amputations as a result of sepsis.
Vivian was born at just 29 weeks gestation and was hospitalized for the first 18 months of her life due to an undiagnosed, extremely rare chromosomal abnormality and resulting medical complications. Her parents had her transferred from their Indiana hospital to CHOP when treatment options ran out, and they were struggling while adjusting to a new city, new jobs, and new treatment for Vivian.
Max was born at just 24 weeks gestation and was in the NICU at CHOP for over 200 days due to medical complications from his prematurity. His parents took as much time off of work as they could to be by his side, but they were quickly falling behind on mortgage and utility payments.
Kyle was hit by a drunk driver in June 2015 while skateboarding to a friend’s birthday party. He suffered a severe traumatic brain injury, multiple bone fractures, and doctors feared for his survival. His mother was a single parent, taking care of five boys at the time of the accident, and was forced to stop working.
Miles and his brother, George, were born at just 31 weeks gestation. George was healthy at birth, but Miles had multiple complications related to his premature birth and Skeletal Dysplasia, including chronic respiratory failure. Miles needed a tracheostomy and feeding tube for support.
Hayden was diagnosed with retinoblastoma when she was four years old after having symptoms of eye drift and eye pain. She had her right eye removed immediately after diagnosis and began chemotherapy shortly thereafter. Before Hayden's illness, both of her parents were very stably employed.
