Providing love and support to cancer kids and their families 52 weeks a year!
Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas, is a dedicated pediatric facility serving a 46-county area and beyond, providing healthcare for children and adolescents. Dell Children’s is the Pediatric Level I Trauma Center in Central Texas and one of only five in all of Texas. The Children’s Blood & Cancer Center (CBCC) of Dell Children’s Medical Center is the only comprehensive children's cancer center in Central Texas. They offer a healing place for children and their families in need of highly advanced care for pediatric cancers and blood disorders. B.I.G. Love Cancer Care began partnering with Dell Children’s Medical Center of Austin in 2014 and offers the following services:
This Program provides all children, teenagers and their caregivers with an opportunity to request on a weekly basis special grocery or comfort items that they might desire such as: detergent, toiletries, toys, blankets, socks, special snacks, or books. At the beginning of each week, a wish list with a $25 budget is given to each cancer family. After acquiring the lists, a B.I.G. Love volunteer shops for all the cancer patients and their families and delivers the requested items to the child’s room before weeks end.
Pamela Medrano
Besides providing a host of food, snacks, pajamas, and toiletries in these baskets, B.I.G. Love also grants the small wishes of all new kids and teens diagnosed with cancer. With an approximate budget of $150 for each child. “About Me” Craft Bags also provided to new patients.
Pamela Medrano
Miles of Smiles Holiday Gift Basket Program - B.I.G. Love delivers gift baskets and/or other special gifts on Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day. Baskets include: blankets, toiletries, toys, snacks, drinks, a $25 Gift Card and many other goodies. Over 400 baskets are given away each year.
Pamela Medrano
B.I.G. Love delivers various gifts, gift cards, catered meals, desserts and special surprises for all holidays (even summer and backpacks for school). BIG Love provides special wishes at Christmas time, sponsoring over 20 entire families. An entire hospital room is also converted during the entire month of December for families to enjoy hot cocoa, a tree and toys every day!
Toys are donated each month as well as prizes for the vending prize machine.
Pamela Medrano
BIG Love hosts a craft project each week on 4N and at the CBCC. BIG Love volunteers deliver new patient craft bags with art supplies and “All About Me” posters each week to the cancer unit.
Family Movie Night (4N) – BIG Love hosts a movie night in the teen room once a month with pizza and desserts for all!
Each week, BLCC delivers food and drinks to stock the family kitchen at the hospital and the outpatient clinic. Toys, toiletries and pajamas also provided as needed.
The Comfort Cart is provided to families whose child is inpatient with a terminal prognosis. This cart is filled with items that we hope would provide comfort to families during this very difficult and stressful time.
BIG Love provides special meals and gifts for Nurse Appreciation Week and other special holidays.
Pamela Medrano
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