Below are some resources that may be of assistance to you

PARENT RESOURCES:

Make A Child Smile; Sign up for your sick child to receive cards

http://www.makeachildsmile.org/index.shtml

Great Resource for medical information on numerous topics

www.bravekids.org

dedicated to bringing comfort to children in hospitals, clinics, and shelters by brightening their environment with murals and other art

http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/

provides dolphin therapy to children with critical illnesses, disabilities and special needs from all over the world

http://www.islanddolphincare.org/

Create Free, Personalized Songs To Inspire Sick Kids & Young Adults

http://www.songsoflove.org/flash/home.html

Childcare for sick kids (including chronic conditions), sites in Northern Virginia planned for 2006

http://www.rainbowstation.org/main.html

Receives donated sports and appropriate non-sports trading cards which are gift-wrapped and then donated to hospitalized children worldwide

http://assureacure.com/

GENERAL CHILDREN'S HEALTH:

Kid’s Health

http://www.kidshealth.org/

American Academy of Pediatrics

http://www.aap.org/

Keep Kids Healthy

http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/

National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions

http://www.childrenshospitals.net

http://clinicaltrials.resourceaid.com/

RARE CHILDHOOD DISEASES:

Madison’s Foundation - Moms and Dads in search of needed support – rare life-threatening childhood diseases; Glossary of hard to understand medical terms

http://www.madisonsfoundation.org/

WHITE MATTER DISORDERS:

http://www.massgeneral.org/mghfc/MGHfC_medspec_leukodystrophy.htm

http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/neurowebforum/ChildNeurologyArticles/WHITEMATTERDISORDERS.html

United Leukodystrophy Foundation

http://www.ulf.org/

HEART ILLNESSES:

http://www.savinglittlehearts.com/

CYSTIC FIBROSIS:

http://www.dansroom.org/ A child with cyctic fibrosis tells his story

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