Believe in Tomorrow foundation continues to help families amid coronavirus pandemic
The Believe in Tomorrow Children's Foundation is making some major adjustments to protect patients and families.
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It's a home away from home for critically ill children getting treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital as coronavirus concerns are presenting challenges and opportunities.
Armed with cleaning supplies, a longtime housekeeper is on the front lines, trying to make the Believe in Tomorrow Children's House at Johns Hopkins as safe as possible for families that live there during treatment.
“We have someone who does nothing but disinfect from top to bottom all day long,” said founder Brian Morrison.
Morrison said changes were quickly made to help critically ill children and families they serve. This week, Home Depot donated N-95 masks.
“That's something that's simply not available throughout the country. They were able to get us a large number of them,” said Morrison.
Home Depot also brought in refrigerators and a freezer to store food donations after critical volunteer-served meals had to be postponed.
“We also need to put refrigerators in the rooms, if needed, so if the family is sick, we need to contain them and their rooms,” said Morrison.
Right now, the house is operating at half capacity and it's seven other sites are closed because of the coronavirus. Major upcoming fundraisers have been canceled, but you can still participate online.
“You know life goes on and we got to figure out how to come together as a community, as neighbors (to) still make things work,” said Morrison.
Believe in Tomorrow has also been overwhelmed with donations from people wanting to help. They've been going to their Amazon wishlist, which can be found here.