Help Diego's House

Diego's House

Pasadena, California

Cause Description:
Diego's House is a non profit organization (which is obtaining 501(c)(3) status) that is raising funds to open a short term respite care facility for parents of disabled children. Respite care is a service that provides care for the disabled and elderly to give caregivers/parents a break. Since the disabled and elderly often have medications, or medical needs beyond the ability of a mere babysitter, these caretakers rarely get time off. A respite worker/facility provides the caretaker with this much needed break. Specifically, Diego's House will be an actual house that will be medic-ally staffed and will house up to 6 disabled children for up to three weeks so that caretakers can do anything from get one night sleep to a 3 week vacation. In addition, it gives disabled children a chance to get away in a home/camp like setting and to be with other children. We hope to have Diego's House up and running some time in 2005, and until that time we are working hard to raise money to create Diego's House. For more information or questions please email us at roryolivarez@earthlink.net.

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