The Compassion Fund

Caring for a critically ill child is difficult; mentally, emotionally and financially. The Compassion Fund allows front line social workers to identify needs and distribute funds immediately, providing much needed relief for families. 

 

Variety partners with Iowa hospitals to help critically ill children and their families by providing comfort, care and fulfilling immediate needs such as:

  • A gas card for frequent travel to appointments
  • Meals for a parent who spends weeks at the hospital
  • Payment of immediate bills such as phone, heat or electricity
  • A birthday cake for a child who will spend their special day in a hospital bed
  • Care for siblings when parents need to stay with their ill child

Meet Evelyn and Benjamin

 They were born at 32 weeks and spent 3 weeks in the NICU. The Compassion Fund stepped in to help their family during their stay.

 

“The Compassion Fund really made us feel like people cared and were thinking of us while we were focusing on the babies getting stronger so they could come home. My husband commuted to see me and the babies every night, an hour round trip. The gift helped with paying for gas. We were also able to order some last-minute items we needed for the babies when we all got home. We are so blessed with these two babies (now infants/toddlers) and we feel so lucky to have been a recipient of the Compassion Fund!”

 –Jennifer, Mom of Evelyn and Benjamin

 

Support for The Compassion Fund is raised during the annual Two Days of Compassion on KJJY and KMRY radio stations, and KCRG-TV. The Compassion Fund supports children and their families at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s and Mercy Medical Center in eastern Iowa, and at Blank Children's Hospital, ChildServe, Broadlawns Medical Center and MercyOne Des Moines in central Iowa. 

 

Every donation, large and small, helps provide relief and hope to families seeking care.

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Twin babies in Neo natal care unit