Beyond the Bedside Foundation · working name
Childhood should still include friendship.
A proposed program in which students and children exchange notes, drawings and time — a connection that travels both ways.
Placeholder copy for design review.
A proposed program in which students and children exchange notes, drawings and time — a connection that travels both ways.
Placeholder copy for design review.
Proposed: how connection would work
Made by one, answered by another.
Made
A student would make a note, a drawing or an activity.
Carried
It would travel to a child at home or in care.
Answered
Something would come back — a drawing, a note, a story. The friendship would grow from the exchange, not from a one-way gift.
For families
A friend who could keep showing up.
Placeholder: what a family can expect will be described here in general terms. Eligibility, age range and geography are not decided.
Proposed roles for referrers and volunteers
Introduced by professionals, carried by prepared students.
Referrers
Proposed: professionals who know a family can introduce them.
Student volunteers
Proposed: prepared students form small friendship pods with adult oversight.
Roles, training and safeguards are still being defined.
Support
Help the connection continue.
Placeholder: ways to help will appear here once they are decided. This site cannot accept donations.