A Gift for Special Children members volunteer to help meet the basic needs
of special children and their families in the Mason County, Washington area.
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We understand that it takes a lot of extra money, energy, and resources to
raise a child with special needs and/or disease. We are here to help families
in our community when there are no other resources available to them. We
understand that to build a healthy family, sometimes parents-caregivers need
respite and assistance with all of the extra costs associated with frequent
Doctor visits, therapy, and more.
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How the Referral Process Works:
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A Gift for Special Children volunteers work closely with the Mason County
community either as advocacy consultants, nurses, school district consultants,
and teachers, so we receive many referrals in the line of our occupations.
Often we receive referrals from other agencies, doctors, and the families
themselves. Once we know what the need is (for example utility assistance),
we try to work with other agencies or businesses to reduce the rate or get
extra assistance for the family. After we try to work with the referral from
that angle, we will often purchase the item, or in the case of utility
assistance—pay the specific allotted amount (from our bylaws) to the Public
Utility District directly. We will often try to get specific items donated
from local businesses.
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What do we help with?
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Diapers, housing assistance, utility assistance, transportation vouchers,
car repair, hospital stay expenses, food, medical expenses not covered by
insurance, wheelchair accessibility retrofitting, educational materials,
clothing, furniture,....
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A Gift for Special Children is a Non-profit 501 c3 organizaion
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