Lily's Pad, a top grantee of the A Community Thrives program, hopes to build a play center for immunocompromised kids.
In 2021, Lily's Pad received a $25,000 grant from the Gannett Foundation-sponsored A Community Thrives program to build out a clean, safe space where immunocompromised kids could play."It’s hard to accept the reality that we are back at the beginning of the building process when we had come so far before," said director Dawn Garza. "Additionally, we have the added expense of rent which we were so fortunate to have had donated before.""There is also a bright side.
Garza said Lilly's Pad used last year's grant to help secure a new location. The group has set an ambitious goal to have the playcenter completed this year. Lily's Pad was named after Garza's niece, who at age three was diagnosed with leukemia in 2017. Medical treatments forced her to stay away from playgrounds and other public places. The lack of interaction negatively affected her social development. Lily has been cancer-free since 2020.
"It’s incredible how powerful human connections can be and how important it is for our emotional and mental health to find comfort in others," Garza said. "Lily’s Pad will fill this missing piece in the holistic approach to healing. We will be an oasis where kids can put aside the pain of their medical battles and focus on just being kids."Crowdfunding by qualified nonprofits, July 18-Aug. 12.Nonprofits can find more details about A Community Thrives and apply at:
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