Our Partners
Our community works to provide care to families in the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia region -- all of our efforts wouldn’t be possible without our thousands of volunteers and dozens of donors. We are tremendously grateful for their collaboration, partnership, and support.
Local In-Patient Medical Centers
Eliana’s Light collaborates with the Social Work, case management, Child Life, psychosocial, and community outreach teams at these medical centers:
Children's National Hospital, HSC Health System, Inova Children’s Hospital, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, the Kennedy Krieger Institute, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Medstar Washington Hospital Center, and University of Maryland Medical Center. We accept applications from families whose children receive care at one of these facilities, and also collaborate with these facilities for our community service programs.
Local Outpatient Medical Centers
Eliana’s Light collaborates with outpatient pediatric medical centers by collaborating with staff members (e.g. community outreach specialists, Medicaid providers, social workers, etc.) to let local families that receive care there know they can apply to receive support from Eliana’s Light.
The Children's Inn at NIH
Eliana's Light regularly makes in-kind contributions (e.g., gift bags to moms and dads; Valentine’s Day cards and cookies to kids and their caregivers; and stress relief items, such as art kits) to families staying at The Children's Inn at NIH. We support the Inn’s efforts to respond to family support needs and "reduce the burden of illness through therapeutic, educational, and recreational programming".
Local Non-Profits
We’re grateful for local and regional non-profits with which we’re working closely to provide additional support for families. Examples include: the Lollipop Kids Foundation, Little Lobbyists, the Art of Living Foundation, the DC Association for Special Education, Advocates for Education and Justice (AJE) in DC, the Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC) in Virginia, and the Parent Place in Maryland, among others.
Local Businesses
We really appreciate the contributions that dozens of businesses have made to Eliana’s Light so we can collaborative support local families. Please click here to read a list on our “Gratitude” page. The following spotlights show a couple of on-going partnerships we have with local businesses:
Veyogic Wellness
We are thrilled to be a partner of Veyogic Wellness to offer caregivers new stress relief opportunities. They provide custom yoga wellness programs for corporate and private clients to alleviate stress and anxiety, build community, increase personal and job satisfaction, and foster productivity. The basis of their practice is a holistic understanding of health and wellness where healthy minds, bodies, and spirits are paramount. For more information and to try their virtual classes, visit https://veyogicwellness.com/.
Building Blocks Therapy
Eliana’s Light is thrilled to be a partner of Building Blocks Therapy in the Greater Washington, DC region, as they provide occupational, speech, and language services to children who need support in these areas. We regularly co-refer families and Building Blocks Therapy has kindly donated many supplies through Eliana’s Light to families that cannot afford them. They also regularly engage with their clients in volunteer-based activities that offer fun ways to do their therapy sessions.
Funders
Thank you to everyone who has made a financial or in-kind donation, which supports our programming and advocacy work. With your help, we can give needed financial support to help with rent, food, and utilities costs; Constellation Kits (i.e., personalized gift packages); learning events and downloadable resources for children and their caregivers; and ongoing accompaniment that supports physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being. We also help connect families to additional resources and advocate for an integrative, integrated and whole health approach to medical care. Please consider donating or participating in our ongoing Re-Gift campaign today.
Volunteer Stars
Individuals and companies on Eliana's Light's team for the 2017-2022 Races for Every Child: We remain so thankful to the dozens of individuals and companies that contribute to our annual team in this Race. Their donations and organizing efforts have led to more than $32,000 in donations to integrative care services at Children's National Medical Center.
Individuals, organizations and companies that participated in our 5 Valentine's Day Cards for Kids & Cookies for Caregivers initiative & our two virtual versions called “Spreading Kindness” in 2021 and 2022: With the help of more than 5,000 volunteers (often more than 2,000 at a time), we’ve delivered more than 10,100 Valentine's Day cards to hospitalized children and 3,804 cookies to their caregivers at Children's National Hospital, Inova Children's Hospital, Johns Hopkins Children's Center, HSC's Pediatric Center, the Kennedy Krieger Institute, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, University of Maryland Medical Center, and the Children's Inn at NIH between 2016 and 2020. In 2021 and 2022, we collected dozens of positive, encouraging and supportive messages (e.g., cards, paintings, poems, quotes, etc.) to give to children, their caregivers and their care providers virtually due to COVID-19.
Individuals, organizations and companies that participated in our first 4 “Give A Boost to Moms for Mother’s Day” and “Give A Boost to Dads for Father’s Day” community service programs: With the contributions of hundreds of volunteers, businesses, and organizations, we’ve collaboratively given more than 3,500 gift bags for moms who spent Mother's Day and dads who spent Father’s Day at one of the following medical centers to care for their hospitalized child: Children's National Hospital, HSC's Pediatric Center, Inova Children's Hospital, Johns Hopkins Children's Center, the Kennedy Krieger Institute, The Children's Inn at NIH, Medstar Georgetown University hospital, and Medstar Washington Hospital Center. The gift bags contain gift certificates, stress balls, a protein bar, and other items that help with stress relief. We had to pause this program due to Covid restrictions at hospitals in 2020-2022, and instead focused on giving gift bags to caregivers at home.
We are always looking for volunteers who are interested in being part of a caring community that supports children with complex medical conditions and their family members. If you’re looking for volunteer opportunities, please visit our “Volunteer” page.
Another way you can help is by donating! Please click here to view a variety of ways you can make financial and in-kind contributions.
Eliana’s Light, Inc. is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C.. Our EIN number is 32-0517020. Gifts are deductible to the full extent allowable under IRS regulations.