Andre Sobel River of Life Foundation

Your gift of $100 will pay for sibling child care so that a single dad can stay at his sick child's bedside during major surgery. With your gift, dad can focus on helping his child heal, knowing that his other children are safe. more

Your gift will pay for transportation for a grandparent to visit and care for the siblings at home. Your gift will help with gas, a long distance bus ticket, or plane fare. more

Your gift card -- to be used for groceries, gas, or pharmacy items -- will help a kind neighbor or relative go shopping to help this family in need. Your gift will help to ease the financial burdens of a despairing family, so that the parent can focus on helping the child heal. more

Your gift will feed a sick child's family when the child is in medical treatment. Your gift will soften a family's burden and let mom or dad focus on caring for the child with a life threatening illness. more

Your gift will give a $20 gift certificate to all teens who enter the Andre Sobel Essay Award Contest. This annual Award is a contest just for young people who have survived catastrophic illness, like cancer. Each year hundreds of entrants compete to win the top prize ($5000). more

Your gift will pay for a month of cellphone minutes so that a single dad caring for his child at the hospital can keep in touch with other children and family back home. more

Your gift of $50 will fill a car with gas for a family of a child with life threatening illness. With your help a family can get to the hospital -- often hundreds of miles away in another city. Thanks to you, this family can feel relief from their financial burdens so that they can focus on the child's healing. more

A simple gift of $10 can pay bus fare for dad and his child to get to and from the hospital, ensuring that the child receives critical medical treatment. When your child is seriously ill, it is stressful enough. Help relieve a family's financial burden so that dad can focus on helping his child heal. more

Your generous gift will help a single parent family stay stable and in their home while their child is in treatment for a catastrophic illness. By paying a month's rent, you relieve a family's immediate financial burden and give mom or dad breathing room. Now they can focus on helping their child heal. more

Your gift will pay a month of utilities -- electric, gas, water, phone, cable, cellphone -- for a family whose lives are shattered by the dual tragedies of their child's catastrophic illness and severe financial distress. more