Each of these amazing organizations touched our lives in unique and special ways.
The Smilin' Rylen Foundation has donated over $311,398 to these wonderful organizations!
Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston
With a mission of "Keeping families with sick children together and near the care and resources they need, our family was able to remain close to Rylen day and night. Naturally, Kristen did not want to leave Rylen's side, thankfully The Ronald McDonald Family Rooms provided a peaceful place for her to rest, relax, and spend time together as a family without having to leave the hospital.
Research shows that staying close by allows parents to better communicate with their child’s medical team and improves adherence to complicated treatment plans.
LifeGift
Rylen is a HERO and he lives on everyday because of organ donation. When the doctors talked to Kristen and Travis about the opportunity of Rylen being an organ donor, there was no question. Both having family members who have been recipients of organs, the answer seemed simple.
Every day, an average of 92 people across the country receive lifesaving organ transplants, and countless others receive lifesaving tissue transplants. Many more receive the gift of sight through cornea donation.
Even so, there is a critical shortage of organs across the country. More than 118,000 individuals are waiting for a lifesaving transplant. Of those, more than 10,000 are Texans.*
Every 10 minutes, a new person is added to the national organ transplant waiting list, and every day 20 people die waiting for a lifesaving transplant.
The generosity of an individual donor can save up to eight lives through organ donation and countless others through tissue donation. Skin is used to treat burn patients and individuals with cancer; bone can be used to treat orthopedic injuries and cancer patients.
Click Here for a Brochure about Organ Donation
Click Here to Become an Organ Donor
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
This organization is full of very special individuals. Kristen and Travis were blessed to have a friend and representative for the organization, take photos of the family and Rylen. "These treasured moments are so very precious to our family". Providing the gift of remembrance photography for parents suffering the loss of a baby. A volunteer based organization, NILMDTS has over 1,700 active photographers around the world. NILMDTS reaches every state in the United States and has been or is present in 40 countries worldwide.
Bo's Place
Bo’s Place exists to offer support and community to those who have experienced the death of a loved one.
A non-profit, free-of-charge bereavement center, Bo’s Place offers multiple grief support services for adults, children and families, and provides education and resources for those who assist people in grief.
Bo’s Place operates on the belief that it is helpful and healing for grieving children and adults to share their stories, memories, experiences, thoughts and feelings with those who can understand their journey. Bo’s Place offers the only free on-going grief support program in the greater Houston area for children and their families.
The Smilin' Rylen Foundation has donated over $311,398 to these wonderful organizations!
Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston
With a mission of "Keeping families with sick children together and near the care and resources they need, our family was able to remain close to Rylen day and night. Naturally, Kristen did not want to leave Rylen's side, thankfully The Ronald McDonald Family Rooms provided a peaceful place for her to rest, relax, and spend time together as a family without having to leave the hospital.
Research shows that staying close by allows parents to better communicate with their child’s medical team and improves adherence to complicated treatment plans.
LifeGift
Rylen is a HERO and he lives on everyday because of organ donation. When the doctors talked to Kristen and Travis about the opportunity of Rylen being an organ donor, there was no question. Both having family members who have been recipients of organs, the answer seemed simple.
Every day, an average of 92 people across the country receive lifesaving organ transplants, and countless others receive lifesaving tissue transplants. Many more receive the gift of sight through cornea donation.
Even so, there is a critical shortage of organs across the country. More than 118,000 individuals are waiting for a lifesaving transplant. Of those, more than 10,000 are Texans.*
Every 10 minutes, a new person is added to the national organ transplant waiting list, and every day 20 people die waiting for a lifesaving transplant.
The generosity of an individual donor can save up to eight lives through organ donation and countless others through tissue donation. Skin is used to treat burn patients and individuals with cancer; bone can be used to treat orthopedic injuries and cancer patients.
Click Here for a Brochure about Organ Donation
Click Here to Become an Organ Donor
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
This organization is full of very special individuals. Kristen and Travis were blessed to have a friend and representative for the organization, take photos of the family and Rylen. "These treasured moments are so very precious to our family". Providing the gift of remembrance photography for parents suffering the loss of a baby. A volunteer based organization, NILMDTS has over 1,700 active photographers around the world. NILMDTS reaches every state in the United States and has been or is present in 40 countries worldwide.
Bo's Place
Bo’s Place exists to offer support and community to those who have experienced the death of a loved one.
A non-profit, free-of-charge bereavement center, Bo’s Place offers multiple grief support services for adults, children and families, and provides education and resources for those who assist people in grief.
Bo’s Place operates on the belief that it is helpful and healing for grieving children and adults to share their stories, memories, experiences, thoughts and feelings with those who can understand their journey. Bo’s Place offers the only free on-going grief support program in the greater Houston area for children and their families.