Kaitlin Marie Bell Foundation Inc

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Causes: Philanthropy, Philanthropy, Charity & Voluntarism Promotion, Public Foundations

Mission: The KMB Foundation, founded in 1998, was formed with the hope of providing children with disabilities financial assistance for equipment and/or services that their insurance companies will not cover and that the family is unable to afford. Although some equipment for special needs children may not be medically necessary we believe that the child, and the child''s family, deserve to have an improved quality of life. For example: Most insurance companies will pay for a child''s wheelchair. A wheelchair for a child with special needs may not be foldable and can be quite difficult to disassemble for transportation. There are special "strollers" made that can offer similar support for the child but are also easily foldable and transportable. These "strollers" can be $2,000 or more. If the insurance company has paid for a wheelchair they would not consider this "stroller" to be medically necessary and would deny the claim. The family would then be forced to purchase this "stroller". Most families have tremendous difficulty finding the means to pay for a $2,000 piece of equipment. We want to change that. The mentioned "stroller" could offer a child and their family a better quality of life by making travel, even if only going to the grocery store, easier.

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delaneygirl23 General Member of the Public

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11/14/2020

I'm a single mom of 4 kids. My son Solomon was born July 29th 2019 at only 23 weeks gestational age. He's a micro preemie. And a miracle. For the past 3 months we've been stuck & Solomon needs to get to therapy. We have no bus close by. We'd have to walk 4 miles just to get to a bus stop or store. Our car broke down. We need help. Anything will help..thank you

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