David's House is a wonderful place right on the campus of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. It's a place where parents with kiddos up at the hospital can come and stay the night, have a meal, sit for a bit, take a shower, and just plain leave the hospital for a short time knowing that they can literally walk back with in minutes if needed. It's a safe, warm, welcoming place that Ben and I use when ever Tyler is in the hospital and sometimes even for clinic appointments.
"David's House is the dream of a young boy, David Cyr, who passed away at the age of five after almost three years of battling acute lymphocytic leukemia. Throughout his time in the hospital, David made friends with the other children receiving treatment for illness and injuries, and always begged his parents to take his new friends home with them to his house, his haven from the pain and uncertainty of his condition. David's parents met other parents and caregivers who slept in waiting rooms, cars, anywhere just to be next to their child, and when David passed away in 1984 the dream of taking all of these families home began to become a reality." This is from David's House's main web page.
If you have a moment to help out David's House win $5000 with a Facebook page contest sponsored by Grappone Auto, please do. Although the House is located on the hospital's grounds, it is not founded at all by the hospital and relys on donations and Grants to cover operating costs.
If you have a facebook account, A link to bring you right to Gappone Auto FB page
From there,
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