DYLAN BROWN FOUNDATION
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Mission Statement
Our charitable mission is to sponsor and support research in the area of children’s healthcare, to sponsor camps and events that support the attendance and participation of children and their families with neurological injuries, grants for therapeutic equipment to children with brain injuries, and related tasks. To accomplish this charitable purpose, our foundation is engaging the public through disseminating information related to children’s healthcare research, and commencing fundraising efforts to support the foundation’s charitable purpose.
About This Cause
The Dylan Brown Foundation is a non-profit organization that operates exclusively for charitable and educational purposes under internal revenue code sec 501(c)(3). Our hope is to increase awareness for acquired neurological injuries in children, and draw attention to the lack of known methods for repairing damaged areas of the brain. All donations received by the Dylan Brown Foundation will go exclusively towards supporting children’s healthcare, research, sponsorship, promoting public awareness, and other related items. Our Dylan James Brown was born on December 16, 2008. He is, by far, the most special gift we have ever received. He was just ten months old when he caught an extremely common virus, which for unknown reasons, took an extremely uncommon approach and attacked his brainstem. The brainstem is the signal / communication pathway between the brain and the rest of the body. It appears to play a role in nearly every function of the body. The virus’s attack, and resulting encephalitis, caused damage to his brainstem. Dylan was on life support from October 2009 to September 2016, as he was no longer able to breathe on his own. He was not able to blink, show facial expressions, speak, or even eat without a feeding tube. We knew he could still hear to some extent, but we were not certain about his ability to see. The doctors could not tell us whether he would get better or to what extent his condition might improve (but they couldn’t tell us he wouldn’t improve either). Unfortunately, our sweet pea could an aggressive pneumonia (common with children on ventilator machines) and his little body couldn’t fight it off. He passed away on September 7, 2016. With your help, we hope to keep Dylan’s legacy alive by continuing to support research and clinical trials to help other children with brain injuries (and their families). We miss Dylan more than we can express.