Be an Angel Fund

Be An Angel has two respite care programs: summer respite at Alternatives for Angels, an at-home respite care program. Summer Respite is skilled care for medically fragile children provided during the summer, while most programs are unable to accept children who require constant care. Here, children can maintain physical and mental development with less parental stress. Alternatives for Angels is an at-home respite program that provides skilled care for qualified children with multiple disabilities. Parents are freed to leave home to run errands, set appointments, or simply to enjoy some much-needed leisure time or other activities.

Each Christmas, Be An Angel provides gifts for thousands of low income special needs children whose families cannot afford them. Working through many school districts in various Texas regions, hundreds of teachers are given the opportunity to register their qualified students along with an individualized wish list of gifts. Presents are purchased, wrapped, and delivered through the combined efforts of the teachers themselves and scores of volunteers.

Be An Angel helps schools and communities obtain equipment enabling special needs children to further their physical, mental, and emotional development such as barrier-free playgrounds designed to allow children with handicapping conditions to play alongside their able-bodied friends and family; sensory rooms filled with activities assisting mental and physical stimulatory needs; media literacy labs allowing all to collaborate in writing, production, and closed-captioning of film documentaries in a state-of-the-art television broadcast studio; and even hydrotherapy facilities.

An acronym for "Students Undertaking Challenging Courses Ensuring development of Sportsmanship and Skills," S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Golf is designed to aid development of fine motor skills and muscle control while focusing on correct energy levels for accurate putting. As students learn how golf works and strategies needed to become successful, cognitive abilities may also increase. Multiply impaired children can even improve in everyday activities such as holding a cup or feeding themselves, as a result of their experiences in S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Golf. Tournaments occur year-round on school campuses.

Be An Angel provides support to 2 locations in the Dominican Republic - an orphanage which is home to medically fragile, abandoned children and a school for deaf children.

Cam p Be An Angel is a unique, tri-annual weekend retreat for multiple disabled or profoundly deaf children and their families. In a wonderful barrier-free camp experience, siblings and parents are able to participate alongside their special angels during horseback riding, swimming, canoeing, zip-lining and many other activities.