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This Week at Yellow Door 10-28-18

This Week at Yellow Door 10-28-18

Join us in welcoming four-year old Gracie and her mom Wendy as the eighth family served by one of our Yellow Door apartments. Gracie just had her cancerous liver replaced, and is staying at the apartment while UVA Children's Hospital doctors and nurses keep a close...

This Week at Yellow Door 10-14-18

This Week at Yellow Door 10-14-18

7-month old Khansaa spent her first full day out of the hospital in two months. Mom Sephida said "Grateful is an understatement to how we feel having her home with us. Although Yellow Door is a temporary home away from home, it is such a blessing being here, and the...

This Week at Yellow Door 10-7-18

This Week at Yellow Door 10-7-18

8-month old Malakai got a clean bill of health from UVA Children's Hospital, so he, his new heart, and his mom Keressa finally went home to be with the rest of the family. It was a pleasure serving them at the apartments.   We would like to recognize the artists who...

This Week at Yellow Door 10-1-18

This Week at Yellow Door 10-1-18

More good news this week at Yellow Door! Khansaa's heart transplant surgery was a huge success!   While Yellow Door's primary mission is to provide temporary lodging for pediatric cancer patients and their families, we have learned through the UVA Children's Hospital...

This Week at Yellow Door 9-23-18

This Week at Yellow Door 9-23-18

(09/23/2018) Great news this week! After spending his entire life at UVA Children's Hospital, 8-month old Malakai, with his new heart, is finally able to begin bonding with mom, dad and his siblings at the Yellow Door apartment. To date, Yellow Door has served 7...

This Week at Yellow Door 9-16-18

This Week at Yellow Door 9-16-18

(September 16, 2018) Volunteers from age 6 to 69 are working hard to get the third apartment ready for our 7th family, who will move in on Tuesday. They are a family of six from Virginia Beach. Their youngest child is a 7 month old heart transplant patient at UVA...

This Week at Yellow Door 9-8-18

This Week at Yellow Door 9-8-18

We have good news and sad news at Yellow Door this week.   We are in the process of opening our third apartment at Stone Creek Village, and hope to have our 7th family in residence by September 13th. It is another 2-bedroom, first floor unit, ideal for...

This Week at Yellow Door 8-22-18

This Week at Yellow Door 8-22-18

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Five Charlottesville-area nonprofits are teaming up to make it easier for families and patients receiving care at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital to find a place to stay.   UVA Children's Hospital has worked with the Ronald...