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This Week at Yellow Door 05-01-19

This Week at Yellow Door 05-01-19

We have lots of good news this week at the Yellow Door Foundation! One of the first families served by Yellow Door was that of little Khansaa. Her mom Sephida had not held her baby girl for the first 7 months of her life while Khansaa was in the ICU awaiting a new...

This Week at Yellow Door 4-19-19

This Week at Yellow Door 4-19-19

This week at Yellow Door we have great news! Jacob has gotten his new heart and was released "home" to a Yellow Door apartment for his recovery and monitoring. Mom and sister Elaynah are with him during the week and dad visits on weekends. Jacob and family are the...

This Week at Yellow Door 04-17-19

This Week at Yellow Door 04-17-19

This week at Yellow Door we welcome Thomas and his grandparents to our Dreamer House.   Thomas is 11 and will be at UVA Children's Hospital for several months fighting cancer. Sadly, he has been sidetracked with pneumonia, but is doing better. His grandma said "his...

This Week at Yellow Door 04-02-19

This Week at Yellow Door 04-02-19

This week at Yellow Door, we are honored to welcome Mr. Kendrick Kier to our Board of Directors!   Kendrick's passion for helping kids fighting cancer is unmatched! After losing his nephew Brady to cancer, Kendrick has taken up the fight to help cancer families at UVA...

This Week at Yellow Door 3-06-19

This Week at Yellow Door 3-06-19

We created a promotional video of the Yellow Door mission. It was made possible by Yellow Door supporter Rob Brooks, the photographic talents of Lincoln Barbour, Jamie Williams and Eric Stadtmueller, and the writing and editing of Matthew Butterman. I had my sherpa...

This Week at Yellow Door 2-18-19

This Week at Yellow Door 2-18-19

This week we welcomed heart transplant patient, Josh, and his family to our Dreamer apartment at Yellow Door.   Young Josh's journey has been anything but easy. Even before his birth, mom Paulina knew that Josh had hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS).   According...

This Week at Yellow Door 2-01-19

This Week at Yellow Door 2-01-19

This week we want to share a story about a young lady who really touched our heart. We stepped outside our mission box a bit to welcome Shellie and her family to a Yellow Door apartment at Stone Creek Village. They are the 11th family we've had the honor to serve in...

This Week at Yellow Door 1-17-19

This Week at Yellow Door 1-17-19

We are honored to have served Silas and his family, while Silas fought off a life-threatening virus. We are so happy to say that Silas is back home and doing remarkably well! Silas' grandmother, Cindy, offered: "Yellow Door has been a God-sent blessing for our family....

This Week at Yellow Door 12-17-18

This Week at Yellow Door 12-17-18

We just welcomed Miami (cool name!) and her family to Yellow Door from their home in West Virginia. Miami is a straight A student who had never missed a day of school, but will be with us for the next four to five months while she battles Leukemia at UVA Children's...

This Week at Yellow Door 12-2-18

This Week at Yellow Door 12-2-18

Gracie went home and is doing well, and last week we welcomed 4-year old Silas, his dad and grandmother. Silas had a heart transplant as an infant...a heart that is fully functioning without medications! Sadly, his compromised immune system has allowed a virus to...