Give a Family the Gift of Staying Close
When a loved one is hospitalized far from home, families face impossible choices. Parents may need to leave work, travel long distances, pay for temporary lodging, care for siblings, and make urgent medical decisions at the same time.
Your generosity helps provide housing, practical relief, wellness resources, and compassionate support so families can focus on what matters most—their loved ones.
Why Your Gift Matters
Temporary Family Housing
We provide welcoming temporary accommodations for families whose children are receiving treatment in Gainesville.
Whole-Family Wellness
A loved one’s hospitalization affects the entire family. Through partnerships with mental health professionals, wellness providers, and local organizations.
Family Resource Navigation
Hospital families often receive large amounts of information during an already overwhelming time.
Your Impact
Every gift makes a real difference.
Provides household essentials such as laundry detergent, toiletries, paper products, and cleaning supplies to keep a Heartful Voyage home stocked and welcoming for families.
Supports childcare, educational opportunities, and enriching activities for children while their loved one receives cardiac care.
Provides a week of groceries and hot meals for a family, allowing them to spend less time worrying about daily necessities and more time with their loved one.
Helps cover transportation needs, including gas, parking, rides to and from the hospital, and other local travel expenses so families can stay focused on their loved one’s care.
Sponsors a Family Care Package, helping provide housing, utilities, meals, household essentials, and family support services during a cardiac hospitalization.
Sponsors one full month of lodging for a cardiac family of up to six guests, providing a fully furnished home just minutes from UF Health Shands so families can remain together throughout treatment.
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Since 2024
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One-Time Gift
Make an immediate impact for families in need.
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Help Us Keep Families Together
Every additional home, recreational vehicle, donor, volunteer, and community partner increases the number of families we can support.