Join ASRL in Celebrating National Family Caregiver’s Month

An overlooked population of caregivers gets highlighted this November during the myHERO campaign: the caregivers of terminally-ill children, the heroes who these children turn to for comfort and protection when battling terminal illness.

November is National Family Caregiver’s Month, but the terminally-ill children’s caregivers—parents and close relatives—are not often recognized for the care and comfort they provide. Launching November 1, the Andre Sobel River of Life Foundation (ASRL), founded by Valerie Sobel in 2000 to honor her son she lost to a brain tumor, will be engaging in the myHERO campaign, focusing on bringing national awareness to this population of caregivers, the heroes to terminally-ill children.

The recent healthcare cuts in hospitals and clinics across California alone had a dramatic effect on safety net programs that provide relief to these caregivers. As a result, millions of California children and their primarily single parent caregivers are facing even greater problems affording the health care they need. It is not surprising that their cries to ASRL for monetary assistance have quadrupled.

This November, myHERO calls on the online community to share the stories of their children and caregivers. From November 1-30, 2010, donations through myHERO will go to help caregivers with terminally-ill children. Follow myHERO on Twitter @asriveroflife. Help the Foundation by tweeting to bring national awareness and support to these caregivers, using the hashtag #myhero.

Meet the Caregivers Impacted:

Meet some of the caregivers to terminally-ill children whose lives you can impact: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUefzrx5-G0.