Our Story
In early 2021 our small family of 4 was changed forever when our 4 year old son Cristian was diagnosed with Leukemia (B-ALL). This is the news that as parents you never want to hear and are not prepared for. This was not only a huge shock to the family, but it through us into a whirlwind of actions as we immediately began treatments to heal our son. Treatments included extended hospital stays, procedures, chemotherapy, the list goes on and none of it is fun. The facility we took Cristian to was great in providing him with quality care as well as support both for us as parents and especially for Cristian. One way they try to help children going through tough battles such as this is to provide them with toys, coloring books, bubbles, all the things that little children should be doing instead of being in the hospital. Looking back over his treatments, these times were the silver lining both for him as a patient but also for us a parents as we were able to see Cristian light up with excitement in an otherwise very cloudy situation.
Through our experiences and Cristian's treatment we felt a calling to do something that would help provide comfort to other children as they go through difficult situations. As we looked for ways to contribute we spoke with the hospital on how best to give back. We discussed monetary donations, but kept coming back to how receiving the little toys really lifted Cristian's spirits. With this in mind we began looking for toys that we could donate primarily inspired by what Cristian liked and other kids were likely to enjoy as well.
As we began looking for toy options, we were reminded of some small dinosaur toys that we had made for him previously and he absolutely adored. He had a large collection of different dinosaurs in all sorts of colors, and he played with all of them. This was the perfect type of item and it provided type of joy that we want to bring to other families.
The rest as they say, is history.