About Us
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Medically-fragile children and their families are an integral part of our community as a result of our proximity to state-of-the-art children’s hospitals. Families providing care for a medically-fragile child with complex health conditions are often overwhelmed emotionally and financially. Frequent hospitalizations, coordination of care, stress on the family unit, maintaining employment, and mounting medical bills create multiple challenges.
With this in mind, the Doherty family has founded Tender Hearts, Inc., a non-profit, 501(c)(3) corporation. The Doherty’s have made it their mission to support medically fragile children in order to create a better quality of life for them. “There are so many children who are born with disabilities, injuries, and/or diseases. These little angels were never given the opportunity to grow their wings and become healthy,” said Debbie Doherty, Founder and Chairperson of Tender Hearts.
The Doherty Family: L to R, Elena Doherty, Mike Doherty, Tim Doherty, Debbie Doherty, Bernie Doherty, Sandy Doherty, and Dan Doherty
The idea of supporting medically fragile children has been a dream of Debbie Doherty’s since she was a child herself. This led to our mission of supporting medically-fragile children in order to create a better quality of life. With the help of her family, that dream is becoming a reality.
Our vision is to support local hospitals, organizations, and programs who support medically fragile children statewide. Additionally, Tender Hearts will be launching their own unique programs in the Spring of 2016 with the hope that these programs will help bring the vision to a nationwide platform.