Growing Wildflowers

Our Mission: Growing Wildflowers is dedicated to the support of families across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania caring for children with complex medical needs. This organization proudly provides resources to families, as well as their communities while accomplishing the following goals: 1. Provide financial support, through scholarship, to families with children with complex medical needs; 2. Promote inclusion for children with complex medical needs through education materials; 3. Advocate for adaptive and accessible areas throughout the local community. Our Reason: Wildflower (noun): A flower able to flourish in the most unfavorable conditions Thea, our little wildflower, was born with Gould Syndrome, an extremely rare genetic disorder that caused a stroke before she was born. As a result of the stroke and wide-spread brain damage, Thea was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy, and several other corresponding medical conditions. As parents, we quickly felt the impact complex medical needs can make on not only a baby, but also a family unit. Due to lengthy hospitalizations, frequent visits to the children’s hospital, sleepless nights, and constant fear for our baby, we needed support more than ever. Thankfully, our family, friends, and community rallied around not only Thea, but our entire family. Our world now has more kindness, more empathy, and more love, all because of Thea. Throughout our journey thus far, we have witnessed firsthand the overwhelming degree of need these families experience. Growing Wildflowers, established in December of 2021, has become our way of not only honoring Thea, but also thanking those who have helped us, through the spreading of love and kindness to other families, just like ours. Thea is our reason. What once seemed like a dream, has now become an organization dedicated to supporting children and families with complex medical needs across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through financial scholarships, education, and advocacy.