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Sunday night at 8:09pm I received a text from one of my local teammates and all it said was “Deploying!! Can you go?” To be honest, my first thoughts were “I’m not able to go…” I sat there trying to wrap my head around my hesitations… You see, last week there was a possibility that I would be […]

Today was unbelievable. I again struggle to put into words what we experienced today. Children are so resilient and always seem to surprise me in many different ways. I want to share with you all one story that puts into perspective what we are here to provide. This young boy was sitting at the table

Today was unbelievable. I again struggle to put into words what we experienced today. Children are so resilient and always seem to surprise me in many different ways. I want to share with you all one story that puts into perspective what we are here to provide. This young boy was sitting at the table

We at CLDR would like to wish each and every one of you a safe and joy filled holiday season!  This has been an enormous year of growth for us and we owe it to all of you for your kind words of support and encouragement.  Looking forward to the new year and continued progress!

We are excited to announce two additional training opportunities for winter-spring 2016. Feb 29 – Mar 1, 2016                     Irvine, CA March 18 – 19, 2016                      Jacksonville, FL The 27-hour overnight workshops provide required training for volunteers

We are excited to announce an official website for Child Life Disaster Relief!  Please take time to check it out!  You can find information about our history, current opportunities, trainings, and more. We will continue adding resources and updated information as it is gathered.  We highly encourage you to subscribe to our newsletter to stay

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital has a write up on our work in response to the Florence Super 8 shooting. Child Life Specialists Help Kids In Our Community

Several of us went through the Red Cross “out processing” early this morning. We had to do a bunch of paperwork, etc. but it was much simpler than the in-processing on the first day.  As a parting gift, the Red Cross gave us each a huge hat with MILLER LIGHT on it. We have no

Since disasters don’t recognize weekends, we are each required to take a day off at some point. Mine was today. Yesterday, I could tell I was getting worn out because I was ready to leave by the end of the day instead of wanting to stay and play. It makes me sad though because soon

We had the priveledge of front row seats to a concert today. This little girl belted out her original songs for quite a while!  Most of the words we couldn’t get but at one point she was singing about “listening to my mama!”  She threw in a couple dance moves too. Pearl still found the