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Kochavim - a Place Where Children Shine Despite the Challenges of Illness

Kochavim - a Place Where Children Shine Despite the Challenges of Illness

By M.C. Millman

When a family must navigate the darkness cast by illness, Kochavim illuminates its journey offering children who are ill a place to shine while fulfilling its mission to broaden young patients' minds and to provide their families peace of mind.

Kochavim services patients, the children of patients, and their affected families in the tri-state area, by providing support and crucial interventions in the hospital, patients' homes, and at either of the unique Kochavim centers.

The centers in Boro Park and Rockland provide unique educational services and programs to maintain children's academic development. They are the source of various other resources to ensure families are not alone as they combat illness's practical and emotional side effects.

Not only does Kochavim offer advocacy for those mired in a sea of red tape, but there are also ongoing hyper-focused programs. Programs include Morah on Wheels for immunocompromised children who can't go to school and regular exciting outings to give siblings the attention they crave. All of this falls under the vast Kochavim umbrella.

"When Kochavim became aware that we just didn't have the focus or energy to make a bas mitzvah for my daughter due to my wife's illness," one Kochavim recipient shares with BoroPark24, "they stepped up to the plate. They made my daughter's bas mitzvah party complete with a paint night project, pizza, and cake (gluten-free for the bas mitzvah girl), drinks, balloons. They didn't leave out a thing! And they managed to pull it all off in under two days."

"Kochavim is the 'glow in the dark' for the duration of an illness." the recipient added.


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