Help for children with long-term medical issues

Jess’s Sunshine Fund is accepting grant applications from Boyertown-area families.

Jess’s Sunshine Fund of Berks County Community Foundation is currently accepting grant applications from Boyertown-area families with dependent adult or minor children who suffer from a long-term catastrophic illness or injury.

Grants from Jess’s Sunshine Fund provide financial assistance for a variety of expenses, such as those incurred while seeking medical treatment (i.e., travel, hotel fees, parking) or making a residence wheelchairaccessible. The fund also makes grants for medical equipment not otherwise paid for by insurance.

Since the fund was established in 2001, Jess’s Sunshine Fund has made more than $58,041 in grants for the benefit of Boyertown-area families. Grants pay expenses that are not covered by health insurance or government assistance programs. More than $13,000 is available now.

Jess’s Sunshine Fund was established on Feb. 20, 2001.

It is named in memory of Jess Schaeffer, former manager of the Boyertown boys’ basketball team. Schaeffer used a wheelchair due to complications Berks County Community from Langerhans Foundation is a nonprofit cell histiocytosis, a rare corporation that type of cancer. serves as a civic leader for

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