Feel Better Foundation | Feel Better Mom

Who We Are:

Feel Better Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit that supports families with children with life-threatening medical conditions, by empowering caregivers with the emotional support, education, and community they need

to heal and persevere.

With a team and board composed entirely of medical moms, we truly understand the support families need to create light in the darkness and strength out of struggle.

What We Do:

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Feel Better Legacies offer meaningful ways to honor or memorialize your child and their journey—while making a lasting impact.

Legacies are planned acts of kindness, support, or community outreach. Families may choose to dedicate hospital wagons, plant community gardens, or host events to raise funds for research and awareness.

Many find the legacy process healing and therapeutic—a way to create light from a difficult time.

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Feel Better Mom is a hybrid (online and in-person) community for mothers and female legal guardians of children with special health care needs. Whether in treatment, maintenance, survivorship, or bereavement, members are invited to engage, learn, advocate, and support one another.

Our Mission:

We strive to:

Empower mothers to advocate and share their lived experiences to improve systems of care.
Promote equitable, patient-centered care for both mother and child.
Educate families on medical conditions, rights, and healthcare literacy—equipping moms to become respected partners in their child’s care team.
Raise awareness of underserved and underrecognized conditions, including medically induced PTSD and anxiety.
Foster connection so no mother feels alone on this journey.

To support healing and growth, Feel Better Mom Retreats and other special events are offered at no cost—providing opportunities for rest, reflection, and community.

Feel Better Dad is a supportive community—both online and in person—for fathers of children with special healthcare needs. The group provides opportunities to connect, advocate, learn, and grow alongside other dads.

Engagement opportunities include:

Tickets to sporting events
Father/child outings
Dad dinners and more

When a child is diagnosed, many fathers feel helpless—wanting to fix what they cannot control. Feel Better Dad offers space for healing and learning in a relaxed, judgment-free environment, reminding dads they are not alone in the journey.

Feel Better Sibs is a supportive program designed to ensure siblings of childhood cancer warriors feel seen, included, and valued.

Every child deserves to feel special and recognized as part of the family’s journey. We celebrate their strength and honor the challenges they, too, have faced.

Special events for siblings are coming soon!

Why We Do It:

Scarlett

In Loving Memory of Jillian Ripley & Ally Anderson.

Our Honorary CEO: Scarlett

Shortly after her second birthday, sweet Scarlett was diagnosed with a rare, one-of-a-kind, cancerous tumor (sarcoma) growing in her colon. For months, Scarlett's family felt lost, angry, and helpless. Yet, they were always in awe of Scarlett's concern for the other children in the hospital. As Scarlett's family began to provide support to those around them, they realized how therapeutic giving back was. They took comfort in knowing that something good was coming from their pain. Scarlett's fight wasn't in vain.

Feel Better Foundation was born to gift other families that opportunity- to create their own light in the darkness. Over time, Feel Better Mom, Dad, and Sibs were added. After all, children are only as healthy and happy as their support system. When a child is diagnosed, the entire family is impacted.

Feel Better is there to make the ENTIRE family feel better.