One of the most important components of Welcome Home Angel, Inc. is our Guardian Angel program.

For each case two volunteers are assigned as Guardian Angels for the family.  The GA’s are our liaisons to the family.  They meet with the family to discuss what our mission is and to do an assessment of needs and how we will go about “making over” the rooms.  The GA’s will then bring in the Design Team and get the ball rolling.

Another extremely important aspect of the Guardian Angels is to offer comfort and information to the parents based on the needs assessment.  We cannot be all things to all people but we can find other organizations and agencies that offer goods and services that can make a huge difference in the families’ lives during this traumatic period.

One family was found to have qualified for addition money from the state of NC to provide equipment.  Another family was referred to a patient advocacy organization to help make sense out of the pile of medical bills. We found a generous donor who transferred his used car to a single mother who had no car so she could get to work and take her son to the rehab and the doctor.

Melissa Wilson, LCSW is the director of the Guardian Angel program and has set up guidelines and training to insure professionalism.

Giving a sick child a wonderful environment is great and a huge part of our focus.  Providing support for the parents and guardians is an equally important aspect of Welcome Home Angel, Inc. They are suffering maybe more than the child.