The Children's Inn at NIH
The Children's Inn at NIH is a private, non-profit, family-centered residence for pediatric outpatients at the National Institutes of Health and for their families. Its purposes are to keep children together with their families during serious illness, reduce their stress and facilitate their healing through mutual support.
In June 1990, The Children's Inn at NIH opened its doors to receive pediatric patients and their families. Since then The Inn has been in continuous operation: 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Their doors never close. During the past 14 years, nearly 6,000 seriously ill children and their families have made almost 40,000 visits to The Inn.
In 2003, TerpSys designated The Children's Inn at NIH as our "plus one" organization in memory of Rosangela Lopez. Rosie lost her battle with cancer in March 2003. She was only 24.
Other organizations we have worked with:
- The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
- The National Capital Area Alzheimer's Association
- For Love of Children (FLOC)
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Habitat for Humanity
- So Others Might Eat (SOME)
- The American Red Cross
- Head Injury Rehabilitation Referral Services, Inc. (HIRRS)
- Keep Montgomery County Beautiful - Adopt-A-Road Program
- Corporate Volunteer Council
- Capitol Children's Foundation
- The Ronald McDonald House
