Charities We Recommend
This is a purposely small list of Charities that Sammi Haney has been helped by or personally involved with (our goal is not a big directory of Charities, but ones we can personally recommend). These are charities that we promote & support, and we hope you will be encouraged to do the same.
Sammi loves going here and got to be the one to light their Christmas Tree in 2019. Morgan's Wonderland is the world's first Ultra-Accessible™, family fun park located in San Antonio, Texas. Visit our park to experience accessible rides.
https://teletonusa.org/
Sammi gets her physical & other therapies here at a significantly reduced cost. Children’s Rehabilitation Institute of TeletonUSA (CRIT) is the largest private pediatric rehabilitation system in the world with more than 110,000 patients treated to date in the United States and Mexico.
https://www.kinetickidstx.org
Sammi loves their programs. Kinetic Kids mission is to enrich the lives of children with special needs and their families through sports, fine arts and educational programs to foster the development of courage, confidence, fitness, pride, joy and community.
https://tinysuperheroes.com
Sammi got her cape and has been adding badges to it ever since. Tiny Super Heroes provides capes to children overcoming any illness or disability, and then they can earn badges to sew on it.
https://www.kiddskids.org
Kidd's kids & Kidd Kraddick Morning Show https://www.kiddnation.com/ listeners have sent over 1,000 kids (including Sammi) and their families on a trip of a lifetime to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
http://www.cstx.wish.org
Because of Make-A-Wish Central and South Texas, in 2019 Sammi got to go to Universal Studios Hollywood, and go to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (and many other attractions).
https://www.nataliegonchar.com/
Sammi loves this book and proceeds from the book sales will benefit Big Dreams Children’s Foundation http://www.bigdreamscf.org/, which provides medical, financial, and emotional support for kids with disabilities around the world.
https://hemisfair.org/amenities/
Sammi loves their events. They do inclusive events in San Antonio at Hemisfair, check their calendar https://hemisfair.org/events/ They often post upcoming events on their Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hemisfair/
https://www.coyounity.com/
Donate toys, concert tickets, gift cards etc... here. Sammi got invloved in this and got to meet some great kids that interviewed her. CoYOUnity is a non-profit youth program servicing New York City, by providing an incentive to learn. CoYOUnity sponsors classes, workshops, and mini challenges, to children and teens, and then rewards them with toys, concert tickets, gift cards, and more. By rewarding youth for their efforts, we help children associate learning with gratification.
http://www.savingourdaughters.org
Sammi is a celebrity godparent in Keke Palmer's Saving Our Daughters Cinderellas Family. Saving Our Daughters is a 501 c-3 organization which works with girls from multicultural backgrounds through theater, film, culinary and literacy, to help them to overcome the many obstacles they face growing up: bullying (cyber, gossip, face-to-face), dating abuse, domestic violence and other esteem slayers. Saving Our Daughters creates the tools to get teen girls fired up to take the power away from negative issues of bullying, as celebrity supported art programs educate girls beyond the borders of a traditional classroom.
https://www.wecant2wecan.org
Sammi's shirts were featured in their 2021 Fashion Event! From We Can't To We Can is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that focuses on creating Superhero Series Books (on Amazon) based on real local kids with disabilities. When you read about their stories you will find the unique characteristics that mimic true young heroes. They also do community outreach activities. They recognize the importance of financially supporting the disability community through their fundraising events and book sales percentages. You can buy their books on Amazon by clicking here
Then we made a book with Trinity Jagdeo from "We Can't To We Can" and you can buy it by clicking on the pic below:
Sammi loves the doll they made her! Feel Better Friends is celebrating 5 years of making handmade dolls stuffed with love and well wishes, crafted by volunteers and donated to children battling cancer and other illnesses. These well loved dolls are custom made with the child’s likeness in mind, matching eye and hair color, and replicating the child’s favorite outfit to the best of our ability.
https://www.sharingtheweight.org/
They made Sammi a weighted blanket after her back surgery and she loves it! Sharing The Weight is a non profit organization that makes and distributes weighted blankets to special needs children free of charge.
http://www.campattitude.org/
Sammi went here with her family and loved it. The vision of Camp Attitude Oregon, Inc. is to become the premier fully wheelchair accessible camping facility in the Western United States by: Providing a camping facility for year round usage and serving an ever increasing number of people with diverse abilities, in helping people become emotionally balanced, socially adjusted, physically well, and spiritually alive.