Creating A Healing Place

For Hospitalized Pediatric and Young Adult Patients

The Founding Story

It began at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, when mother-daughter duo, Susan and Kendall Plank, were asked to do something for JB, a family member's friend who was scheduled to be admitted to the hospital for at least 3 weeks, away from his family and friends in Austin, TX.

Susan and Kendall decided they wanted to do something to make JB's stay more comfortable. They learned that JB's interests were all things Texas Longhorn, and the Planks shopped around town to customize a comforting, colorful, cozy burnt oranged colored room for JB.

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We are most grateful for your support. Dec My Room is a unique and innovative charitable organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of children and young adults.

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A Dec volunteer is kind hearted, of steady character, has experience volunteering and has deep compassion for sick children.
 

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We are most grateful for your support. Dec My Room is a unique and innovative charitable organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of children and young adults.

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San Fran Sharks Event

November 7, 2018

What a great night at the Shark Tank! Dec My Room SF Bay Area chapter was the beneficiary of the the Sharks Foundation 50/50 raffle. $6,900 was raised to create healing places for kiddos in the hospital. Giant shout out to Debbie Cohen for her heroic work on the grant proposal, which gave Dec the opportunity to be at the game. Dec My Room volunteers showed up in force to sell raffle tickets: Lisa Teglia-Cole, Jess Teglia, Nancy Larsson, Debbie Burkholder, Tate Holt, Trish Stempel; along with Wendy Reese Christensen from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital SF, and Romy Andrea, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. Y’all have mad raffle selling ticket skills — and you crushed it!

Let’s Do Lunch 2018

October 11, 2018

Nina Magon chaired our annual Let’s Do Lunch event that drew a fashionable bunch of more than 100, who shopped, sipped bubbly and had their eyes on must-have fashions from Tootsies. There was pop-up shopping, courtesy of Switch2Pure, Dena Lyons Couture, Haute and Cool Chocolates and jewelry by designer Jude Frances. Nearly $60k was raised to fund decorating the hospital rooms of long-term pediatric patients.

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Ladies Unique Tea, Los Angeles

October 8, 2018

On Sunday, October 7th our Los Angeles Chapter hosted a unique tea fundraiser set in a beautiful garden at a private home in Encino. The day was enhanced by the philanthropy of healers with various modalities who provided mini sessions for the guests. Elegantly decorated tables and catered delicacies were enjoyed by all, as well as a guest speaker from H2Life and a dream expert who spoke on the significance of sleep. A boutique of high-quality vendors added to the ambience of the afternoon.