a chance to reconnect

What a wonderful vacation this has been for my family at the Believe In Tomorrow House on the Bay. It definitely gave us a chance to reconnect from our hectic schedules between hospital and work.

The staff, volunteers and merchants did an amazing job of keeping us entertained, fed and very happy. We definitely feel refreshed and ready to tackle whatever lies ahead.

Your thoughtful, caring gift will be with us forever.

Fondly,
Linette & Ron, Ariel, Gabey, Muriel, Nathan & Danie

magical week

We are so sad to say goodbye to the House on the Bay and this magical week. I don't think we've ever had such a fun packed vacation. For the past 2 years we've been in and out of hospitals focused on heart failure and waiting for "the call" for transplant. You forget what life was like before, and get focused on appointments, hospitalizations, medications, surgeries, fear of the unknown, fear of the known and a ton of hope. It almost seems normal to call the cardiologist to let her know the 8 year old flushed her sisters PIC line but if it's any consolation we are pretty sure she did it correctly.

You guys helped us have a week of our old carefree life. The kids were so excited to be here doing all these fantastic activities. We surfed, swam, fished, had a great time at the waterpark and on the pirate ship. You guys fed us so well we're all going home a few pounds heavier. We are so thankful to everyone who donated meals, time, activities and this wonderful house. We are going home with wonderful memories and pictures that have re-energized us as a family.

Mahalo!
Andre, Holly, Aaron, Malia, Analise, Liam and AnaJoy

We are truly grateful and warmed by all of ya...

Dear Wayne --

How could we forget to write you a note of thanks as well :) Many thank yous to you for pulling all of this together! You, the other folks at Believe In Tomorrow and all of the "behind the scenes" folks have put together a special memory for us.

We are truly grateful and warmed by all of ya. This has been the best time away from "it all!" Lots of joy and lots of smiles have come our way this past week. Keep it going as I know there are many other families that will be blessed by the time spent here.

Take care, it was a pleasure seeing ya!

You guys ROCK!!!

You guys ROCK!!! Unbelievable experience! Everyone was so nice to our family. We would not have been able to get away without you. This community was so supportive of us. We really enjoyed the whole experience. So many people were so amazing to us that we will never be able to thank them all but we will sure try. Thank you so much for everything. The volunteers and Wayne just made our whole summer.

Sincerely,
Jim, Wanita, Alex, Tori and Jimmy

The best week in my entire life

Dear Believe In Tomorrow,

Thank you sooooo much for letting my family and I stay in one of your apartments. This has been the best week in my entire life. I mean going to all the wonderful places like Planet Maze, Jolly Rogers, Hoopers, oh my gosh the food at Mancini's was out of this world. My favorite part was when my family became awesome friends with our neighbors in unit #4 and going to Planet Maze and playing lazer tag and going mini golfing and I got 3 hole-in-ones. For real I did!!! :) I am going to cherish this forever.

Thank you,
Nick
Age 11

The Fears Family

The entire week was awesome...

WOW!!! I don't know where to begin. The entire week was awesome and made me speechless (which is hard for me). We were able to bond as a family again which will be a time we can cherish forever. Mr. Wayne, the volunteers, the passes, food, ocean were amazing. We don't know how to thank you enough. Nick was on cloud nine the entire time. It was such a happy tearful joy to see him. Our dream has to come to an end. Hopefully we can visit again.

Sincerely from the bottom of our hearts,
The Mikolinis Family

So much fun together.

Dear Believe In Tomorrow,

WOW! What a wonderful week! :) We all had so much fun together. Mr. Wayne and all of the volunteers were so friendly. You can tell they are passionate about what they do. Each of them were always working so hard to ensure the families were enjoying their time here. Everywhere you looked there was a smiling face cleaning, gardening or just helping. Thank you so much to all of you!

This past week has been very relaxing for our family. The weather was beautiful and all of the activities were certainly memorable. We all can't wait to come back and visit with our friends.

Much Love and Appreciation,

Shannon, Amanda, Corbin, Rylee and Dalaney

Wonderful Adventures

Thank you again for our dream vacation! The kids have been telling all their friends about the wonderful adventures we all had. It was a very special week.

Thanks again,

Holly