What Your Support Has Done
Maddy’s Mission began with heartbreak. What has followed has been filled with hope. Since 2015, donors, sponsors and golfers have helped us put specialized equipment into the hands of children who need it.
At a glance
$250,000 in Champions Circle pledges
About $50,000 for the Lending Library
About $40,000 in Christmas gifts over eight years
More than $700,000 raised by the Golf Pro-Am since 2015
Founder’s Circle recognition from the Orlando Health Children’s Foundation
$250,000 to Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
Maddy’s Mission has made two $125,000 pledges to Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children through its Champions Circle, a giving society for donors who commit to a five-year pledge.
First pledge: fully paid
Second pledge (2022): supporting the hospital’s Rehabilitation Services
A plaque at the entrance to the hospital’s Physical Therapy Gym recognizes Maddy’s Mission, in the place where children come every day to build strength, learn to move and play.
Maddy’s Mission is recognized in the Founder’s Circle ($250,000–$499,999) on the Orlando Health Children’s Foundation donor wall, alongside the hospital’s leading supporters.
The Lending Library: About $50,000 in Equipment Families Can Take Home
Separately from its Champions Circle pledges, Maddy’s Mission has provided about $50,000 since 2018 to fund a Lending Library at Arnold Palmer Hospital. Families borrow specialized equipment and take it home.
Helping Children Communicate
Insurance companies often won’t pay for a communication device until a child can already use one. The Library closes that gap. Children take devices home, practice with their families, and show the skills they need to qualify for a device of their own.
10 iPads with communication software
4 dedicated communication devices for trial use
1 eye-gaze device, which lets children with very limited movement communicate using only their eyes
Simpler starter devices that help children build early skills
Helping Children Walk
Gait trainers are like walkers, with enough support for children who can’t yet stand or walk on their own.
3 children became independent walkers after using a Library gait trainer at home.
2 more children got a six-week head start on walking while waiting for their own gait trainer to arrive.
Source: Orlando Health, Maddy’s Mission to Help 2018–2023 Impact Report
Helping Children Grow and Play
Many families struggle to find toys their child can play with independently. Insurance doesn’t cover these items, so the Library provides them:
Adaptive toys, including toys for children with visual impairments
Switches and mounts that let children play on their own, even from a wheelchair
Portable support seats for bath time, shopping carts, swings, airplanes and more
Feeding tools that help children practice biting, chewing and drinking
One Child’s Story
One young patient has a progressive muscular disease that has taken much of her vision and her ability to interact with the world around her. With toys from the Library that she can hear and touch, she still laughs, plays and communicates.
Christmas at Arnold Palmer Hospital
No child should spend Christmas in the hospital without a gift to open. For the past eight years, Maddy’s Mission has given $5,000 each holiday season for Christmas gifts for children at Arnold Palmer Hospital, about $40,000 in all.
The Golf Pro-Am
Much of this work is funded by our annual Golf Pro-Am. Since 2015, the tournament has raised more than $700,000.