His Grace Foundation

His Grace Foundation (HGF) provides physical, emotional and financial support to the patients and families in the Bone Marrow Transplant (BMTU) unit of Texas Childrens Hospital (TCH). HGF was founded in 1997 by John and Erin Kiltz, whose daughter Gracie was a patient at TCH. The BMTU, which has 15 beds, treats the sickest of the sick and is considered, by the medical professionals who oversee the care and treatment of these children, as the last hope for their healing. Typically, each year HGF serves 150 to 160 families whose children suffer from such life-threatening diseases as leukemia, neuroblastoma, SCIDS, sickle cell anemia, rare blood diseases, brain tumors and other types of cancer. The families whose children are receiving treatment in the BMTU are under enormous strain. The BMTU has strict guidelines with regard to extended family and visitor access due to the fragile condition of patients prior to and after transplant, and as a result, BMTU families are quite isolated ...