Providing Computers to Hospitalized and Homebound Children Since 1999

Providing Laptop Computers and Internet Access to Maintain Communication with Vital Support Network

Any teen will tell you that communicating with friends, family and school is about as important as it gets. Now consider the child, of any age, who is hospitalized, sometimes far from home. Communication literally becomes a lifeline.

That's where KINfolk can help. Since 1999, KINfolk has been lending laptop computers and Internet access to children whose lives have been disrupted by disease and injury. These children crave the sense of normalcy that online messages and homework assignments provide. Many KINfolk kids have been able to graduate on time because they had the use of a KINfolk computer.

Our laptops provide children nationwide and their families a means of communication with friends, family, clergy and teachers - the very people who love and support them at a time when they need it most. Our laptops are loaded with games and fun sites for kids along with Internet filters to prevent access to undesirable sites.

In short, with generous corporate donations of laptop computers, operating systems, Internet access and filters and tracking software, we keep kids entertained and thinking about something other than their illness.

Nurses, social workers and child life specialists love our program because kids who are not bored, who are distracted from pain and who can stay in touch with their support network are much happier patients.