Starting in 2002, The Black Dog has yearly donated their tall ships Shenandoah and Alabama to more than 75 kids and their family members for whom Boston Children’s Hospital is their second home.
For this week these children are not heart transplant patients, or the leukemia kids in the next ward. They are neither stuck with needles or looped through high-tech machines. For these magical days their parents forget about blood counts, organ rejection, and the next visit to yet another specialist at Boston Children’s Hospital. For these magical days they are just moms, dads, kids and aunts on an old wooden boat skimming across Vineyard Sound.
“To outsiders it might look like any group of passengers on board, but knowing what these families and children struggle with every day and what they’ve overcome, makes this a gift that won’t be forgotten,” says Emily King from Boston Children’s Hospital Center for Families. This unforgettable week of sailing has become a yearly tradition with The Black Dog and Boston Children’s Hospital. For more information on the annual sail contact The Black Dog Tall Ships at 508-693-1699, or use the link to them on the left.
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