HARPER’S HOME

For families with a child in treatment at Duke Children’s – we provide a loving and caring home away from home, ensuring they have a place of refuge and respite during their medical journey.

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Hellos from Harper with news, events, and volunteer opportunities.

Hellos from Harper with news, events, and volunteer opportunities.

TOGETHER, WE’RE BUILDING
A HOME AWAY FROM HOME

Harper’s incredible journey and her own fight against cancer sparked the idea for something extraordinary: Harper’s Home.

Today, Harper’s Home is a 501(c)(3) that provides cozy, caring, and affordable short-term housing for families with a child in treatment at Duke Children’s.

Navigating a diagnosis and treatment for your child is hard enough — finding housing to stay with them shouldn’t be.

This is where you come in: Every penny counts.

Are you willing to donate to help a family in need stay together during their child’s treatment?

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More than half of the kids in extended treatment at Duke Children’s come from 50+ miles away
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These children must get to the ER within 30 minutes if they spike a neutropenic fever, which requires more than half of the families receiving care to find a temporary place to stay nearby, rather than in their own homes
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This is the estimated cost to build our community of 8 housing units to keep more families together. No one should have to choose between bankruptcy or chemotherapy for their child

With your help, here’s what we can do

Together we can help more kids like Harper
Stay With their Families While they battle cancer
and other potentially fatal illnesses.

8 Cozy Places to Stay

Your support will help us build 8 short-term housing units in 6 separate homes, available on a sliding scale – free or at minimal cost – to the kids & families who need them most.

Better Outcomes

If kids like Harper spike a neutropenic fever, they need to be at the ER within 30 minutes. If not, they won’t get antibiotics within “The Golden Hour,” and are 83% more likely* to go into septic shock.

Staying nearby saves lives.

*Gonzalez, Miriam L et al. 2019

A Caring Community

We’re building more than homes – Harper’s Home will be a close-knit community with free activities, support, special meals, and treats for kids with life-threatening illnesses and their siblings.

GET A HELLO FROM
HARPER

“I’m so grateful you’re here! I’d love to share what’s happening in my world and how you can help us build Harper’s Home.” –Harper, age 11

THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS