Kayla Cares 4 Kids Employee Directory
Non-profit OrganizationsFlorida, United States2-10 Employees
Kayla Cares 4 Kids is a nonprofit organization based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, that supports pediatric patients by supplying entertainment and educational items to children’s hospitals, Ronald McDonald Houses, and related facilities worldwide. Since its inception, the group has donated thousands of items—vehicles include DVDs, DVD players, game consoles, televisions, books, and other materials—valued at more than $400,000 and reached facilities across all 50 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, Quebec, and South Africa. The organization engages volunteers to deliver activities and crafts to patients and their siblings, aiming to reduce boredom and distress associated with hospitalization and to support the recovery process. The founder, Kayla Abramowitz, started the effort when she was eleven, driven by personal experience with chronic illness and hospital stays. The enterprise operates within the nonprofit sector, addressing gaps in recreational and educational resources for hospitalized children and related pediatric care settings, and has a reach that is estimated to have touched a large number of young lives through direct donations and visits.