The Joey Bella Memorial Fund, Inc.
The Joey Bella Memorial Fund, Inc. was established to help families affected by life-threatening, catastrophic illness. The Fund provides financial grants to help meet medical care and associated expenses.

Serious Illness can challenge both the emotional and financial resources of a family. Individual family members must provide emotional support to an afflicted family member, while needing support in dealing with their own feelings and emotions. Time becomes a precious commodity as caregivers must somehow care for and visit an ill family member, attend to the everyday needs of children and research avenues of assistance.

Usually, the most challenged resources are finances. The ability of a family to meet its financial obligations becomes increasingly difficult, if not impossible. Even when medical insurance is available, it is frequently not sufficient to cover all health care costs. Many related costs must be met, while out-of-pocket expenses continue to mount. Families may be uprooted for months at a time, when the care and treatment required can only be obtained at a distant health care facility. For income providers, this can mean lengthy, unpaid leaves of absence from jobs. In the most serious instances, some families are forced to leave their jobs permanently.

Mission Statement
The Joey Bella Memorial Fund, Inc. is established to help meet medical care and associated costs for families with children suffering from life-threatening, catastrophic illness, where the children are impacted.

Vision Statement
The Fund will endeavor to stabilize and preserve families suffering from catastrophic illness by providing temporary financial and/or community support. Each family’s situation will be treated with respect, consideration and confidentiality.