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Designing Dreams®
Hospitals are intentionally designed for medical care. Homes are not. Designing Dreams transforms children's bedrooms into treatment-informed healing environments where they can safely receive at-home cancer treatment. ♥
Our Mission
Designing Dreams is a nonprofit organization creating treatment-informed bedroom transformations for children fighting cancer. Our work addresses an overlooked gap in pediatric cancer care: children spend most of their treatment journey at home, yet bedrooms are rarely designed around the realities of prolonged cancer treatment.
In partnership with hospital teams, families, interior designers, trade professionals, donors, and corporate partners, we transform each room around the child's treatment-related, developmental, emotional, and practical needs. The result is more than a beautiful bedroom; it is a safer, more functional, personalized space to rest, recover, learn, play, and live throughout treatment.
5th Annual Hope for the Holidays Gala
For five years, the Hope for the Holidays Gala has brought our community together to support children fighting cancer. This year, join us at Feast & Fareway overlooking the Coronado Golf Course for an unforgettable evening of cocktails, a seated dinner, live music, dancing, and an auction.
Advances in treatment mean children with cancer now spend most of their care journey at home: taking medications, managing side effects, and recovering between treatments. But home environments vary widely depending on a family's finances, housing, and caregiving capacity. Designing Dreams brings intentional design into the home through treatment-informed bedroom transformations. Your support makes another transformation possible.
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make a difference, donate today ♥
Stock Donation: Contact kelly@designingdreamsusa.org to make a donation of stock
Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs): Contributions can be made directly through your DAF account
EIN: 93-2279888
Success Stories!
Our Board of directors
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Kelly O'Donnell, MBA
Executive Director of Designing Dreams San Diego
Danny Beck
Enlaza Therapeutics
Reena Desai, Esq.
MBrace Therapeutics
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William Grossman, MD, PHD
Founder, Grossman Biotech & Pharma Consulting
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Paul Woodard, MD
Soley Therapeutics
Wayne Chu, MD
CytomX Therapeutics
Jason Litten
Genelux Corporation
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In April 2025, Waylon was diagnosed with B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL), and he's expected to remain in treatment through 2027.
Diagnosed on Christmas Day, Avery has years of treatment ahead of her. Like so many children today, most of that treatment it will happen at home.
Vicky is a vibrant, kind-hearted 11-year-old who has already shown more courage than most of us will in a lifetime.