Sophie's Club to Open New Respite Center for Families with Severely Medically Challenged Kids | Events

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Sophie’s Club unveiled plans for the first in a series of 10-bed, state-of-the-art respite centers on Thursday at a downtown press conference. The first of their kind to be built in Western New York, the facilities will serve local families in desperate need of respite services for their precious medically challenged children.

Sophie’s Club Respite Center and Kids Spa in East Aurora provides an “Oasis of Love” that provides local families of severely medically challenged children a safe and loving environment where the children can be pampered and cared for while caregivers take a break for just a day or up to a week.

These centers will be fully equipped to care of children with special needs. Each facility will have a 10-bed capacity, operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with services provided at no cost to the families

Due to a lack of beds for medically fragile children, there is currently a two-year waiting list for families seeking respite care in Erie County.

About Sophie’s Club

Sophie’s Club Inc. is a 501C3 non- profit organization which honors the lives of Sophia DuFrane and Kristen Kline by helping families of special needs children.