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No More Umbrellas Foundation

Heart of Gold Hardship Assistance

What you get

Help with bills, family activities, gas, groceries and other current family needs. Ask whether requests are open.

Who starts it
You, with a signature from your social worker or doctor
How it’s sent
Email to emily@nomoreumbrellas.org, or by post
Your time
About 30 minutes, plus waiting for the signature
Last checked
Aug 27, 2026

Before you start, check you fit

  • Awards depend on available funds and are not promised.
  • Awards depend on available funds and are not guaranteed.
  • The application requires a social-worker or provider signature.

  1. Ask your social worker or doctor for the signed formStart here. This is the part that takes the longest.

    No More Umbrellas Foundation needs a signature on the form from your social worker or doctor. Copy this message, or say it in person at the next visit.

    Hi [social worker’s name],

We’d like to apply to No More Umbrellas Foundation’s Heart of Gold Hardship Assistance. They offer help with bills, family activities, gas, groceries and other current family needs, and we are checking whether they are taking requests.

They need a signature on the form from you or someone on the care team. Their form and instructions are here: https://www.nomoreumbrellas.org/

Could you sign that when you have a chance? I’ll bring the printed form to our next visit, or I can email it. Thank you for everything you do for us.

[your name] · [phone]
    Copying is the only thing this page does with your text. Nothing is saved.

  2. Fill in their formPrint it, or fill it in on screen if the PDF allows.

    Open the application PDF ↗ Checked Aug 27, 2026

    What the form asks for

    Patient and parent information
    PATIENT NameDOBPatient Diagnosis/DatePARENT(s) First, Last Name(s)Mailing AddressPhoneEmailMay we share your story with our supporters on social media, email, etc.? YES | NOParent Name (please print)Parent SignatureDate
    Social work/provider confirmation · your care team fills this in
    Social Work/Provider (print name)Social Work/Provider SignatureDateSW/Provider EmailPhoneHospital
    Optional story
    Optional Story

  3. Email your application and the signed form togetherTo emily@nomoreumbrellas.org. Or post it to the address on the form.

    • Email the completed signed application to emily@nomoreumbrellas.org or mail it to P.O. Box 313, Durant, FL 33530.

    Email: emily@nomoreumbrellas.org

    Subject: Heart of Gold Hardship Assistance application, [child’s name]

Hello,

Attached are our completed application and the signature from [social worker’s name] at [hospital]. Please let me know that it arrived and if anything is missing.

Thank you,
[your name] · [phone]

After you send

Request receipt confirmation by email; the foundation does not publish a decision timeline. If you have not heard back in two weeks, write and ask whether it arrived.

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