Our mission is to assist children who seek diagnosis and treatment while raising awareness and financial support to assist in finding a cure for childhood diseases.

According to the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation, approximately one in 4,000 children in the United States will develop mitochondrial disease by the age of 10 years. One thousand to 4,000 children per year in the United States are born with a type of mitochondrial disease. While the statistics are staggering, mitochondrial disease, which impacts countless childhood diseases,  remains one of the most elusive conditions to diagnose.

With significant genetic occurrences, it is vital that families receive appropriate diagnosis. Diagnosis is often invasive, time consuming and expensive, tragically leaving many families without proper diagnosis or treatment. With limited qualified medical professionals with expertise in the field of childhood diseases, many families must not only incur the medical expenses, but extensive travel expenses as well.

There is no cure for many childhood disease sand while some treatments may be effective at minimizing the symptoms, tragically many children lose these battles.

The Help Hailey Foundation has been founded by Kyle and Katie Serfoss in the memory of their daughter Hailey Lynn Serfoss. The Serfoss’ spent the two years of Hailey’s life traveling the country seeking diagnosis and treatment for their daughter and understand many families do not have the resources they were able to benefit from.

The Help Hailey Foundation seeks to assist families through access to medical professionals, fundraising to offset the financial burden of treatment and care, provide education and awareness about these diseases including Mitochondrial disease, promote research funding and connect families living through similar experiences.