Agency Details:

The Morlock Foundation, Inc.

The mission of The Morlock Foundation is to improve the quality of life of families in our community through resources, support, love, hope, education, respect, and respite.
The Vision of The Morlock Foundation is to be a leading support organization.

Description:
Project Save the Family & Eldercare: TMF helps families overcome being overwhelmed. In some families we help families negotiate with insurance companies, hospitals and doctors, for care and payment of bills. We help families with referral services. We take a look at each families situation and help being overwhelmed.
Grant and aid institutions to help families get money to help pay off their medical bills and for upcoming surgeries and doctor visits.Fund-raising for help with financial needs. Meeting needs of home assistance, through volunteers and agencies. As set forth by the IRS each client fills out paperwork, approved by the IRS and the board of directors. This paperwork gives The Morlock Foundation information on each client that can be verified to make sure each client has a legitimate need.

Project: Food Pantry, 1800 Maple Road, Williamsville

Project: Angel Food Ministries
Boxes of food-valued at $60-70 for $30 plus shipping. Helping people try to meet the month with their money by cutting down on their grocery expense. View the newest menu at TheMorlockFoundation.org click on events and then Angel Food Ministries.

Project: Never Adopted
Helping foster children who age out of foster care with a lifelong parent match to gain knowledge, love and experience to make it through and not become one of the 70% who end up in the hospital, on the streets or in jail.

Project: Community Education
working to educated the community through online education at www.ed2go.com/tmf

History:
Our son Donovan has had 3 heart surgeries and the next one, he may need to have two valves replaced. The surgery estimated to be $750,000 and was not going to be covered by the insurance. After about 8 months of work on the phone, research... we found a pediatric cardiologist surgeon in the state and started working on the insurance company, who then agreed to pay 80%. We started thinking we can not be the only family going through this. So we started working on a business plan in March 2002,to help other families like ours and we would not just help those with heart disease. Then May 2002 I was at a hospital waiting, my dad was being admitted because he was in so much pain. I was blessed with the name The Morlock Foundation, to honor my mom and dad. Almost immediately after going to Roswell, we found out that dad had terminal cancer. While spending time at the hospital with him, I was able to talk to him about The Morlock Foundation and how we would help families. He then passed away July 30,2002. After a year plus we finally received our approval from the IRS (August 7, 2003)after make changes to our board of directors and setting up verification paperwork to make sure each client was seeking a legitimate need. The Morlock Foundation received a call one day after our approval letter came from a family that needed help. We help families who have children with all different diseases. The only disease we refer out at this time is Krabbe disease & other leukodystrophies to Hunters Hope.

Contact people:

Carmaletta Zandi, President, (phone), (email) Marlyn Euler, Administrative Assistant, (phone), (email) Alicia Leonard, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email)

Address:

512 Pearl Street, Suite 301 Buffalo, NY 14221 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.TheMorlockFoundation.org

Directions:

From Lockport: 990 to 90 to 33 West, be in the right lane after 198 and when 33 ends and splits, follow that lane through onto Pearl Street we are at the light. Corner of Pearl and Tupper. From Southtowns: 90. . . (more)   Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: Theatre Rail Stop,   Walk distance (in minutes): 1   Nearest Bus Stop: 8 - Main Street where ends by Pearl, 1 minute walk

Last updated on November 17, 2009