Circle of Care | St. Matthew's Episcopal Church

Located in Wilton, Circle of Care was founded by parents whose children had been diagnosed with cancer. The organization’s mission is to provide practical, emotional, and financial assistance to Connecticut families through programs and services that meet the unique and challenging needs of pediatric cancer treatment. From putting together “Bags of Love” to entertaining siblings to doing room makeovers for children going through chemotherapy, Circle of Care has a variety of ways we can get involved.

Read a story about a room makeover done by Circle of Care here.

Want to join the Circle of Care Mission Team, or have questions? Click here to email the team.

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From the Mission Team

From the Mission Team

Open Doors "Stuff-A-Sock" Collection St. Matt's recently collected toiletry items and socks for our mission partner, Open Doors. Students from the Horizons Program (a tuition free academic program serving students in the Norwalk comm...

Circle of Care: Dream Bedroom for Maddie

Circle of Care: Dream Bedroom for Maddie

We are thrilled to be designing a dream bedroom for 13-year-old Maddie, a girl in Brookfield who is battling bone cancer, through the Circle of Care Art from the Heart program. She has already met with a small team of St. Matt's Mission members ...

Circle of Care: Our first Art from the Heart

Circle of Care: Our first Art from the Heart

Our first project is coming up with our Mission Partner, Circle of Care. St. Matthew's parishioners will have an opportunity to work on a room makeover project for a cancer patient - typically a child in Connecticut between ages 4-1...

Recap: Circle of Care Art from the Heart Training

Recap: Circle of Care Art from the Heart Training

On Tuesday, Nov. 19th, a group of 7 people from St. Matt's met with the Circle of Care staff to learn about the process involved in the Art from the Heart room renovation process for a child with cancer. The amazing staff spoke to us about the ...

Mission Training November 19th with Circle of Care

Mission Training November 19th with Circle of Care

Art From The Heart transforms a cancer patient’s room at home into a personal wonderland. Since 2005, Circle of Care has transformed over 127 bedrooms and play areas in the homes of young patients using paint, fabric, furnishings and lo...

The video below shows one of Circle of Care's projects and shows the organization's founders.

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