Our Mission
We support seriously ill children around Albany, New York's Capital region during their time of need.
Our Philosophy
Children are special gifts and we will do everything in our power to support them during their critical stage in life. We are driven by the belief that amazing things happen when people work together to spark the potential in individuals and communities. We feel that we are partners with our community in our mission, we couldn't do this without you!
Who We Are
We are all volunteers from the Albany County Correctional Facility and our community. We are committed to our mission and guided by our philosophy and the compassion for the plight of our seriously ill children. ACCFCB is a IRS registered 501(c)(3) Charitable Organization. Please view all our legal documentation.
Our Goal
To do two fundraisers per year:
1st) Our Annual "Teed Off For Tot's" Golf Classic held the last Friday in June @ the Fairway's Of Halfmoon golf course in Mechanicville, NY.
2nd) Albany County Employee Payrol donation program. Albany County employees are asked annually to consider donating weekly from their paychecks to our foundation in support our mission. Employees sign annual Pledge forms between October & November and deductions start in January of the following year.
Learning Of Seriously Ill Children
We attempt to monitor seriously ill children in our community by listening to members of our community and by watching media reports regarding local seriously ill children. If you learn of a seriously ill child in our community that needs our assistance, please contact us.
Our Accomplishments
Thank you for visiting our web site to see the children that we have supported and please look back for future children as well. PLEASE consider our foundation as part of your charitable giving and we'd love to hear from you, leave us a note in our contact us section!
Birth Of Foundation After Loss
On October 4th, 1994 our (John & Donna Smith's) 3 year old grandson, Dylan was attacked by 2 dogs in the back yard of a residents in Ravena, NY. Dylan's injuries were life threatening and after hours of surgery on that day at Albany Medical Center Hospital, surgeons told our family that he would probably not make it through the night. Dylan did pull through and was awaiting a double transplant surgery of Intestines & Liver to save his life. We set out to raise the $250,000 needed for Dylan's life saving "experimental surgery" that could save his life yet was not medically covered by insurance. Dylan struggled to survive for 1 year and succumbed to his injuries after a galliant battle on October 13, 1995 before receiving the transplant.
Our family was devastated by the loss of Dylan and this obviously was our life's darkest chapter.
After a few years of trying to "get a grip" with our loss, we decided to put this foundation together to help other families struggling with their serioulsy ill child. We took lessons that were learned and decided to put them to good use helping others who are now walking a mile in our shoes.
At the time of Dylan's accident, I had been a Correction Officer at the Albany County Correctional Facility for about 8 years. Staff at the correctional facility were exceedingly generous and helped my family in so many ways and we are very grateful to them. It stood to reason some years later that we would name this foundation after the good people of the correctional facility and in 2001 the ALBANY COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY FOR CHILDREN'S BENEFIT, Inc. (ACCFCB) was born.
ACCFCB, with the help of a wonderful Board of Director’s, many volunteers and our caring community, will continue to help families. Everyone involved in this great organization does it for their own good reasons- certainly not for the pay because we don't receive any, but we are rewarded in better ways, emotional satisfaction!
Our little angel!
