We have been thrilled to have Occupational Therapy student Maci Bakken with us this winter and spring for her capstone project. Students like Maci bring so much to our Home, and leave with new tools and resources for our staff and volunteers to use, like new interactive boards that help volunteers facilitate activities with kids! We hope you enjoy getting to know Maci through this Q&A.  Where were you born and raised? I was born and raised in a tiny town in Northwest Minnesota called Grygl...More

Celebrating Resilience: Highlights from our Middle School Sibling Retreat Crescent Cove's inaugural Middle School Sibling Retreat was a day filled with connection, creativity, and exploration—all centered around our theme of resilience. We kicked off the retreat by setting group expectations and diving into what resilience means. Through journal prompts, stories, and art projects, our middle schoolers reflected on perseverance and strength, demonstrated through butterfly and flower activiti...More

Crescent Cove is honored to be a place of education for future caregivers in the areas of occupational therapy, nursing, and physician training. What a thrill to receive a call from a medical student from Scotland, who asked to do a 6-week rotation at our Home!  It's been our gift to get to know Sophie Macdonald, who began her rotation with us a few weeks ago. We conducted an interview with her about what or who inspired her to pursue a career as a physician, and what she hopes to learn from...More

At Crescent Cove, we reflect on the joys and sorrows of living with children with shortened life expectancies. The holiday season is no exception. We held our annual Holiday Drive-Thru for families earlier this month where we welcomed 38 families and about 70 children to our Home. Cars moved slowly along our driveway, greeted by smiling volunteers and generous sponsors who showered families with gifts at every stop.  One dedicated volunteer, Jennifer, has handed out hot chocolate at this even...More

This post is written by Katie Lindenfelser, Crescent Cove's founder, who enjoyed being a part of this year's Trunk or Treat event. What a gift it is to walk up the driveway of Crescent Cove and see smiling faces and loads of happy children in costume, and lots of happy adults as well! For several years, we have been fortunate to have a Trunk or Treat event hosted by Holly M.,an incredible teacher now at Forest Lake schools who inspires her high school students to participate. Traditionally...More

At Crescent Cove, the dream of creating a peaceful and calming space for our families has been a long-standing goal of the Garden Committee. A water feature—something serene that would invite reflection and tranquility—was always part of the vision. Last year, this dream started to take shape when the committee put together a landscaping plan for the front of the Home, with hopes of incorporating a new, improved water fountain. But like many large projects, the challenge of funding seemed da...More

“People are marvelous in their generosity, if they just know the cause is there.”— Will Rogers One of the highlights of a child’s respite stay at Crescent Cove is our large, luxurious bathtub. Children with complex medical conditions often need support to bathe, and, as they grow, cannot be lifted into a standard household tub without a mechanical lift. For many, a bubble bath in a tub with music, lights, and toys, is an absolute delight. In order to accommodate the many children of va...More

Our back-to-school event is an opportunity for families to connect —with families like theirs, and with our staff who care for their children. And we were shown — as we often are — how children living with disabilities are capable of so much more than what is expected of them. This year, we had a band from the School of Rock in Plymouth provide entertainment and they blew everyone away with their incredible talent and performance. Two of the kids who were enjoying a respite stay at Cresce...More

A Haven of Joy, Connection, and Adventure for All Sibling Camp is one of the highlights of summer for not only the campers who attend, but also the staff, volunteers, and students who put the camp on. At 3:00 on the appointed day the kids arrived carload by carload, returning campers excitedly greeting staff and volunteers who they knew from previous years. New campers were a little less exuberant, but within the first hour began to know their fellow campers and counselors.  “Sibling camp ...More

It’s only natural that after 6 years of caring for children with shortened life expectancies that we serve a lot of families whose children have passed. Every Crescent Cove family is welcome to return to any of our events, to visit our Home and to remember their child with love. It was wonderful to reconnect with many of them at our 2024 Spring Fling, which took place at Crescent Cove this May. We welcome the family of an infant who passed away at Crescent Cove in February of this year, sayin...More