Brian Morrison doesn’t just provide housing — he gives hope.

The founder and chief executive officer of the Believe in Tomorrow National Children’s Foundation, Morrison has helped grow his nonprofit vision from helping one family to reaching thousands across the nation.

Since the foundation’s inception 25 years ago, the mission has remained the same: to provide hospital and retreat housing services to critically ill children and their families.

“Our programs really are designed to provide hope for the future, and to believe, despite what they are going through,” Morrison said.

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Believe in Tomorrow provides overnight accommodations to families and ill children from around the world.

Working in conjunction with the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, the foundation seeks to keep the family united with the sick child, allowing them to take their minds off of the illness and look to the future.

They also provide remote location housing that is designed to put families on accommodated vacations together. Since its founding, the nonprofit has provided more than 250,000 nights of accommodations for families.

One of the charity’s biggest contributors is Home Depot, the title sponsor of the foundation’s annual Port to Fort 6K Run-Walk.

The national home improvement retailer became actively involved about 12 years ago when its regional operations director, Sean Sites, toured the Hopkins facility.

“Our involvement has been everything from financial help to labor in different events,” Sites said. “The heartfelt truth is what they do is just as important as who they do it for.”

More information

» Believe in Tomorrow National Children’s Foundation

6601 Frederick Road, Baltimore

1-800-933-5470

believeintomorrow.org

dcarey@baltimoreexaminer.com