BRAVEONES FOUNDATION

What do you do when your best friend loses their child? This was a question Kendra kept asking herself. The Kunze family was asking themselves a similar question. They were searching for a way to honor Hendrix. "You can either choose to be angry, upset and frustrated or you can choose to be grateful," Kendra recalls. So, spurred by the love and gratitude of their own brave one, Rose, Jeff, Kendra and David founded the BraveOnes Foundation in 2018.

Since that time, BraveOnes has made it their mission to create childhood joy. Childhood joy can come in many forms-from providing space and time for play to giving a simple meal to an impromptu concert. The Kunze and Rosales families reflected on what brought hope during their darkest days while Hendrix was undergoing treatment and decided to bring some of that hope and joy to other children and families going through similar experiences by focusing on two initiatives: funding a new neurology playroom at CHOC and providing meaningful meals to families.