Coming soon!
The Care Registry for Life's Toughest Moments
Because friends want to help, they just need to know how.
Why GIftwellsoon?
BECAUSE ASKING FOR HELP SHOULDN'T FEEL HARD.
The current way of asking for help is broken.
Someone has a life changing moment. Friends rally around and say, "let me know if you need anything." Hours later, that person is exhausted from coordinating everyone's good intentions and managing emotional reactions—all while facing their own crisis.
Our founder Amy lived this not once, but twice: First, when caring for her mother with stage 4 breast cancer, then facing her own aggressive cancer diagnosis while raising foster children.
Amy's breaking point: Sitting on the couch after chemo, dreading having to ask for childcare because asking felt almost as exhausting as going without.
Neither giving nor receiving should require a PhD in coordination.