UPWARD for Children and Families, founded in 1958, serves children with special needs.  Their purpose is to help children with special needs achieve their highest potential, while empowering their families to thrive. A number of the children who attend UPWARD programs are severely disabled and medically fragile and could not attend programs on campus without nursing on-site.  Thunderbirds Charities has been a strong supporter of this critical Nursing Program at UPWARD for many years.