HavenHood

Where Patients and Caregivers Find Community

HavenHood is a community platform that connects patients and caregivers with people nearby who understand the challenges of a medical journey. Through shared experiences, trusted resources, and real-world connection, HavenHood helps people find meaningful support close to home.

Our mission is simple: To ensure no patient or caregiver has to navigate a medical journey alone.

Why We Built HavenHood

HavenHood was founded by two mothers, Sylvia Huml and Diona Gouker, who met while navigating their children’s Type 1 Diabetes diagnoses. Like so many families facing a life-changing diagnosis, they were suddenly thrown into a world of fear, uncertainty, and overwhelming information, often feeling completely alone in how to navigate what came next.

What changed everything was connection.

What began as two moms supporting each other quickly grew into a close-knit circle, a group of women texting daily, sharing advice, and showing up for one another in ways only someone who has lived it can. In that experience, they realized something important: families everywhere are searching for this same kind of support, but there is no easy way to find it locally.

So they built HavenHood.

The Problem We're Solving

More than 63 million Americans serve as family caregivers, and over half of U.S. adults live with at least one chronic disease. Yet there's still no dedicated platform designed to help patients and caregivers easily find local support communities.

For most families, isolation becomes one of the hardest parts of the journey.

Our Vision

We believe the most powerful support is often the support closest to home. Someone who can meet for coffee. Sit beside you at the park. Or simply understand without explanation.

HavenHood creates localized communities where patients, caregivers, and allies can:

• Connect with others navigating similar diagnoses nearby
• Share updates and ask questions in a safe community environment
• Meet in real life through local events and gatherings 
• Access community-curated resources from people who understand

Whether you're a parent caring for a child with Type 1 diabetes or an adult navigating your own diagnosis, HavenHood creates a place where support feels personal, trusted, and close to home.

Where We Are Today

HavenHood is live in the App Store and currently in beta with our first community: Type 1 Diabetes families in Denver.

We're growing intentionally to ensure every HavenHood community feels active, safe, and meaningful. Our early members are already hosting meetups, sharing practical tips, and building genuine connection.

What's next: Expanding to additional cities and conditions including autism, infertility and breast cancer support communities.

Join Our Mission

We're currently raising funds through a community-driven campaign to accelerate HavenHood's growth and bring this platform to families who need it most.

Your support helps us:

• Expand HavenHood into new communities and across additional conditions
• Advance the HavenHood mobile app with thoughtful new features that deepen connection
• Build a companion website to extend our reach and accessibility
• Partner with nonprofits and condition-based organizations 
• Grow a safe, trusted national network of support

Note: This is a donation-based campaign. Contributions are not investments and do not provide equity.

More Than an App

Your support helps build connection, understanding, and community for patients and caregivers navigating some of life's most difficult challenges.

Join us in creating the kind of support that every patient and family deserves.

Because no one should have to navigate a medical journey alone.