We are the Deans, the family who created the Beckham Ellis Foundation. Our son, Beckham Ellis Dean, was born on August 26th, 2020. In his beautiful two and half years of life, he created so much joy and happiness. He taught us patience and a new form of kindness. He changed the core of everyone he knew. Beckham was just too special to be with us forever. It was time for his soul to fly free, inspire and grow. His happy times were spent eating, golfing, playing dinosaurs with his sister, and fighting monsters with his guns. But most of all, he loved giving his love.

 

The short history of our tragedy: Friday, January 20th, Beckham started feeling sick and showing signs Monday, January 22nd, 2023, we started taking Beck to the doctor. After a week of visits they deemed it as a "virus" that was going around and that it would pass. On Saturday morning, we decided it was time to go to Nationwide Children's Hospital, where they admitted us. Beckham was on blood transfusions, platelet transfusions, dialysis and apheresis. With all of this going on, along with his infection, his little 29 lb body couldn't handle it. Our beautiful baby boy passed on January 29th, 2023, from a bacterial infection. His soul chose to move on to the next journey of life.

 

Our mission with The Beckham Ellis Foundation started to help families who have lost a child or have children who suffer from severe illness. Since then, we have expanded our services to families in need in any avenue. 100% of the profits raised by the foundation will go to the families. Although unbearable pain cannot be taken away, we strive to offer a slight bit of peace and light to those who feel helpless. We cannot achieve this alone. We hope and would be elated for you to be a part of the cause and our team.