Susan Wintersteen is the founder of Savvy Giving by Design, a non-profit organization that creates specially designed rooms for children facing a medical crisis. Susan’s journey and growth of Savvy Giving by Design started with an ask for someone a child in her community facing a cancer diagnosis. A friend organizing a food train and Susan, admittedly not a cook, offered to do a room reno instead. The family accepted and Susan was hooked.

Often times people facing serious medical crisis spend lots of time in their bedrooms and Susan sees the importance of the bedroom is a place of retreat and healing. Through the non-profit, donations, and vendor contributions Susan is able to create rooms for select families at no cost to them and she never wants the families to feel like they own anything in return.