Katie Cares providing comfort to families with loved ones in hospital [Video]

One Manitoba charity is helping to provide a home away from home for families while their loved ones receive care in the hospital.

Kaitlyn Reimer, who passed away from cancer in 2012, founded Katie Cares to help other kids facing tough times.

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Katie Cares supports several programs, including one that gives Beanie Babies to kids undergoing medical treatment, as well as Katie’s Cottage, which provides accommodations for anyone who wants to stay close to their loved one in care.

To date, Kaitlyn’s charity has helped hundreds of families from several Manitoba communities.

“[Kaitlyn] saw something so tragic that she would have never dreamt would even happen,” said Kaitlyn’s mom Ruth Reimer in an interview with CTV Morning Live on Monday.

“She met a little girl that was badly beaten and it was there that she …