The Rebekah G. Leithren Foundation, Inc. was founded July 31, 2006 and is dedicated to raising the necessary funds to find the cause, safer interim treatments, and subsequent cure for Protein Losing Enteropathy or PLE. We are also dedicated to providing emotional support for children who are currently battling this disease and their families. We are a nonprofit charitable organization.

The Rebekah G. Leithren Foundation, Inc. was established in honor of Rebekah Gabrielle Leithren who was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome on August 2, 1993 and after 12 years of a semi-normal life died from the effects of PLE after a heart transplant on November 8, 2005. Rebekah never liked to dwell on her illness but wanted to be treated like a normal child as does any PLE patient. Bekah considered it a pleasure to help others and it is in that spirit that her helping legacy will live on through this foundation.