Get ready to apply
HopeKids
HopeCommunity Program
What you get
Free smaller gatherings to connect with others, such as coffee chats, book clubs, parent outings and group activities. Open now.
- Who starts it
- You, with a document from your doctor
- How it’s sent
- Online, on their website
- Your time
- About 15 minutes, plus waiting for the document
- Last checked
- Aug 27, 2026
Before you start, check you fit
- Your child is 18 or under.
- Gathering schedules are shared with you once you're registered.
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Ask your doctor for the documentStart here. This is the part that takes the longest.
HopeKids needs a signed confirmation of the diagnosis from your doctor. Copy this message, or say it in person at the next visit.
Hi [doctor’s name], We’d like to apply to HopeKids’s HopeCommunity Program. They offer free smaller gatherings to connect with others, such as coffee chats, book clubs, parent outings and group activities, and they are taking applications now. They need a signed confirmation of the diagnosis from you. Their form and instructions are here: https://hopekids.org/become-a-hopekid/ Could you do that when you have a chance? I can send you the link, or bring a printout to our next visit. Thank you for everything you do for us. [your name] · [phone]
Copying is the only thing this page does with your text. Nothing is saved. -
Fill in their applicationIt is on their website.
Open their application ↗ Checked Aug 27, 2026What the form asks for
StartEmail address belowPlease choose which HopeKids chapter you are applying for -
Submit it on their websiteSend the document with your application, or the way they ask.
- Start the official membership wizard, verify the email address, and complete the gated application steps.
After you send
HopeKids says it will email registration instructions if the child is eligible; contact HopeKids if no email arrives within four weeks. If you have not heard back by then, write and ask.