American Childhood Cancer Organization
Take a Pop, Share a Smile · About this organization
What you get
Help with freezer and replenishment for participating centers and freezer pops for patients.
How to start
Ask your hospital about freezer pops. You can nominate a center; hospital staff enroll it and hand out the pops.
Good to know
- No direct household shipment is offered.
- Participation, patient selection, inventory, and allergy or dietary accommodations vary by treatment center.
The details, as published
Jel Sert and ACCO supply participating pediatric cancer centers with a freezer, initial freezer-pop stock, free replenishment, and maintenance or replacement so children can receive pops during treatment. A parent or community member may nominate a center and hospital staff may enroll it, but families do not request household delivery.
What help you may get
Meals And Food
Take a Pop, Share a Smile — meals and food
Jel Sert and ACCO supply participating pediatric cancer centers with a freezer, initial freezer-pop stock, free replenishment, and maintenance or replacement so children can receive pops during treatment. A parent or community member may nominate a center and hospital staff may enroll it, but families do not request household delivery.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Freezer and replenishment for participating centers
- Freezer pops for patients
Practical Items And Home Help
Take a Pop, Share a Smile — practical items and home help
Jel Sert and ACCO supply participating pediatric cancer centers with a freezer, initial freezer-pop stock, free replenishment, and maintenance or replacement so children can receive pops during treatment. A parent or community member may nominate a center and hospital staff may enroll it, but families do not request household delivery.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Freezer and replenishment for participating centers
- Freezer pops for patients
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A child receiving B-ALL treatment at a participating U.S. center fits the broad pediatric-cancer population.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be through: Patient must receive care at a participating pediatric cancer center..
- Patient must receive care at a participating pediatric cancer center.
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.
- Ask the treatment center whether it participates.
- Parents or community members may nominate a center; hospital staff complete enrollment.
- Participating staff distribute freezer pops to patients.
Ways to apply or ask
- Automatic Distribution
- Hospital Workflow
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Hospital Mediated |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
Limitations and things to confirm
- No direct household shipment is offered.
- Participation, patient selection, inventory, and allergy or dietary accommodations vary by treatment center.
- Which centers currently have inventory and what patient access rules apply?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Take a Pop, Share a Smile · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Take a Pop, Share a Smile · checked Aug 24, 2026