Written by a parent, not a doctor. Nothing here is medical advice.

Bags of Love Foundation

Bags of Love Care Packages · About this organization

What you get

Additional comfort/activity items, bear, coloring books, hat, hope card, resource information, and stress ball.

How to start

Ask hospital staff about the care packages.

Good to know

  • Ask hospital staff what is in stock.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Hospital Mediated

California pediatric hospitals that treat cancer distribute encouragement packages containing a hat, Hope card, bear, stress ball, coloring books, other items, and information about Bags of Love and outside resources.

What help you may get

Peer And Emotional Support

Bags of Love Care Packages — peer and emotional support

California pediatric hospitals that treat cancer distribute encouragement packages containing a hat, Hope card, bear, stress ball, coloring books, other items, and information about Bags of Love and outside resources.

Amount not published

Can cover

  • Additional comfort/activity items
  • Bear
  • Coloring books
  • Hat
  • Hope card
  • Resource information
  • Stress ball

Practical Items And Home Help

Bags of Love Care Packages — practical items and home help

California pediatric hospitals that treat cancer distribute encouragement packages containing a hat, Hope card, bear, stress ball, coloring books, other items, and information about Bags of Love and outside resources.

Amount not published

Can cover

  • Additional comfort/activity items
  • Bear
  • Coloring books
  • Hat
  • Hope card
  • Resource information
  • Stress ball

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. Packages are distributed through California pediatric hospitals treating cancer.

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

No treatment-location restriction is published.

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.

  1. Receive a package through a participating hospital when supplies and distribution criteria allow.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsHospital Mediated
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowRolling
Last checkedAug 24, 2026

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Hospital list, request route, ages, inventory and repeat limits are unpublished.
  • Confirm hospitals, recipient ages, cadence, inventory, request and repeat rules.

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program