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BaxStrong Foundation

Baxter’s Smile Box · About this organization

What you get

BaxStrong Foundation mails activity and comfort boxes to children fighting childhood cancer.

How to start

Send the Smile Box form with your child's name and birthday, your contact details, and the shipping address.

Good to know

  • Ask how long shipping will take.
  • International availability is not established.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Not Published

BaxStrong Foundation mails activity and comfort boxes to children fighting childhood cancer. Documented contents include arts and crafts, Play-Doh, sensory toys, and other activities intended for hospital stays and treatment travel; residence limits are not published.

What help you may get

Peer And Emotional Support

Baxter’s Smile Box — peer and emotional support

Mailed box with arts and crafts, Play-Doh, sensory toys, and other activities for encouragement and distraction during cancer care.

Amount not published

Practical Items And Home Help

Baxter’s Smile Box — practical items and home help

Mailed box with arts and crafts, Play-Doh, sensory toys, and other activities for encouragement and distraction during cancer care.

Amount not published

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. A U.S. child actively facing B-ALL fits the broad childhood-cancer scope.

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-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.

How to get started

Get ready to apply

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. Open the Smile Box request page.
  2. Provide the child's name, birthday, parent or guardian contact details, and shipping address.
  3. Complete the remaining form steps and submit the request.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

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

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsNot Published
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowRolling
Last checkedAug 24, 2026
  • No deadline, cycle, capacity rule, or fulfillment timeline is published.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Exact age and treatment-status rules are not published.
  • International availability is not established.
  • Later form requirements, cost, frequency, capacity, and shipping time are not published.
  • Is verification required in later form steps?
  • What ages and treatment statuses qualify?
  • What cost, frequency, capacity, response time, and shipping rules apply?

Official sources

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

Official program