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Chiera Family Foundation

N.I.C.K.'S Golf · About this organization

What you get

Golf lessons, life-skills education, exercise and nutrition lessons, sibling participation, and sibling-inclusive recreation.

How to start

Call or email Chiera, or ask your hospital team, about signing your child and siblings up for golf lessons.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Not Published

Nine weeks of no-cost golf instruction and life-skills education for children actively receiving cancer treatment at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, extended to siblings.

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What help you may get

Wishes And Family Experiences

Nine weeks of free golf lessons

Nine-week golf instruction program through First Tee of Broward at no cost to the child, with life lessons, exercise, and nutrition education.

Noncash help · Per Event

9 weeks per award

Can cover

  • golf lessons
  • life-skills education
  • exercise and nutrition lessons
  • sibling participation
  • No cost to the child.

Peer And Emotional Support

Patient and sibling recreation

Your child and siblings can spend time playing golf together, share a fun activity and have a break from the usual treatment routines.

Noncash help · Per Event

Can cover

  • sibling-inclusive recreation

Why this may help

Wishes And Family Experiences: Golf lessons, exercise, nutrition, and life skills offer an activity your child and sibling can share.

Peer And Emotional Support: Including siblings in golf recreation gives them time together beyond treatment.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. A child actively treated for B-ALL at the named hospital fits the published cancer-treatment scope.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

Treatment status

Active Treatment, Maintenance Treatment

  • The child must currently be undergoing cancer treatment at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital.
  • Lessons are offered at no cost to the child.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.

  • No residence rule is published; hospital treatment is the operative restriction.

Where your child is treated

Treatment must be connected to: Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital.

  • Child must currently receive cancer treatment at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
  • First Tee of Broward — Lesson delivery partner; this location does not create residence eligibility. — Golf instruction through First Tee of Broward

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.

Documents to prepare

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

Availability and timing

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Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowNot Published
Last checkedSep 25, 2026
  • The current site and August 2026 news identify the program as active but do not publish intake.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Your child needs to be receiving cancer treatment at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital for the golf program.
  • Call Chiera to ask about the next nine-week session and whether your child and siblings can take part.
  • Confirm current intake, roles, forms, dates, and capacity.
  • GPT Pro run58 (2026-09-25): Chiera does not give a class registration form or current session dates. Confirm enrollment with Chiera or the named hospital before presenting an Apply button.

Official sources

Program details were last verified Sep 25, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program