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Claire's Army

Claire Packages · About this organization

What you get

A $100 gas card and $100 grocery card, plus two towels, bath and kitchen supplies, dishes, utensils, writing supplies, water, tumblers, and totes for a hospital stay.

How to start

Your hospital arranges package delivery after diagnosis; there is no separate application to send.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Automatic Distribution

Every newly diagnosed pediatric-oncology patient and family at Hemby or Levine Children's Hospital is described as receiving a Claire Package with hospital-stay essentials, two towels, bath and kitchen supplies, dishes and utensils, writing supplies, water, tumblers, totes, and current published $100 gas and $100 grocery gift cards.

What help you may get

Meals And Food

Claire Packages — meals and food

Every newly diagnosed pediatric-oncology patient and family at Hemby or Levine Children's Hospital is described as receiving a Claire Package with hospital-stay essentials, two towels, bath and kitchen supplies, dishes and utensils, writing supplies, water, tumblers, totes, and current published $100 gas and $100 grocery gift cards.

Amount not published

Practical Items And Home Help

Claire Packages — practical items and home help

Every newly diagnosed pediatric-oncology patient and family at Hemby or Levine Children's Hospital is described as receiving a Claire Package with hospital-stay essentials, two towels, bath and kitchen supplies, dishes and utensils, writing supplies, water, tumblers, totes, and current published $100 gas and $100 grocery gift cards.

Amount not published

Travel And Transportation

Claire Packages — travel and transportation

Every newly diagnosed pediatric-oncology patient and family at Hemby or Levine Children's Hospital is described as receiving a Claire Package with hospital-stay essentials, two towels, bath and kitchen supplies, dishes and utensils, writing supplies, water, tumblers, totes, and current published $100 gas and $100 grocery gift cards.

Amount not published

Why this may help

Meals And Food: A $100 grocery gift card is included with the hospital-stay essentials.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. A newly diagnosed pediatric B-ALL patient at a named hospital is within the published recipient 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.

  • No North Carolina residency rule published.

Where your child is treated

Treatment must be through: Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital; Novant Health Hemby Children's Hospital.

  • Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital
  • Novant Health Hemby Children's Hospital
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
  • North Carolina — North Carolina — North Carolina
  • Charlotte — Charlotte

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. Hospital distribution is described as automatic for eligible newly diagnosed families.

Ways to apply or ask

  • Automatic Distribution
  • In Person

Documents to prepare

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

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsAutomatic Distribution
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowRolling
Last checkedAug 24, 2026

Limitations and things to confirm

  • $375 is assembly-cost context; a donor page retains a conflicting $200 amount.
  • Exact numeric age, delivery timing, replacement rules, and whether packages are ever provided later are unpublished.
  • Confirm package timing, contents updates, hospital exceptions, and cost discrepancy.

Official sources

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

Official program