Crowns of Courage
Free Halo Wig · About this organization
What you get
A Free ($0) custom halo wig made with real hair during chemotherapy.
How to start
As your child’s parent or legal guardian, complete the online form or PDF and sign the photo permission. Follow the cutting and mailing steps for any hair you send.
Good to know
- Only the parent or legal guardian may complete and sign.
- Adult cancer patients are not served.
The details, as published
Your child can receive a custom real-hair halo wig at no cost during chemotherapy. You, as their parent or legal guardian, complete and sign the request. The wig can use your child’s own hair or donated hair, and usually takes about two weeks to arrive.
What help you may get
Practical Items And Home Help
Custom real-hair halo wig
Your child receives a soft-cap real-hair halo wig made with their own hair, hair from a friend or family member, or hair donated to Crowns of Courage.
Noncash help
1 items per award
Can cover
- Real-hair halo wig
- Use of own hair or donated hair
- No charge to family.
- One custom halo wig per request.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. Any child undergoing chemotherapy is served, so a child receiving chemotherapy for B-ALL is eligible.
Age
Age 0 to age 17, measured at application.
- The official FAQ excludes adult patients but does not publish a more precise upper age.
Treatment status
Active Treatment, Maintenance Treatment
- Child must be undergoing chemotherapy with treatment-related hair loss.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.
- Site publishes no residence rule; service is delivered by mail (hair and the request form are mailed to Scottsdale, AZ and the finished wig is returned by mail).
Where your child is treated
Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.
- The public application does not publish a treatment-location rule; no absence-of-restriction claim is inferred.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- Family mailing address — Completed wigs are mailed to the recipient; shipping boundaries are not 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.
Who can start: Parent Or Guardian
- Choose the online application or the applicable female/male PDF.
- Complete every field and sign the parent/legal-guardian permission.
- If using supplied hair, follow cutting instructions and mail dry braids with the form; otherwise submit online or scan/email as allowed.
Ways to apply or ask
- Web Form · Open form or page — Online application embedded on page.
- Downloadable Form · Open form or page · crownsofcourage@gmail.com — Download the applicable sex-specific PDF; mail it with hair, or scan and email when permitted by the form.
Documents to prepare
- Completed online application or applicable halo-wig request PDF.
- Parent/legal-guardian signature grants permission to use recipient photos.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Available |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Sep 26, 2026 |
- Applications accepted all year; organization says it never turns away a child undergoing chemotherapy.
- Rechecked 2026-09-26: apply page still says "Applying is easy and we accept applications all year long!" with the online application and two PDF forms; typical turnaround two weeks.
- Applications accepted year-round.
- Typical turnaround time to receive the wig is two weeks.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Only the parent or legal guardian may complete and sign.
- Adult cancer patients are not served.
- Shipping geography is not published.
- What shipping countries or territories are served?
- GPT Pro run58 (2026-09-25): Which U.S. states, territories and other countries can receive a wig, and is there any mailing cost?
- GPT Pro run58 (2026-09-25): What exact birthday cutoff does the minors-only rule use, and can a guardian request a wig without agreeing to photo use?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Sep 26, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Apply for a Halo Wig · checked Sep 26, 2026
- FAQs · checked Sep 26, 2026
- Female Halo Wig Request Form · checked Sep 26, 2026
- Crowns of Courage · checked Sep 26, 2026
- Male Wig Request Form · checked Aug 27, 2026