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

DC Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation

Inova Fairfax Hospital Visits · About this organization

What you get

Hospital visits with information, refreshments, and comfort items during treatment.

How to start

Follow the official page or contact Candlelighters for the published access process.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Automatic Distribution

Announced hospital visits provide information, refreshments, and treatment-time comfort items.

What help you may get

Practical Items And Home Help

Inova Fairfax Hospital Visits — practical items and home help

Announced hospital visits provide information, refreshments, and treatment-time comfort items.

Amount not published

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. Pediatric B-ALL is childhood cancer within the organization’s scope, subject to the record-specific rules.

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 must be connected to: Children’s National Medical Center; Georgetown University Hospital; Inova Fairfax Hospital; Johns Hopkins Hospital; National Institutes of Health; Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

  • Children’s National Medical Center
  • Georgetown University Hospital
  • Inova Fairfax Hospital
  • Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

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. Follow the official page or contact DC Candlelighters for the published access route.

Ways to apply or ask

  • In Person · Open form or page — Families on the Pediatric Oncology Unit may come visit the onsite team.

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 windowNot Published
Last checkedAug 24, 2026

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Do not infer eligibility, recurrence, capacity, or availability beyond the published record details.
  • Confirm unpublished operational details.

Official sources

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

Official program