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Ellie's Hats

Personalized Care Package · About this organization

What you get

Hats, personalized comfort items, and small sibling gifts.

How to start

Fill in the online application.

Good to know

  • Only a parent or legal guardian may request.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Open

A parent or legal guardian may request a free personalized care package for a child diagnosed with cancer. Packages are mailed within the United States and are tailored to the child's interests; small sibling items may be included when possible.

Go to the official program ↗

What help you may get

Practical Items And Home Help

Personalized hat care package

A free care package personalized to the child's interests and personality, continuing the organization's core practice of providing hats and small comfort gifts.

Noncash help

Can cover

  • hats
  • personalized comfort items
  • No family charge.

Practical Items And Home Help

Small sibling items when possible

When possible, the package includes small items for siblings whose information is supplied in the request form.

Amount not published · Per Event

Can cover

  • small sibling gifts
  • Not guaranteed.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. B-ALL is pediatric cancer and is within the published childhood-cancer diagnosis scope.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

  • The care-package page does not publish an age range.

Treatment status

Newly Diagnosed, Active Treatment, Maintenance Treatment

  • The page addresses a parent of a child diagnosed with or battling cancer; it does not publish a post-treatment rule.
  • Care packages are free.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

You must live in: United States shipping addresses..

  • The program currently ships only within the United States.

Where your child is treated

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

Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
  • Package is mailed to the family; delivery does not add any narrower residence rule. — Mailed within the United States.

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

  1. Open the official care-package page and complete the embedded request form.
  2. Personalize and prepare the package after receiving the request.

Ways to apply or ask

  • Web Form · Open form or page — The form is dynamically embedded; its current field set was not present in static page content.

Documents to prepare

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

  • Ellie's Hats prepares and mails the personalized package after receiving the request.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsOpen
Funding or spaceFund Dependent
Application windowRolling
Last checkedAug 27, 2026
  • The official request page is live; shipping times vary.
  • The request page is live and publishes no deadline.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Ships only within the United States.
  • Only a parent or legal guardian may request.
  • The embedded form's current fields and consent controls require a browser recheck.
  • Sibling items are included only when possible.
  • Confirm the embedded form's current field set and submission confirmation.

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program