Famous Fone Friends
Celebrity Connections for Seriously Ill Children · About this organization
What you get
Free celebrity phone calls, audio or video messages, or live chats for your child, sometimes followed by a script or keepsake.
How to start
Your doctor, social worker, or Child Life specialist fills in the form. Give them your child’s interests, three favorite celebrities, and the best time to call.
Good to know
- Celebrity requests and connection format are not guaranteed.
The details, as published
Famous Fone Friends arranges free celebrity phone calls, audio or personal video messages, or live chats for seriously ill hospitalized or home-bound children ages 4–18. A medical-team member must refer the child, and celebrity choices are requests subject to availability; a follow-up television script or memento may be mailed after the connection.
What help you may get
Camps And Retreats
Celebrity Connections for Seriously Ill Children — camps and retreats
Famous Fone Friends arranges free celebrity phone calls, audio or personal video messages, or live chats for seriously ill hospitalized or home-bound children ages 4–18. A medical-team member must refer the child, and celebrity choices are requests subject to availability; a follow-up television script or memento may be mailed after the connection.
Amount not published
Peer And Emotional Support
Celebrity Connections for Seriously Ill Children — peer and emotional support
Famous Fone Friends arranges free celebrity phone calls, audio or personal video messages, or live chats for seriously ill hospitalized or home-bound children ages 4–18. A medical-team member must refer the child, and celebrity choices are requests subject to availability; a follow-up television script or memento may be mailed after the connection.
Amount not published
Wishes And Family Experiences
Celebrity Connections for Seriously Ill Children — wishes and family experiences
Famous Fone Friends arranges free celebrity phone calls, audio or personal video messages, or live chats for seriously ill hospitalized or home-bound children ages 4–18. A medical-team member must refer the child, and celebrity choices are requests subject to availability; a follow-up television script or memento may be mailed after the connection.
Amount not published
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A seriously ill child age 4–18 with B-ALL fits the diagnosis-neutral age and medical-team-referral route.
Age
Age 4 to age 18, measured at application.
- The current referral form labels the eligible range as 4 to 18 years.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
No residence restriction is published.
- The program explicitly serves the United States and Canada. A medical-team referral verifies eligibility but is not a treatment-location boundary.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
How to get started
Set up the ask for my care team
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? Yes. Ask your child’s social worker or care team to begin the request.
- A doctor, child-life specialist, social worker, or other medical-team member completes the public form.
- Provide child age, parent contact, hospital details when applicable, interests, best call time/time zone, and three preferred celebrities.
- Wait for the organization to match an available celebrity and determine the connection format.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- Turnaround, waitlist, and total capacity are not published.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Celebrity requests and connection format are not guaranteed.
- Serious-illness verification, home-bound provider relationship, matching time, capacity, privacy, consent, language, accessibility, territory, and memento timing are not published.
- Confirm verification, home-bound referral relationship, matching/capacity, format choice, privacy/consent, language/accessibility, territories, and memento shipping.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Celebrity Connections for Seriously Ill Children · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Celebrity Connections for Seriously Ill Children · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Celebrity Connections for Seriously Ill Children · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Celebrity Connections for Seriously Ill Children · checked Aug 24, 2026