Friends of Jaclyn Foundation
Adopt-A-Child Program · About this organization
What you get
A lasting connection with a sports team, club, or community group, with messages, visits, activities, and keepsakes.
How to start
Fill in your child form. Staff contact you to discuss a group match.
Good to know
- A nearby match, requested sport, or school is not guaranteed.
- A suitable match may take weeks or months.
The details, as published
Friends of Jaclyn pairs a child with a pediatric brain tumor or other childhood cancer with a local high-school or college sports team, campus club, or arts/community group as an honorary member. The intended lifelong relationship can include messages, visits, activities, packages, team inclusion, memorabilia, and an adoption ceremony; matching can take weeks or months and depends on a suitable nearby group.
What help you may get
Camps And Retreats
Adopt-A-Child Program — camps and retreats
Friends of Jaclyn pairs a child with a pediatric brain tumor or other childhood cancer with a local high-school or college sports team, campus club, or arts/community group as an honorary member. The intended lifelong relationship can include messages, visits, activities, packages, team inclusion, memorabilia, and an adoption ceremony; matching can take weeks or months and depends on a suitable nearby group.
Amount not published
Peer And Emotional Support
Adopt-A-Child Program — peer and emotional support
Friends of Jaclyn pairs a child with a pediatric brain tumor or other childhood cancer with a local high-school or college sports team, campus club, or arts/community group as an honorary member. The intended lifelong relationship can include messages, visits, activities, packages, team inclusion, memorabilia, and an adoption ceremony; matching can take weeks or months and depends on a suitable nearby group.
Amount not published
Wishes And Family Experiences
Adopt-A-Child Program — wishes and family experiences
Friends of Jaclyn pairs a child with a pediatric brain tumor or other childhood cancer with a local high-school or college sports team, campus club, or arts/community group as an honorary member. The intended lifelong relationship can include messages, visits, activities, packages, team inclusion, memorabilia, and an adoption ceremony; matching can take weeks or months and depends on a suitable nearby group.
Amount not published
Why this may help
Wishes And Family Experiences: Joining a team as an honorary member can include visits, activities, memorabilia and an adoption ceremony for your child.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. B-ALL is an other childhood cancer within the published child-matching 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.
Where your child is treated
Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.
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
- A parent or guardian submits the public child form.
- Staff responds by email or phone, normally within two to three working days.
- Wait for a suitable local team or group match and coordinate the adoption process.
Ways to apply or ask
- Web Form · Open form or page — Current public child sign-up form.
Documents to prepare
No documents are listed.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- Matching depends on geography, team fit, and availability and may take weeks or months.
Limitations and things to confirm
- A nearby match, requested sport, or school is not guaranteed.
- Age, treatment status, survivor/bereavement continuation, verification, fee, language, accessibility, safeguarding, and exact territory rules are not published.
- Confirm age, treatment, verification, geography, match capacity, remote options, continuation, safeguarding, language, accessibility, and fees.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Adopt-A-Child Program · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Adopt-A-Child Program · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Adopt-A-Child Program · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Adopt-A-Child Program · checked Aug 24, 2026