Friends of Jaclyn Foundation
Safe on the Sidelines for Siblings · About this organization
What you get
A separate team or community-group connection for a sibling, so they have people cheering them on too.
How to start
Go to the sibling signup or contact Friends of Jaclyn to discuss a group match.
Good to know
- No deadline is published; local team matching remains availability-dependent.
The details, as published
Safe on the Sidelines gives a healthy sibling of a child with a pediatric brain tumor or other childhood cancer a separate relationship with a local high-school or college team, campus club, or arts/community group. The current family page links a dedicated sibling signup, but the target form timed out during review and its fields, capacity, and relationship to the ill child’s enrollment remain unverified.
What help you may get
Camps And Retreats
Safe on the Sidelines for Siblings — camps and retreats
Safe on the Sidelines gives a healthy sibling of a child with a pediatric brain tumor or other childhood cancer a separate relationship with a local high-school or college team, campus club, or arts/community group. The current family page links a dedicated sibling signup, but the target form timed out during review and its fields, capacity, and relationship to the ill child’s enrollment remain unverified.
Amount not published
Peer And Emotional Support
Safe on the Sidelines for Siblings — peer and emotional support
Safe on the Sidelines gives a healthy sibling of a child with a pediatric brain tumor or other childhood cancer a separate relationship with a local high-school or college team, campus club, or arts/community group. The current family page links a dedicated sibling signup, but the target form timed out during review and its fields, capacity, and relationship to the ill child’s enrollment remain unverified.
Amount not published
Wishes And Family Experiences
Safe on the Sidelines for Siblings — wishes and family experiences
Safe on the Sidelines gives a healthy sibling of a child with a pediatric brain tumor or other childhood cancer a separate relationship with a local high-school or college team, campus club, or arts/community group. The current family page links a dedicated sibling signup, but the target form timed out during review and its fields, capacity, and relationship to the ill child’s enrollment remain unverified.
Amount not published
Why this may help
Wishes And Family Experiences: Your child's sibling can have a separate relationship with a local team or group and be included in its activities.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A healthy sibling of a child with B-ALL fits the childhood-cancer sibling population.
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
- Use the linked sibling signup or contact Friends of Jaclyn.
- Wait for staff response and a suitable local match.
Ways to apply or ask
- Web Form · Open form or page — Current public sibling 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 |
- No deadline is published; local team matching remains availability-dependent.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Form status, sibling age, prerequisite enrollment, one-team-per-sibling, match radius, capacity, wait time, safeguarding, language, accessibility, and fees are not published.
- Confirm form functionality, age, prerequisite, multiple-sibling, match, capacity, safeguarding, language, accessibility, and fee rules.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Guardian Angel Program and Angel Alerts · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Safe on the Sidelines for Siblings · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Adopt-A-Child Program · checked Aug 24, 2026