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HEADstrong Foundation

HEADtable · About this organization

What you get

HEADtable brings meals and recreational activities such as holiday dinners, community meals, and game nights to cancer patients and your household at participating Philadelphia hospitals several times each year.

How to start

Get in touch with HEADstrong to ask whether HEADtable currently operates and how access begins.

Good to know

  • Recent material says several times per year; no 2026 dates are published.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Not Published

HEADtable brings meals and recreational activities such as holiday dinners, community meals, and game nights to cancer patients and their families at participating Philadelphia hospitals several times each year. Recent official 2024 material documents the program, but the redesigned site no longer has a current service page and does not publish a 2026 hospital roster, dates, access route, or capacity.

What help you may get

Camps And Retreats

HEADtable — camps and retreats

HEADtable brings meals and recreational activities such as holiday dinners, community meals, and game nights to cancer patients and their families at participating Philadelphia hospitals several times each year. Recent official 2024 material documents the program, but the redesigned site no longer has a current service page and does not publish a 2026 hospital roster, dates, access route, or capacity.

Amount not published

Meals And Food

HEADtable — meals and food

HEADtable brings meals and recreational activities such as holiday dinners, community meals, and game nights to cancer patients and their families at participating Philadelphia hospitals several times each year. Recent official 2024 material documents the program, but the redesigned site no longer has a current service page and does not publish a 2026 hospital roster, dates, access route, or capacity.

Amount not published

Peer And Emotional Support

HEADtable — peer and emotional support

HEADtable brings meals and recreational activities such as holiday dinners, community meals, and game nights to cancer patients and their families at participating Philadelphia hospitals several times each year. Recent official 2024 material documents the program, but the redesigned site no longer has a current service page and does not publish a 2026 hospital roster, dates, access route, or capacity.

Amount not published

Wishes And Family Experiences

HEADtable — wishes and family experiences

HEADtable brings meals and recreational activities such as holiday dinners, community meals, and game nights to cancer patients and their families at participating Philadelphia hospitals several times each year. Recent official 2024 material documents the program, but the redesigned site no longer has a current service page and does not publish a 2026 hospital roster, dates, access route, or capacity.

Amount not published

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. Potentially applicable to a pediatric B-ALL family at a participating Philadelphia hospital; the current roster is unpublished.

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 through: Patient or family must be present at a participating hospital..

  • Patient or family must be present at a participating hospital.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
  • Pennsylvania — Pennsylvania — Pennsylvania
  • Philadelphia — Philadelphia

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. Contact HEADstrong to ask whether HEADtable currently operates and how access begins.

Documents to prepare

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

Availability and timing

ProgramUnclear
ApplicationsNot Published
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowNot Published
Last checkedAug 27, 2026
  • Current operation and intake cannot be verified from the redesigned official site; the newest detailed source located is the 2024 annual report.
  • Recent material says several times per year; no 2026 dates are published.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Current 2026 operation, hospital roster, dates, selection, and capacity require confirmation.
  • Is HEADtable operating in 2026 and which hospitals and dates participate?

Official sources

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

Official program