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Heroes for Children

Holiday Heroes · About this organization

What you get

Holiday gatherings with possible wish-list gifts, crafts, games, Santa visits, and blankets.

How to start

Email the address listed for your city's event to sign up.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Call To Confirm

Holiday Heroes provides regional holiday celebrations and may include wish-list gifts, family adoption, crafts, games, Santa visits, blankets, and sponsored items. The 2026 events are DFW and Austin on December 6 and Houston and San Antonio on December 13; families contact the event coordinator for sign-up information, while current benefit components, eligibility, capacity, and RSVP deadlines are not published.

What help you may get

Camps And Retreats

Holiday Heroes — camps and retreats

Holiday Heroes provides regional holiday celebrations and may include wish-list gifts, family adoption, crafts, games, Santa visits, blankets, and sponsored items. The 2026 events are DFW and Austin on December 6 and Houston and San Antonio on December 13; families contact the event coordinator for sign-up information, while current benefit components, eligibility, capacity, and RSVP deadlines are not published.

Amount not published

Practical Items And Home Help

Holiday Heroes — practical items and home help

Holiday Heroes provides regional holiday celebrations and may include wish-list gifts, family adoption, crafts, games, Santa visits, blankets, and sponsored items. The 2026 events are DFW and Austin on December 6 and Houston and San Antonio on December 13; families contact the event coordinator for sign-up information, while current benefit components, eligibility, capacity, and RSVP deadlines are not published.

Amount not published

Wishes And Family Experiences

Holiday Heroes — wishes and family experiences

Holiday Heroes provides regional holiday celebrations and may include wish-list gifts, family adoption, crafts, games, Santa visits, blankets, and sponsored items. The 2026 events are DFW and Austin on December 6 and Houston and San Antonio on December 13; families contact the event coordinator for sign-up information, while current benefit components, eligibility, capacity, and RSVP deadlines are not published.

Amount not published

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. Pediatric B-ALL is within the childhood-cancer family 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

You must live in: Texas.

  • The reviewed program and organization evidence limits this service to the listed area; confirm any narrower local boundary.

Where your child is treated

No treatment-location restriction is published.

Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
  • Texas — Texas — Texas
  • Austin — Austin
  • Dallas–Fort Worth — Dallas–Fort Worth
  • Houston — Houston
  • San Antonio — San Antonio

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. Email angelina@heroesforchildren.org for the applicable city event and sign-up route.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

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

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsCall To Confirm
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowSeasonal
Last checkedAug 24, 2026

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Current city-specific components, capacity, deadline, priority, and waitlist are not published.
  • What current benefit, registration, capacity, and deadline apply in each city?

Official sources

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

Official program