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HopeKids

HopeKids Virtual Program · About this organization

What you get

Free online book clubs, cooking, magic shows, games, and art activities from home or the hospital.

How to start

Fill in HopeKids family registration and use the family portal or invitations to join activities.

Good to know

  • It is unclear whether a family outside every chapter area can register solely for virtual programming.
  • The public site does not expose the current detailed virtual calendar.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Open

The Virtual Program offers free book clubs, cooking classes, magic shows, game nights, art projects, and similar activities that families can join from home or a hospital room. Current 2026 official material describes this programming as available across the country, while the detailed calendar appears to require family registration and login.

What help you may get

Camps And Retreats

HopeKids Virtual Program — camps and retreats

The Virtual Program offers free book clubs, cooking classes, magic shows, game nights, art projects, and similar activities that families can join from home or a hospital room. Current 2026 official material describes this programming as available across the country, while the detailed calendar appears to require family registration and login.

Amount not published

Peer And Emotional Support

HopeKids Virtual Program — peer and emotional support

The Virtual Program offers free book clubs, cooking classes, magic shows, game nights, art projects, and similar activities that families can join from home or a hospital room. Current 2026 official material describes this programming as available across the country, while the detailed calendar appears to require family registration and login.

Amount not published

Wishes And Family Experiences

HopeKids Virtual Program — wishes and family experiences

The Virtual Program offers free book clubs, cooking classes, magic shows, game nights, art projects, and similar activities that families can join from home or a hospital room. Current 2026 official material describes this programming as available across the country, while the detailed calendar appears to require family registration and login.

Amount not published

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. Cancer is explicitly eligible and the virtual format can serve a U.S. child with B-ALL at home or in a hospital.

Age

Age 0 to age 18, measured at application.

  • The 0–18 rule applies when first applying for HopeKids membership.

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

No treatment-location restriction is published.

How to get started

Get ready to apply

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. Apply and complete HopeKids family registration.
  2. Use registered-family invitations or the secure portal for virtual activities.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

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

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsOpen
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowNot Published
Last checkedAug 24, 2026
  • The public site does not expose the current detailed virtual calendar.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • It is unclear whether a family outside every chapter area can register solely for virtual programming.
  • Technology, capacity, schedule, and accessibility requirements are not published.
  • Can families outside the eight chapter areas register solely for nationwide virtual programming?

Official sources

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

Official program