Ishan Gala Foundation
Holiday Cheer Program · About this organization
What you get
Holiday gifts, wrapping supplies, food, and a family holiday party.
How to start
You fill in the family registration form. Ask the foundation about wish lists and the family party.
Good to know
- Your child must be in active treatment or less than a year past treatment, with financial need confirmed by a social worker or doctor.
The details, as published
Holiday Cheer provides approved Virginia childhood-cancer families with gifts, wrapping supplies, food, and a registered-family holiday party. The child must be age 0–18, in active treatment or less than one year from treatment end, and the family must be deemed financially in need by a social worker or doctor; wish lists include the patient and siblings under 19. The program remains listed, but no 2026 wish-list route, deadline, party date, or location is published, and the dedicated party page still shows stale 2021 wording.
What help you may get
Camps And Retreats
Holiday Cheer Program — camps and retreats
Holiday Cheer provides approved Virginia childhood-cancer families with gifts, wrapping supplies, food, and a registered-family holiday party. The child must be age 0–18, in active treatment or less than one year from treatment end, and the family must be deemed financially in need by a social worker or doctor; wish lists include the patient and siblings under 19. The program remains listed, but no 2026 wish-list route, deadline, party date, or location is published, and the dedicated party page still shows stale 2021 wording.
Amount not published
Meals And Food
Holiday Cheer Program — meals and food
Holiday Cheer provides approved Virginia childhood-cancer families with gifts, wrapping supplies, food, and a registered-family holiday party. The child must be age 0–18, in active treatment or less than one year from treatment end, and the family must be deemed financially in need by a social worker or doctor; wish lists include the patient and siblings under 19. The program remains listed, but no 2026 wish-list route, deadline, party date, or location is published, and the dedicated party page still shows stale 2021 wording.
Amount not published
Practical Items And Home Help
Holiday Cheer Program — practical items and home help
Holiday Cheer provides approved Virginia childhood-cancer families with gifts, wrapping supplies, food, and a registered-family holiday party. The child must be age 0–18, in active treatment or less than one year from treatment end, and the family must be deemed financially in need by a social worker or doctor; wish lists include the patient and siblings under 19. The program remains listed, but no 2026 wish-list route, deadline, party date, or location is published, and the dedicated party page still shows stale 2021 wording.
Amount not published
Wishes And Family Experiences
Holiday Cheer Program — wishes and family experiences
Holiday Cheer provides approved Virginia childhood-cancer families with gifts, wrapping supplies, food, and a registered-family holiday party. The child must be age 0–18, in active treatment or less than one year from treatment end, and the family must be deemed financially in need by a social worker or doctor; wish lists include the patient and siblings under 19. The program remains listed, but no 2026 wish-list route, deadline, party date, or location is published, and the dedicated party page still shows stale 2021 wording.
Amount not published
Why this may help
Meals And Food: Food is included with the gifts and wrapping supplies in Holiday Cheer.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A Virginia child age 0–18 with B-ALL may qualify under the treatment-window and financial-need rules.
Age
Age 0 to age 18, measured at application.
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: VA.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
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.
- Complete initial registration and receive approval.
- Contact IGF to confirm the 2026 wish-list and family-party process.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Web Form
- Web Form · Open form or page — Initial registration is required before program requests.
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Not Published |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Seasonal |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- No 2026 recipient intake or party details are published.
Limitations and things to confirm
- 2026 intake, deadline, party date and location, notification, gift limits, pickup or delivery, and isolation alternative are not published.
- When will 2026 recipient intake and party information be published?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Holiday Cheer Program · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Holiday Cheer Program · checked Aug 24, 2026