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Jessie Rees Foundation

JoyJars for Hospitals and Care Centers · About this organization

What you get

Free JoyJars with gifts chosen for children receiving cancer care.

How to start

Your care team starts the request. Ask your child's care center about JoyJars and which gifts they have.

Good to know

  • The current order form is reachable, but no order window or deadline is published.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Open Care team starts the request

Children’s hospitals, oncology camps, and care centers may order free age- and gender-specific JoyJars for children under 19 actively fighting cancer, using the current institution form and committing to deliver them to eligible children.

What help you may get

Practical Items And Home Help

JoyJars for Hospitals and Care Centers — practical items and home help

Children’s hospitals, oncology camps, and care centers may order free age- and gender-specific JoyJars for children under 19 actively fighting cancer, using the current institution form and committing to deliver them to eligible children.

Amount not published

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. The benefit expressly serves children or families affected by pediatric cancer, including B-ALL, subject to its separate status and access rules.

Age

Any starting age to age 18, measured at service date.

  • The current care-center page states that JoyJars are for children under age 19; it does not publish a lower numeric age bound.

Treatment status

Active Treatment

  • JoyJars are for children actively fighting cancer.

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? Yes. Ask your child’s social worker or care team to begin the request.

Who can start: Hospital Representative, Child Life Specialist, Healthcare Team

  1. Complete the institutional order form with care-center, shipping, contact, patient-volume, and JoyJar quantity information.

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 27, 2026
  • The current care-center order form is reachable; fulfillment capacity is not published.
  • The current order form is reachable, but no order window or deadline is published.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Unpublished cost, capacity, fulfillment, selection, or timing details require confirmation.
  • Confirm unpublished access, capacity, schedule, and fulfillment rules.

Official sources

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

Official program