Julia’s Grace Foundation
Personalized Family Hugs and Experiences · About this organization
What you get
A personalized surprise or family activity, such as theater tickets with dinner or a zoo visit.
How to start
Your social worker or Child Life specialist signs the Hug Request Form. Give them family details, your child’s interests, and the experience you have in mind.
Good to know
- The foundation aims to respond within two to three days.
The details, as published
A social worker or child-life specialist may request a personalized surprise or family activity for a child currently receiving childhood-cancer treatment. Published examples include Broadway tickets with dinner and a zoo day, and experiences may take place at home, in a hospital, or at a public venue. The foundation aims to respond within two to three days, but value, frequency, local service radius, and current capacity are not published and support depends on available funds.
What help you may get
Camps And Retreats
Personalized Family Hugs and Experiences — camps and retreats
A social worker or child-life specialist may request a personalized surprise or family activity for a child currently receiving childhood-cancer treatment. Published examples include Broadway tickets with dinner and a zoo day, and experiences may take place at home, in a hospital, or at a public venue. The foundation aims to respond within two to three days, but value, frequency, local service radius, and current capacity are not published and support depends on available funds.
Amount not published
Peer And Emotional Support
Personalized Family Hugs and Experiences — peer and emotional support
A social worker or child-life specialist may request a personalized surprise or family activity for a child currently receiving childhood-cancer treatment. Published examples include Broadway tickets with dinner and a zoo day, and experiences may take place at home, in a hospital, or at a public venue. The foundation aims to respond within two to three days, but value, frequency, local service radius, and current capacity are not published and support depends on available funds.
Amount not published
Practical Items And Home Help
Personalized Family Hugs and Experiences — practical items and home help
A social worker or child-life specialist may request a personalized surprise or family activity for a child currently receiving childhood-cancer treatment. Published examples include Broadway tickets with dinner and a zoo day, and experiences may take place at home, in a hospital, or at a public venue. The foundation aims to respond within two to three days, but value, frequency, local service radius, and current capacity are not published and support depends on available funds.
Amount not published
Wishes And Family Experiences
Personalized Family Hugs and Experiences — wishes and family experiences
A social worker or child-life specialist may request a personalized surprise or family activity for a child currently receiving childhood-cancer treatment. Published examples include Broadway tickets with dinner and a zoo day, and experiences may take place at home, in a hospital, or at a public venue. The foundation aims to respond within two to three days, but value, frequency, local service radius, and current capacity are not published and support depends on available funds.
Amount not published
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A child in active treatment for B-ALL fits the childhood-cancer treatment scope.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
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
Set up the ask for my care team
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.
- Ask a social worker or child-life specialist to complete and sign the Hug Request Form.
- Submit child, household, diagnosis, preference, and requested-experience information.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow
- Online Portal · Open form or page
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 | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- The foundation says it will try to respond within two to three days.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Benefit value, frequency, service radius, age ceiling, and current capacity are not published.
- What service radius, benefit cap, frequency, and current capacity apply?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Personalized Family Hugs and Experiences · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Direct-to-Family Standard Hug Boxes · checked Aug 24, 2026