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Walker's Imaginarium · About this organization

What you get

Planned features include interactive forest, dance and music areas, Seacrest Studios, accessible play and swings, sports and airboat zones, mini golf, classroom space, and family-time opportunities.

How to start

Ask your hospital team how to arrange this help.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Not Published

Walker's Imaginarium is an accessible two-floor play and enrichment center under construction at Manning Family Children's in New Orleans for hospital patients and families of all ages and abilities. Planned features include interactive forest, dance and music areas, Seacrest Studios, accessible play and swings, sports and airboat zones, mini golf, classroom space, and family-time opportunities. The operating hospital's current page says fall 2026 or before year-end, so the center is not yet open and no exact opening date, hours, registration, or community-access procedure is published.

What help you may get

Camps And Retreats

Walker's Imaginarium — camps and retreats

Walker's Imaginarium is an accessible two-floor play and enrichment center under construction at Manning Family Children's in New Orleans for hospital patients and families of all ages and abilities. Planned features include interactive forest, dance and music areas, Seacrest Studios, accessible play and swings, sports and airboat zones, mini golf, classroom space, and family-time opportunities. The operating hospital's current page says fall 2026 or before year-end, so the center is not yet open and no exact opening date, hours, registration, or community-access procedure is published.

Amount not published

Peer And Emotional Support

Walker's Imaginarium — peer and emotional support

Walker's Imaginarium is an accessible two-floor play and enrichment center under construction at Manning Family Children's in New Orleans for hospital patients and families of all ages and abilities. Planned features include interactive forest, dance and music areas, Seacrest Studios, accessible play and swings, sports and airboat zones, mini golf, classroom space, and family-time opportunities. The operating hospital's current page says fall 2026 or before year-end, so the center is not yet open and no exact opening date, hours, registration, or community-access procedure is published.

Amount not published

Wishes And Family Experiences

Walker's Imaginarium — wishes and family experiences

Walker's Imaginarium is an accessible two-floor play and enrichment center under construction at Manning Family Children's in New Orleans for hospital patients and families of all ages and abilities. Planned features include interactive forest, dance and music areas, Seacrest Studios, accessible play and swings, sports and airboat zones, mini golf, classroom space, and family-time opportunities. The operating hospital's current page says fall 2026 or before year-end, so the center is not yet open and no exact opening date, hours, registration, or community-access procedure is published.

Amount not published

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. A pediatric B-ALL patient or family receiving care at Manning Family Children's may benefit after the center opens.

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

Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.

Where your child is treated

Treatment must be connected to: Hospital campus access; public community hours are planned but not yet defined..

  • Hospital campus access; public community hours are planned but not yet defined.

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. Wait for the operating hospital to announce opening, hours, and access policies.

Ways to apply or ask

  • In Person

Documents to prepare

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

Availability and timing

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Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowNot Published
Last checkedAug 24, 2026

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Exact opening date, hours, hospital-patient eligibility, community access, registration, capacity, and cost are not published.
  • Not yet open.
  • What exact opening date, hours, access, registration, and patient/community rules will apply?

Official sources

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

Official program