Little Wishes
Little Wishes · About this organization
What you get
Your child can choose a small wish every two weeks, such as a toy, a game or a birthday celebration in the hospital.
How to start
You ask your child’s nurse or child life specialist whether the hospital grants Little Wishes and how your child can choose one.
Good to know
- Wishes happen in the hospital, not as trips away.
The details, as published
Your child chooses something they would enjoy, and their medical team brings the wish to them. The program can also mark a birthday or another hospital milestone.
What help you may get
Wishes And Family Experiences
Hospital wishes and celebrations
Your child can choose a gift or celebration during a hospital stay. Wishes can also bring comfort and keepsakes during end-of-life care.
Amount not published · Recurring
Practical Items And Home Help
Hospital wishes and celebrations — practical items or help at home
Your child can choose a gift or celebration during a hospital stay. Wishes can also bring comfort and keepsakes during end-of-life care.
Amount not published · Recurring
Why this may help
Practical Items And Home Help: Your child’s wish can be a toy or another item they can use during a hospital stay.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. Published diagnosis scope "serious_illness"; GPT Pro intake run07 read B-ALL as eligible.
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.
- Site publishes no residence rule; eligibility runs through the child’s partner hospital (see treatment location).
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be through: Little Wishes partner hospitals.
- "All wishes take place in the hospital and are delivered with fanfare by the child’s own medical team" — your child must be a patient at a Little Wishes partner hospital.
- "Little Wishes now serves 53 hospitals in 30 states." The full hospital list is shown only as a map; 19 partner hospitals are named on the Our Hospitals page.
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.
- Check with your child’s nurse or child life specialist about the hospital’s Little Wishes program.
- Explain how your child can choose a wish within the hospital program.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow · 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 | Hospital Mediated |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Not Published |
| Last checked | Sep 26, 2026 |
- Wishes are arranged by the child’s medical team at a partner hospital; no family application route is published (checked 2026-09-26).
Limitations and things to confirm
No additional limitations are published.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Sep 26, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- www.littlewishes.org · checked Sep 25, 2026
- www.littlewishes.org/about · checked Sep 26, 2026
- www.littlewishes.org/our-hospitals · checked Sep 26, 2026