Written by a parent, not a doctor. Nothing here is medical advice.

Love Your Melon

Request a Beanie · About this organization

What you get

Anyone may email Love Your Melon to request a donated beanie for a child battling cancer or another life-threatening illness or injury.

How to start

Email your child’s name, age, condition, preferred style and color, delivery address and recipient, and any important date. Say where you want the beanie sent.

Good to know

  • Requested style and color are not guaranteed.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Open

Anyone may email Love Your Melon to request a donated beanie for a child battling cancer or another life-threatening illness or injury. The requester may receive it to give personally or ask for direct delivery, but age, diagnosis verification, shipping cost, repeat limits, and delivery timing are not fully published.

What help you may get

Practical Items And Home Help

Request a Beanie — practical items and home help

Anyone may email Love Your Melon to request a donated beanie for a child battling cancer or another life-threatening illness or injury. The requester may receive it to give personally or ask for direct delivery, but age, diagnosis verification, shipping cost, repeat limits, and delivery timing are not fully published.

Amount not published

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. The route specifically targets U.S. children battling cancer, including B-ALL.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

Treatment status

No specific treatment status is published.

  • Provider confirmation is not published as mandatory.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

No residence restriction is published.

  • United States

Where your child is treated

No treatment-location restriction is published.

How to get started

Get ready to call

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. Email the child's name, age, story or condition, requested style and color, delivery method, recipient name, address, and important timing.
  2. State whether Love Your Melon should deliver directly or send it to the requester.
  3. Wait for processing and inventory confirmation.

Ways to apply or ask

  • Web Form

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 windowRolling
Last checkedAug 24, 2026
  • FAQ says requests may take 15–30 to go out but omits the time unit.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Numeric age, active-treatment rule, proof, shipping cost, frequency, delivery unit, and territories are unpublished.
  • Requested style and color are not guaranteed.
  • Confirm age, treatment status, proof, shipping, time unit, repeat rules, sizing, and territories.

Official sources

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

Official program