Mattie Miracle Cancer Foundation
Snack & Item Carts · About this organization
What you get
Free snacks, drinks, toiletries, and wellness items during a hospital stay.
How to start
The carts come through participating hospitals. Ask your unit staff where you can find one.
Good to know
- Ask your hospital team when the cart will next visit.
The details, as published
Five hospital carts give you free snacks, drinks, toiletries and wellness items while your child receives care. The carts are at MedStar Georgetown, Children's Hospital at Sinai and the NIH Clinical Center, including a MedStar outpatient clinic.
What help you may get
Meals And Food
Free snacks and drinks
You can pick up free candy, nutritional snacks and drinks from a hospital cart.
Noncash help
Practical Items And Home Help
Free toiletries and wellness items
You can pick up free toiletries and wellness items from a hospital cart.
Noncash help
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The official benefit serves children with cancer without a diagnosis-specific exclusion, so B-ALL fits.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
Treatment status
Active Treatment
- Distributed to inpatient pediatric families at participating facilities.
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: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital; Children's Hospital at Sinai; NIH Clinical Center.
- The hospital-mediated service is delivered only at the named partner facilities.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- MedStar Georgetown University Hospital — Hospital delivery location; not a residence rule. — Washington, DC
- Children's Hospital at Sinai — Hospital delivery location; not a residence rule. — Baltimore, Maryland
- NIH Clinical Center — Hospital delivery location; not a residence rule. — Bethesda, Maryland
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.
- Mattie Miracle operates the carts within participating hospitals.
Ways to apply or ask
- Automatic Distribution — Mattie Miracle operates carts housed within participating hospitals; the official page does not publish required hospital-staff initiation.
Documents to prepare
No documents are listed.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Automatic Distribution |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Not Applicable |
| Last checked | Sep 26, 2026 |
- A current route is published; deadline and capacity are not.
Limitations and things to confirm
- You need to be at a participating hospital or clinic, so ask your unit staff where and when the cart is available.
- Confirm current detailed eligibility, documents, geography, timing, and capacity.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Sep 26, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Psychosocial Support · checked Sep 26, 2026