Medical Minis
Medical Mini · About this organization
What you get
A stuffed animal chosen around your child's interests and made to reflect their medical condition, device, or treatment.
How to start
Prepare your child's interests and medical-device or treatment details for the stuffed-animal request.
Good to know
- Form offers only Boy and Girl gender choices.
- Mini may contain removable small components and pose a choking hazard; no needles or sharp objects are used.
The details, as published
A parent may request a stuffed animal for their own child age 2–17, or an eligible child may self-request. The animal is selected around the child's interests and customized to reflect a medical condition, device, or treatment; an official example features a six-year-old with leukemia and a port.
What help you may get
Peer And Emotional Support
Medical Mini — peer and emotional support
A parent may request a stuffed animal for their own child age 2–17, or an eligible child may self-request. The animal is selected around the child's interests and customized to reflect a medical condition, device, or treatment; an official example features a six-year-old with leukemia and a port.
Amount not published
Practical Items And Home Help
Medical Mini — practical items and home help
A parent may request a stuffed animal for their own child age 2–17, or an eligible child may self-request. The animal is selected around the child's interests and customized to reflect a medical condition, device, or treatment; an official example features a six-year-old with leukemia and a port.
Amount not published
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. Children ages 2–17 with leukemia may request a mini reflecting a port, PICC line, other device, or treatment; the official site documents a leukemia example.
Age
Age 2 to age 17, measured at application.
- The form says supplies are limited.
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.
- USA mailing address
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
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.
Who can start: Parent Or Guardian, Patient
- Accept the safety and liability disclaimer and submit.
- Choose whether to cover shipping if donation funds are depleted or wait for funding.
- Complete the live request form for oneself or one's own child.
- Provide four preferred animals, colors, and feasible medical customization details.
Ways to apply or ask
- Web Form · Open form or page
- Web Form
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 26, 2026 |
- Supplies and shipping donations affect timing.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Form offers only Boy and Girl gender choices.
- Mini may contain removable small components and pose a choking hazard; no needles or sharp objects are used.
- Some conditions cannot be represented.
- Turnaround, repeat limit, proof, priority, territories, and cleaning instructions are unpublished.
- Confirm proof, quantity, timing, capacity, priority, excluded customizations, territories, language, cleaning, and inclusive applicant handling.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 26, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Medical Mini · checked Aug 26, 2026
- Medical Mini · checked Aug 26, 2026