Ollie's Orchestra
Custom Instruments · About this organization
What you get
A free custom instrument for your child.
How to start
Email the organization about the particular instrument you would like to request.
Good to know
- Email inquiry does not guarantee fulfillment.
The details, as published
A free custom-instrument request program for children and young adults with cancer ages 0-21; public requests are temporarily closed because of high demand, though the organization invites particular requests by email.
What help you may get
Practical Items And Home Help
Custom instrument
A requested musical instrument selected around the child’s interests.
Noncash help · Per Event
Can cover
- custom musical instrument
- Provided free.
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Free in-kind music benefit
The published musical instrument is provided in kind at no charge; this is not a cash grant or household-bill payment.
Noncash help · Per Event
Can cover
- custom musical instrument
- Provided free.
Peer And Emotional Support
Music engagement and encouragement
The requested instrument supports personal musical engagement and encouragement; no peer-group service is implied.
Noncash help · Per Event
Can cover
- custom musical instrument
- Provided free.
Why this may help
Peer And Emotional Support: A custom instrument gives your child a personal way to make music during cancer care.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The program serves the pediatric cancer community, so pediatric B-ALL is included.
Age
Age 0 to age 21, measured at service date.
Treatment status
Active Treatment, Maintenance Treatment, Post Treatment, Survivorship
- Services are available during and after treatment; guitar requests give priority to children in active treatment.
- No fee 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-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- Shipment to approved recipient — Instrument delivery, not an inferred residence rule. — Residence boundary not 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
- Email the organization with the particular instrument request and ask whether capacity has reopened.
Ways to apply or ask
- Email · info@olliesorchestra.org — Use only to inquire about a particular request while the public custom-request form is closed.
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Temporarily Suspended |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Capacity Reached |
| Application window | Call First |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- Public custom requests are closed for a short while; email inquiry remains available.
- Public requests are temporarily closed because of exceptionally high demand.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Public request intake is temporarily closed because of high demand.
- Email inquiry does not guarantee fulfillment.
- Residence/shipping boundaries are not published.
- Reopening date and current email-request capacity are unpublished.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- About Ollie's Orchestra · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Custom Instrument Requests · checked Aug 27, 2026