Ollie's Orchestra
Guitars and Lessons · About this organization
What you get
A free travel-size guitar with lessons. The lesson format depends on the recipient's age; ask which lessons apply.
How to start
Send the embedded guitar request form.
Good to know
- Active-treatment children receive priority.
- Request form is live; active-treatment children have priority.
The details, as published
Free travel-size guitars for pediatric cancer community members ages 0-21, with music-therapist lessons through age 15 and six months of GuitarTricks lessons for ages 16-21; active-treatment children receive priority.
What help you may get
Practical Items And Home Help
Free travel-size guitar
A free travel-size guitar mailed to an approved child or young adult.
Noncash help · Per Event
Can cover
- travel-size guitar
- Provided free.
School And Learning
Age-banded guitar lessons
Music-therapist lessons for ages 15 and younger or six months of GuitarTricks lessons for ages 16-21.
Noncash help · Per Event
Can cover
- music-therapist guitar lessons through age 15
- six months of GuitarTricks for ages 16-21
- 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
- travel-size guitar
- Provided free.
Peer And Emotional Support
Music engagement and encouragement
The guitar and accompanying lesson pathway provide supported musical engagement; no peer-group service is implied.
Noncash help · Per Event
Can cover
- supported guitar engagement
- Provided free.
Why this may help
Peer And Emotional Support: Guided guitar lessons give your child encouragement and an activity 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
- Guitar shipment — Mail delivery, not a residence rule. — Residence boundary not published.
- Virtual lessons — Online lesson delivery after guitar fulfillment. — Remote delivery.
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
- Prepare contact and shipping details, child name and age, treatment status and treating hospital.
- Submit the embedded guitar request form.
Ways to apply or ask
- Web Form · Open form or page — Embedded public request 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 27, 2026 |
- Request form is live; active-treatment children have priority.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Active-treatment children receive priority.
- Residence/shipping limits are not published.
- Music-therapist lessons apply through age 15; ages 16-21 receive six months of online GuitarTricks lessons.
- Confirm any shipping-country restriction.
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
- Guitars · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Instrument Programs · checked Aug 27, 2026