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

One Tough Cookie

Care Packages and Celebrations · About this organization

What you get

A comforting care package selected from patient, caregiver, or celebratory package types.

How to start

Fill in the nomination form with contact and shipping details, package choice, your relationship, and a short explanation of the diagnosis and treatment.

Good to know

  • A submitted nomination does not guarantee selection.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Open

Self- or third-party nominations for patient, caregiver, or celebratory care packages and celebratory parades; nominations are reviewed monthly.

What help you may get

Practical Items And Home Help

Patient, caregiver, or celebratory care package

A comforting care package selected from patient, caregiver, or celebratory package types; exact contents and quantity are not published.

Noncash help

Wishes And Family Experiences

Celebratory parade

A requested celebratory parade if the nominee is selected; event scope and geography are not published.

Noncash help

Peer And Emotional Support

Care-package encouragement

Support and encouragement provided through the nominated care package or celebration.

Noncash help

Why this may help

Peer And Emotional Support: Patient and caregiver packages offer comfort during illness.

Wishes And Family Experiences: The celebratory package marks a special moment with items chosen for the occasion.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. B-ALL is cancer and the program accepts cancer patients without publishing a cancer-type restriction.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

  • The organization serves cancer patients generally; no pediatric-only or numeric age rule is stated.

Treatment status

Active Treatment, Maintenance Treatment, Relapse Or Recurrence, Post Treatment, Survivorship

  • The page explicitly includes people in treatment and survivors celebrating the end of treatment.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.

  • The form's state list is not treated as a published residence-eligibility rule.

Where your child is treated

No treatment-location restriction is published.

  • No treating-facility requirement appears in the public nomination form.

How to get started

Get ready to apply

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, Caregiver, Community Referrer

  1. Prepare nominator and nominee contact/shipping details, request type, relationship, and a short diagnosis/treatment explanation.
  2. Submit the current nomination form; the team reviews nominations monthly and contacts selected nominees by email.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

No documents are listed.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsOpen
Funding or spaceLimited
Application windowRolling
Last checkedAug 27, 2026
  • Form is live; selection is not guaranteed and high demand may delay review or delivery.
  • The public form is open; selection is monthly and high demand may delay review or delivery.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • The nomination form does not publish numeric ages, residence eligibility, package contents, repeat limits, or selection criteria.
  • A submitted nomination does not guarantee selection.
  • What shipping and local-event geography applies?

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program