Patches of Light
HUG Bags · About this organization
What you get
A comfort bag matched to your child’s interests, with items such as books, journals, coloring supplies, stickers, puzzles, and cards.
How to start
Your social worker starts the request. Ask them to fill in the request form with you.
The details, as published
Patches of Light creates interest-personalized comfort bags for critically ill children through a social-worker request. Current descriptions name journals, books, videos, coloring supplies, stickers, cameras, cards, food coupons, video or phone cards, puzzles, and age-appropriate items, with delivery to the hospital or child's home.
What help you may get
Peer And Emotional Support
HUG Bags — peer and emotional support
Patches of Light creates interest-personalized comfort bags for critically ill children through a social-worker request. Current descriptions name journals, books, videos, coloring supplies, stickers, cameras, cards, food coupons, video or phone cards, puzzles, and age-appropriate items, with delivery to the hospital or child's home.
Amount not published
Practical Items And Home Help
HUG Bags — practical items and home help
Patches of Light creates interest-personalized comfort bags for critically ill children through a social-worker request. Current descriptions name journals, books, videos, coloring supplies, stickers, cameras, cards, food coupons, video or phone cards, puzzles, and age-appropriate items, with delivery to the hospital or child's home.
Amount not published
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A critically ill child with B-ALL can fit the published illness criterion, subject to hospital/geographic confirmation.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status 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
No treatment-location restriction is published.
How to get started
Set up the ask for my care team
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? Yes. Ask your child’s social worker or care team to begin the request.
- Ask the child's social worker to submit the online HUG Bag request.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Not Published |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
Limitations and things to confirm
- Financial-assistance intake pause does not state that it applies to HUG Bags.
- Geography, cost, capacity, response time, quantity, and frequency are not published.
- Are requests limited to Nationwide Children's Hospital or accepted from other hospitals?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.