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

Sunrise Association

Sunrise on Wheels · About this organization

What you get

Recreational bedside and group activities delivered to children in participating pediatric oncology units.

How to start

Your care team starts the request. Ask the hospital team about bedside activities.

Good to know

  • Available only at participating hospitals.
  • No family-controlled application process is published.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Hospital Mediated Care team starts the request

Year-round recreational activities delivered inside participating pediatric oncology hospitals. This is a hospital-mediated benefit rather than a family application program.

What help you may get

Peer And Emotional Support

In-hospital recreation

Recreational bedside and group activities delivered to children in participating pediatric oncology units.

Noncash help · Per Event

Can cover

  • toys
  • creative projects
  • recreational activities
  • The program is free to participating families.

Why this may help

Peer And Emotional Support: Toys, creative projects and recreation offer your child connection and distraction during treatment.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. Pediatric B-ALL falls within the official childhood-cancer eligibility wording.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

  • Age rules are published by individual camp sites, not the national locations page.

Treatment status

Active Treatment, Maintenance Treatment, Post Treatment, Survivorship

  • No income test 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.

How to get started

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.

Who can start: Program Staff, Hospital Representative

Ways to apply or ask

  • Automatic Distribution — Program staff deliver activities at participating hospitals; no family application is published.

Documents to prepare

The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsHospital Mediated
Funding or spaceNot Applicable
Application windowNot Published
Last checkedAug 27, 2026

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Available only at participating hospitals.
  • No family-controlled application route is published.
  • Does Sunrise on Wheels currently operate at the child’s treating hospital?

Official sources

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

Official program