UMC Candlelighters
Beaded Journey materials · About this organization
What you get
Beads and necklace materials to mark your child's treatment milestones, such as blood draws and surgery.
How to start
Ask your cancer-center social worker or care team how your child can get the necklace and beads.
Good to know
- Ask your team how to collect beads for each treatment milestone.
The details, as published
UMC Candlelighters provides materials for each cancer-center child's Beaded Journey necklace, which a hospital social worker presents at diagnosis. Beads mark treatment milestones such as blood draws and surgery, giving the child a tangible way to recognize the cancer journey. Distribution is on site through the clinical team; inventory, replacement, and age details are not published.
What help you may get
Peer And Emotional Support
Beaded Journey materials — peer and emotional support
UMC Candlelighters provides materials for each cancer-center child's Beaded Journey necklace, which a hospital social worker presents at diagnosis. Beads mark treatment milestones such as blood draws and surgery, giving the child a tangible way to recognize the cancer journey. Distribution is on site through the clinical team; inventory, replacement, and age details are not published.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Beaded Journey necklace and milestone beads
Practical Items And Home Help
Beaded Journey materials — practical items and home help
UMC Candlelighters provides materials for each cancer-center child's Beaded Journey necklace, which a hospital social worker presents at diagnosis. Beads mark treatment milestones such as blood draws and surgery, giving the child a tangible way to recognize the cancer journey. Distribution is on site through the clinical team; inventory, replacement, and age details are not published.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Beaded Journey necklace and milestone beads
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The service is presented for the center's pediatric cancer patients and families, which includes pediatric B-ALL.
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
Treatment must be through: Children's of Mississippi Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders patient or family.
- Children's of Mississippi Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders patient or family
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- Mississippi — Mississippi — Mississippi
- Jackson — Jackson
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.
- Ask the cancer-center social worker or treatment team about current access.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow · 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 | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Not Published |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
Limitations and things to confirm
- No public application, deadline, response time, capacity, or funding detail is published.
- Confirm current access, eligibility, amount or inventory, frequency, capacity, and funding.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Beaded Journey materials · checked Aug 27, 2026