UMC Candlelighters
Clinic family comforts · About this organization
What you get
A parent break room with coffee and tea, plus an aquarium in the waiting room.
How to start
Ask your cancer-center team where you can find the parent break room.
Good to know
- Ask your team when you can use the parent break room.
The details, as published
UMC Candlelighters supports a parent break room on the pediatric oncology floor with coffee and tea and an aquarium in the cancer-center waiting room. These on-site comforts have no family application and are available through clinic presence. The official page mentions only plans for a washer and dryer, so laundry equipment must not be treated as currently available.
What help you may get
Peer And Emotional Support
Clinic family comforts — peer and emotional support
UMC Candlelighters supports a parent break room on the pediatric oncology floor with coffee and tea and an aquarium in the cancer-center waiting room. These on-site comforts have no family application and are available through clinic presence. The official page mentions only plans for a washer and dryer, so laundry equipment must not be treated as currently available.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Parent break room with coffee and tea
- Waiting-room aquarium
Practical Items And Home Help
Clinic family comforts — practical items and home help
UMC Candlelighters supports a parent break room on the pediatric oncology floor with coffee and tea and an aquarium in the cancer-center waiting room. These on-site comforts have no family application and are available through clinic presence. The official page mentions only plans for a washer and dryer, so laundry equipment must not be treated as currently available.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Parent break room with coffee and tea
- Waiting-room aquarium
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