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Support organization

Connor's Heroes

Connor’s Heroes provides diagnosis bags, gift cards and unique-needs help, hospital meals, monthly art, BMT-room decorating, mailed family activity packs, family events, holiday assistance, bereavement support, family hospital spaces, Child Life support, and optional peer-family connection. Registration is open to families whose child is diagnosed or treated at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU.

About this organization

Provides the family assistance described in the organization's verified program pages.

Connor’s Heroes supports Children’s Hospital of Richmond pediatric-cancer families with practical, financial, meal, event, hospital, peer, and bereavement programs.

Programs that may help

Bereavement And Memorial Support

Practical Items And Home Help

B-ALL in scope Automatic Distribution

Family Fun Packs

Family Fun Packs mailed to your home while your child is in active treatment. Ask what the current pack includes.

Helps with: Practical Items And Home Help

Where: Local rules apply

Care team must start: No

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Navigation Guides And Advocacy

B-ALL in scope Hospital Mediated

Child Life Support

Child-life care for your child during a hematology, oncology, or bone-marrow-transplant hospital stay.

Helps with: Navigation Guides And Advocacy

Where: Local rules apply

Care team must start: Yes

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Wishes And Family Experiences

B-ALL in scope Call To Confirm

Family Events

Events where you and your child can spend time together. Ask which activities are coming up.

Helps with: Wishes And Family Experiences

Where: Local rules apply

Care team must start: No

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B-ALL in scope Automatic Distribution

Holiday Heroes

The recorded holiday cycle gave a $250 Visa card, wish-list gifts, a holiday gathering, and offers of GardenFest of Lights and Nutcracker tickets. Ask what the next cycle includes.

Helps with: Wishes And Family Experiences

Where: Local rules apply

Care team must start: No

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Household Bills And Cash Assistance

B-ALL in scope Open

Family Support and Unique Needs Fund

Help with gas, grocery, and restaurant cards, meals during hospital care, practical family support, and unique expenses connected to extended hospital stays, transplant, or out-of-area treatment.

Helps with: Household Bills And Cash Assistance, Lodging Near Treatment, Meals And Food, Practical Items And Home Help, Travel And Transportation

Where: Local rules apply

Care team must start: No

See eligibility and how to apply →

Meals And Food

Official sources

Organization details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Program availability can change.