Welcome!
We’re For a Day Foundation and we’re thrilled to meet you! For 20 years, we’ve been quietly serving kids with cancer and other serious illnesses with quality of life programs throughout the US - over 8,000 of them, in fact! Specifically, pre-Covid, we hosted parties in hospital playrooms, like Queen for a Day & Hero for a Day, to bring a little piece of childhood directly to the hospital playroom.
We understand that long hospital stays are lonely, stressful, and emotionally draining. For the entire family. And we met that need - in the hospital setting. In our latest evolution, we’ve transitioned to meeting family needs wherever the family is.
We’ve always focused on quality of life. Even though we aren’t hosting themed parties in hospitals anymore, we’re still focusing on quality of life fulfillment directly with families. We’ve partnered with other organizations and social workers to reach you, so you can continue making memories together.
Understanding that treatments can be consuming, we aim to relieve families of the burden of cost and the emotional labor of planning.
How It Works
You fill out a form through the button above.
We confirm you through your social worker or other referred organization. (we may ask for additional information)
We’ll contact you for more details on your request and potential ideas to get the process going, usually by email. If we don’t hear from you, we’ll try texting your phone number. We may ask for information like how many children are in your family and their ages, any physical constraints we should be aware of, specific preferences related to the request, etc.
We research the items of your request and see what we can get donated, depending on the timeline of your request, so we can use our cash budget to enhance your request.
Once you have confirmed our suggested plans, we’ll execute! That may mean purchasing tickets, emailing gift cards, or mailing items to your home.
You confirm receipt of the items. And if you are comfortable sharing, send us photos of your experience that we can share with our supporters and donors.
Need inspiration? check out what we’ve done for families just like you already!
