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Children Supported Through Healing Play & Joyful Connection in 2025
With every visit, another child feels seen, celebrated, and supported -- all thanks to the volunteers and donors like you who make our programs possible.
Why it Matters
It’s no surprise that chronic illness and long hospital stays can impact a child’s emotional development, sense of identity, and overall well-being. Yet many hospitals are stretched thin, with limited psychosocial support—meaning the emotional and social care that helps children cope with the challenges of illness.
Our programs fill that gap by delivering child-led, joy-centered experiences that strengthen mental health, build resilience, and create meaningful moments of connection.
80%
Up to 80% of children and their families experience some traumatic stress reactions following life threatening illness, injury, or painful medical procedures.
7x
Children with critical or chronic illnesses are 7 times more likely to experience a mental health event than their peers.
27%
of pediatric providers feel their clinic has adequate psychosocial staffing, and just 35% describe their care as comprehensive.
Our Work
Magic Makers
Character Program
Imagination, grounded in impact.
Our flagship program transforms volunteers into beloved characters who serve as trauma-informed companions on a child’s healing journey.
Express, Create, Heal
Targeted Intervention Program
Mental health support and education, disguised as play.
A peer-led, trauma-informed initiative of curated activities that spark conversation, foster belonging, and provide tools to navigate their emotions—at a time when their world feels upside down.
AMoM Unlimited
Virtual Programming
No travel. No limits. Just magic.
Created with accessibility in mind, AMoM Unlimited brings play-based programming directly to medically vulnerable children—wherever they are.
The Magic We’re Making
Ways to support, connect, and create magic — updated regularly!
Take Our Course: Introduction to Pediatric Cancer + Mental Health
Want to better support medically vulnerable children? Our 2.5 hour virtual course is perfect for healthcare providers, nonprofit professionals, educators, and volunteers.
Learn about pediatric cancer, psychosocial support, and trauma-informed care all at your own pace. CE credit available for social workers through NASW.
