Kids Program
Offered by Connecting Champions
Serves Atlanta by phone or online (based in Pittsburgh, PA).
(412) 376-3755
Kids who have or had cancer are matched with a career mentor or a friend who shares their interests. They meet by video, and the program sends activity kits for hands-on fun.
Summary written by ATL Care from public information
Cost & format
Free · In person or online
Schedule
- Usually 1 to 3 meetings a month, each 30 to 60 minutes.
Who this is for
Children age 3 and up who have or had cancer. It does not matter what stage of cancer they are in, from just diagnosed to 10 years after treatment.
How to apply
Sign up through the website form. Staff reach out within one work day to set up a video call with you and your child. If you want to go ahead, they start looking for a mentor, which usually takes about eight weeks.
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The details that matter
- Taking volunteers now
- YesFrom the description, not confirmed
- How often
- A regular scheduleFrom the description, not confirmed
- Kind of work
- With people (tutoring, mentoring, visiting), From homeFrom the description, not confirmed
- Who can come
- Adults (18 and up)From the description, not confirmed
- Background check needed
- YesFrom the description, not confirmed
- How to sign up
- Fill out the online volunteer application, then a 30 minute interview with staff, then send background check papers to Volunteering@connectingchampions.org.From the description, not confirmed
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