Candlelighters of El Paso

Bundle of Hope is designed specifically for newly diagnosed children, is a program that allows us to provide families with a duffel bag style care package that includes comfort items such as a blanket, stuffed animals, hat, and literature specific to the respective child’s form of cancer. It will also be used to carry pertinent items like a thermometer, pillbox, hot/cold pack and other miscellaneous items needed for their daily care.

Care-A-Van is a shuttle service available to assist children and their families with transportation.

Emergency Funeral Funds are available to assist Candlelighters' families when their child has lost his or her battle with cancer. Referrals to area funeral homes and cemeteries are available upon request to qualifying families.

Emergency Living Funds provides funds for families who are unable to cope with basic living expenses. Money for typical monthly expenses such as rent, utilities, auto repair, etc. is available for families that are completely strapped and have nowhere else to turn for economic assistance.

Emergency Meal Vouchers are provided for families in need to use at the hospital cafeteria while their child is hospitalized in PICU, hardship cases or in need of extended clinic visits.

Emergency Medical Funds are provided for families that require monetary assistance with wigs, personal care equipment and prescription drugs.

Emergency Travel Funds are provided for families needing assistance with out of town transportation for medical treatment.

Food Closet is a program that maintains a complete pantry of canned foods and staple items. Funds are also available for families to purchase perishable items.

Adopt-A-Family is designed to help our most, both financially and emotionally, needy families during the holidays. Families receive food and gifts in an attempt to preserve the sense of connection and joy traditionally associated with the holidays.  

Scholarships this program which offers scholarships to cancer survivors. Scholarships are made available to cancer survivors whose education was interrupted or delayed by cancer. Visit our scholarship page.

Counseling "Cancer is a disease that affects the entire family and psychological issues result from the upheaval of traditional family roles that typically only begin to surface nine months after cancer treatment has ended." For this reason, we offer 8 hours a week of individual or group counseling.

Activities Center this center serves as an adjunct to the children's hospital clinic to provide a safe, educational, and interactive environment for patients and their families while the children wait for test results or to see their physician. To help our families feel at home, the center offers a waiting area, library, and internet services as well as a play area with activities such as arts and crafts, videos, and computer games. The center is staffed with a specialist trained in early childhood development to help the children and their loved ones cope with their treatment through techniques that include therapeutic play, creative art therapies, and self expression activities. The center is also structured to provide counseling to help reduce the stress and strain on the family and their marriage. On-site supervision also allows parents the opportunity to run errands or go outside the hospital environment to have some respite time for themselves.