For kids and teens with parents who have ongoing, complex or advanced cancer, or who have lost a parent to cancer.

National | Virtual

Winter 2026 Cohort Dates
Monthly on 3rd Sunday at 1-2pm CT
January 2026 - June 2026

Pickles Jars are safe, welcoming, consistent small groups where kids and teens impacted by a parent’s cancer can connect with the same group of kids who get it every month. Just like real-life glass pickle jars support what is inside them, so will the Pickles Jars program.

As part of a Pickles Jar, your child will
💚 meet with the same age group of kids every month.
💚 connect with Pickles Group Peer Leaders who get it and want to pay it forward.
💚 build deeper, stronger, ongoing peer relationships through discussion, play, art and activities.
💚 develop and practice coping skills.

All groups are led by skilled Youth Facilitators who have backgrounds in areas such as Child Life, Social Work, and Nursing. Groups will also include Peer Leaders, older kids who have been part of Pickles Group and can relate. They use a curriculum designed by our Chief Clinical Program Officer, Kelsey Mora, LCPC, CCLS, an expert in supporting families through illness and grief.

When it’s too much to hold alone, Pickles Jars are a new place where kids can hold the sweet and the sour moments – together.

Registration Deadline: Friday, December 19.