Empowering Children with Battling Cancer through the Power of Patches!
Our Mission
The Oliver Patch Project (OPP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation whose mission is to create a free, fun, engaging platform where children with childhood cancers and their families can connect through a series of unique patches created by artists and designers just for them.
We empower kids to find their inner warriors, as they endure life changing milestone events, by providing a bit of sunshine throughout their cancer journey.
The project is currently open to children and teens in the United States undergoing active treatment for cancer, is supported by donations, and all the fun is provided to our Warriors 100% free of charge.
We believe in the power of positivity to promote healing.
“The Oliver Patch Project patches are so much more than pieces of material. Our patches reinforce hope, mend loneliness, and repair self doubt. Our patches represent support, compassion, and strength. Our patches are tokens of love, and are the symbols of our Warriors.”
— Brian and Trisha, Oliver’s parents
How it Works
The process to empower our Warriors is simple and fun. Kids are given their first OPP intro patch by their Doctor, Nurse or Child Life Specialist. The magic QR code provides them with information on how to join the project online through the OPP website. Within the Warrior Login Portal, they will create their account and then the fun begins! Want to find out more about the process? Click the link below.
Milestones
Like knights preparing for battle, our OPP Warriors suit up in their warrior jacket “armor” and earn Milestone Patches for each medical milestone treatment they complete along their cancer journey.
PATCHES = POWER
Patches of Positivity
After enrollment in the project, each Warrior will receive a new patch each month for the next year. All of this is provided to them free of charge through donations to the Oliver Patch Project. This project empowers kids to find their inner warrior, as they endure life changing events no child should ever have to face.
Please join us in making a difference.
“ The unique feature of the Oliver Patch Project is that it’s more than a gift received or an event enjoyed. It is special in that the child receives a badge for each step of the journey, each challenge faced, and each milestone achieved. It becomes a badge of courage, evidence of all that they have endured and overcome. I imagine children walking up and down our halls wearing their jackets with pride, exchanging stories with each other, and encouraging new patients and families that they can do the same, that they will endure and overcome. I am so excited to see the OPP come to fruition, and even more so, to see the looks of joy and pride on the faces of our patients as they experience it."
— Haneen Yasin Abdella, MD
Hematology Oncology Attending Physician
Nicklaus Children's Hospital & Kidz Medical Services
