Beyond helping the patient, our gatherings create something just as important: connection. Parents meet other parents who understand without explanation. Siblings spend time with kids who know what hospital life feels like. It’s a space where no one has to over-explain their reality.
Mega Trips
Once each season, we take things further. Overnight trips, waterparks, and special outings are organized separately for girls and boys, creating experiences that feel expansive, exciting, and completely removed from the clinical world many families live in day to day.
Family events and experiences
When a child is in the hospital, we bring life into the room. Our visits are tailored to the child and the moment. Sometimes it’s a magician. Other times it’s a storyteller or simply companionship.
Each child receives a gift box filled with toys to help pass the time in the hospital. Families also receive toy boxes delivered to their homes so support continues beyond the hospital walls.
Milestone celebrations
Serious illness does not cancel life’s milestones. We help families celebrate Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, birthdays, Upsherens, and Brissim with care and attention to every detail. Each child is seen, celebrated, and reminded that their moment still matters.
Hospital-based programs for children.
Serious illness does not cancel life’s milestones. We help families celebrate Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, birthdays, Upsherens, and Brissim with care and attention to every detail. Each child is seen, celebrated, and reminded that their moment still matters.
Retreats and Shabbatons
Tzansers hosts private, heimish Shabbatons for boys and girls respectively. These retreats provide a warm, supportive environment with thoughtfully prepared meals, meaningful connection, and space to breathe. For many families, it’s the first time in a long while they can experience Shabbos without pressure.
The Tantzers Family Center
Located in Boro Park, the Family Center serves as a second home for the families we support. Weekly programming is scheduled separately for girls ages seven through high school and boys until yeshiva age. Children come for supper, homework help, and time to unwind in a safe, welcoming environment.
The center includes a library, play areas, and spaces designed for both activity and quiet. It’s not a one-time event. It’s part of a family’s routine, offering consistency when everything else feels uncertain.
Individual family support and emergency needs
Not every need fits neatly into a program. We provide one-on-one support for families, including transportation, babysitting, food delivery, and emergency assistance. Late-night calls happen. We answer them. When families need help, we show up.
Monthly Trips
Once a month, families get something on the calendar that has nothing to do with treatments or appointments. Whether it’s an arcade, an ice cream outing, or an amusement park, these trips give families something to look forward to. Children often describe them as the highlight of their month.
Teens Program
High school and post-high school girls gather every week for structured activities and farbrengens. The program is social, steady, and designed to give teens a sense of belonging and normalcy during an otherwise overwhelming time.
Women’s Programming
Mothers and teen girls are often the quiet backbone of families facing illness, and their needs are frequently overlooked. We run dedicated programming for women and teens, including hospital kumzitz visits, an annual high-end event, and ongoing smaller gatherings throughout the year. These moments offer connection, support, and a space to exhale.
Hospital & Home visits yearly (Magic, Pets, food, gifts)
55,000
Gifts toys & games distributed yearly
20
Trips and shabbatons a year (across all divisions)
Over
50
Events a year big and small
We can't do all this without you.
Every program, every event, every late-night call we answer is possible because someone chose to support it. If that someone is you, thank you, and welcome to the family
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