New Happenings
Harrison’s Heroes Cool Crew Café
In the first quarter of 2026, the Harrison’s Heroes Cool Crew Café will debut at Children’s Memorial Hermann. This is a mobile café that brings comfort and joy to patients and families by offering drinks and sweets. The café will create hot beverages catered to kids like strawberry and chocolate milk lattes. The Cool Crew Café will motivate patients to leave their rooms and create a sense of community and family experiences. Furthermore, it will allow extended stay patients to experience some of the pleasures of normal life while dealing with the uncomfortable situation of being in the hospital.
Portable Sensory Stations
In late 2025, Harrison’s Heroes funded four mobile sensory carts for Texas Children’s. The carts incorporate visual stimulation to create a calm environment for patients during treatment. They project colors and images that distract and calm kids during procedures. The carts create choice and a sense of independence as the kids control the visual elements.
Spellbound AR
In 2023, Harrison’s Heroes partnered with SpellBound AR to bring engaging digital experiences and games to Hospitals. In 2024, the Harrison's Heroes GameTime App was created. SpellBound is an augmented reality patient engagement company based out of Ann Arbor, MI, and has been working with families and hospitals to create better patient experiences since 2016.
Facility Dog Coloring Book
The Facility Dog Coloring Book is another addition to the program we support over at Children’s Memorial Hermann. This coloring book was illustrated by local artist and former Child-life coordinator, Marley Brooks. It includes original drawings of the Facility Dogs at Children’s Memorial Hermann. Not all children are fortunate enough to interact with the dogs, due to conflicting schedules. Therefore, the coloring book provides an opportunity for the patients to engage in an activity with the dogs. The coloring book will be available on Topper’s Toy Cart, as well as at our Waggin’ Wednesday Program, and other areas of the hospital, such as the ER unit.
Mobile Hair Salon
We are excited to bring a much-needed service to MD Anderson Pediatrics. Sweet & Sassy Salon has partnered with us to create a mobile hair salon for children. This cart, complete with salon chair and washing station will circulate the hospital going to patients’ rooms to provide them a salon experience in the hospital. Losing your hair is very scary to anyone, especially if you are a child. This mobile salon will provide the patients with choice and confidence in an environment that has little. Furthermore, it will help their mental state, and in turn help their recovery. It will be a huge impact to patients.
Litezilla
Litezilla is a giant-sized Lite Brite. Harrison’s Heroes is proud to bring this life size toy to Texas Children’s. It will serve four floors of the hospital and motivate and engage the extended stay patients to leave their room. In addition, it will help with large and small motor skills by having to put different size pegs in the frame to create a design. Furthermore, it will reinforce physical therapy goals. Lastly, it will create choice and confidence in the patient.
Sisyphus Table
This customized, innovative table is in the Harrison’s Heroes Art Studio at Texas Children’s Woodlands. Combining technology and creativity, patients will be able to create an interactive art piece that utilizes robotics and intricate designs in mesmerizing mandala sand patterns. It will serve as a therapeutic outlet for young patients facing various medical challenges. Furthermore, it will create a sense of accomplishment. The calming effect will contribute to improved patient outcomes by tapping into the physical and emotional aspects of the healing process.
Art Therapy Lockers
We are proud to bring custom lockers to Texas Children’s Medical Center. These lockers are a great addition to our studio. They allow patients to store their ongoing projects. Therefore, helps the patient keep continuity of their therapy goals. Furthermore, immune-compromised kids have a place to store their special projects.
Harrison’s Heroes Van:
Thanks to The Children’s Fund, a Houston children’s charity, we were able to acquire a van. This is long overdue and will enable us to take more items to the hospitals at one time.