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MILLIONS OF HEARTS, ONE MISSION: LOVE YOUR MELON’S EVOLUTION
01/30/2024
From the very beginning, Love Your Melon’s commitment to fighting pediatric cancer has been etched into our DNA. It’s a cause t...
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Giving Partner Spotlight: Give Kids the World Village
12/27/2023
This month, we’re proud to highlight one of our 2023 funded charities, Give Kids the World Village. Give Kids The World Village...
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Giving Partner Spotlight: One Summit
11/17/2023
In honor of Veterans Day this month, we are proud to spotlight our partner, One Summit, and extend our gratitude to all those w...
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Giving Partner Spotlight: Zip With Us
10/26/2023
This month, we’re excited to spotlight one of our current grantees, Zip With Us! Zip With Us donates custom medical access Zips...
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Introducing Leah's Beanie!
09/28/2023
Back in the spring, Love Your Melon introduced our first-ever Build Your Own Beanie Design Contest. With the help of our hospit...
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Giving Partner Spotlight: Pinky Swear Foundation (Meet Ella!)
09/12/2023
In honor of Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month, we’re proud to spotlight our longest running community partner, Pinky Swear Found...
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Giving Partner Spotlight: Hopecam
08/31/2023
In honor of the back-to-school season, we are excited to spotlight our longtime partner, HopeCam! HopeCam's mission is to ove...
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Giving Partner Spotlight: Ryan Seacrest Foundation
07/26/2023
A cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment will not only take a physical toll on the child’s body, but can also deeply affect ...
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LYM and the Mattel Children's Foundation Partner to Bring Barbie Dreams to Children’s Hospital of Orange County
07/19/2023
On July 13th, in celebration of the new Barbie Movie, Love Your Melon was proud to partner with the Mattel Children’s Foundatio...
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WIN Brands Group Team Spends the Afternoon with the Families at Ronald McDonald House of New York
06/26/2023
On Friday, June 16th, The Win Brands Group team (Love Your Melon’s parent company), was proud to spend the afternoon with the ...
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Giving Partner Spotlight (National Survivors Day Edition): Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario - Logan’s Story
06/02/2023
Love Your Melon has been proud to support Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO) since the end of 2018. POGO works to en...
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National Cancer Survivors Day Spotlight: Mateo's Story
06/02/2023
Over 80% of childhood cancer patients survive at least 5 years, but surviving isn’t the end of the story. Did you know that up ...
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National Cancer Survivors Day Spotlight: Mary's Story
06/02/2023
Just like all cancers are different, no two cancer journeys are the same. In honor of National Cancer Survivors Month, Love You...
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Giving Partner Spotlight (Mother’s Day Edition): Beat Childhood Cancer
05/12/2023
Love Your Melon has partnered with Beat Childhood Cancer, a parent founded and led organization, since 2018. Since then, and wi...
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Love Your Melon Celebrates National Superhero Day - April 28, 2023
05/04/2023
At Love Your Melon, children battling cancer are the real superheroes. These warriors must face a larger-than-life villain: can...
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LYM x TENSPACE Donates 500 Beanies to Ronald McDonald House of Columbus
05/03/2023
In October, Love Your Melon teamed up with TENSPACE to build a one-of-a-kind pop-up retail experience in Columbus, Ohio. Togeth...
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Giving Partner Spotlight: World Child Cancer
02/14/2023
International Childhood Cancer Day is a global collaborative campaign to raise awareness about childhood cancer, and to express...
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LOVE YOUR MELON ANNOUNCES 2023 GIVING PARTNERS
01/18/2023
Since 2016, Love Your Melon has gifted more than $9.8 million to support non-profit organizations leading the fight ...
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Love Your Melon Sponsors First Virginia Beach Climb for Courage
12/13/2022
After two years, it finally happened! Our non-profit partner, One Summit, held their 19th Climb for Courage Event in Virginia B...
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$1.4M+ Given to Masonic Children's Hospital
11/02/2022
On October 19th, the Love Your Melon team arrived at Masonic Children's Hospital, as we have done so many times before. Masonic...
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Minnesota Twins x Love Your Melon Game Night
10/10/2022
Love Your Melon’s Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month celebrations continue! On September 27th, we held our highly-anticipated ann...
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Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month: Smile Session with Reckless Road
09/30/2022
Love Your Melon’s second Smile Session of Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month was nothing short of a smash hit! On September 9th, ...
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Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month: Smile Sessions with Alana Springsteen
09/28/2022
Love Your Melon kicked off Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month with an extra-special Smile Session! On September 1st, we partnered...
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Celebrating Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month & 10 Years of Love Your Melon
08/25/2022
September is Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month! At Love Your Melon, we’re dedicated to the fight against pediatric cancer 24/7, ...
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Our First Hospital Visit Since 2020
07/26/2022
Over the last two years, hospitals have been closed to visitors due to the pandemic. That meant the Love Your Melon team couldn...
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$1 Million Given to the Pinky Swear Foundation!
06/08/2022
We are so excited to announce that with our year-end giving in 2021, we surpassed $1 million given to the Pinky Swear Foundatio...
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Meet Shane!
05/09/2022
Shane is a 15 year old patient at Boston Children's Hospital has been diagnosed with AML, also known as Acute Myeloid Leukemia....
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5,000+ BEANIES DONATED IN ALL 50 STATES!
04/28/2022
Happy National Superhero Day! Today, we donated over 5,000 beanies to children and families battling cancer at over 80 children...
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NATIONAL SUPERHERO DAY 2022
04/25/2022
At Love Your Melon, we celebrate National Superhero Day every year on April 28th to honor children battling cancer, who we call...
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$9.4 Million Given
02/21/2022
When Love Your Melon began in 2012, our mission was simple - to give a hat to every child battling cancer. We quickly met that ...
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BOGO 2022 FAQ
02/18/2022
Love Your Melon BOGO Day takes place once a year, where all available products are Buy One, Get One Free. BOGO is the best deal...
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BUILD YOUR OWN BEANIE STUDIO - NOW OPEN!
11/10/2021
BUILD YOUR OWN BEANIE STUDIO - NOW OPEN!We are very excited to announce that our very own Love Your Melon Build Your Own Beanie...
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LOVE YOUR MELON DAY 2021
10/19/2021
Love Your Melon Day is on October 22nd! It marks our anniversary since we started as a class project in college and reminds us ...
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MEET SUPERHERO PARKER
07/01/2021
Parker is one of the many children that have been impacted by our funding through Beat Childhood Cancer, which is a nonprofit o...
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NATIONAL SUPERHERO DAY 2021
04/28/2021
Each year on April 28th, we at Love Your Melon celebrate National Superhero Day - a day where we honor our incredible superhero...
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EARTH DAY 2021
04/22/2021
Our goal is to run design, production, and fulfillment processes that are as sustainable as possible so that we can always oper...
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MEET SUPERHERO JACKSON
03/10/2021
On February 13th, 2018, Jackson began to develop what looked like a burst blood vessel on the left side of his face. A slight d...
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LYM BOGO Week 2021 FAQ
03/09/2021
Love Your Melon BOGO Week Love Your Melon BOGO Week takes place once a year, where all available products are Buy One, Get One ...
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Meet Rocket 🐶
12/16/2020
2020 has no doubt been an interesting year for everyone. As a long time nonprofit organization we have supported, the M Health ...
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Chef Lucas Foods Update
12/16/2020
Chef Lucas Foods is an organization that provides meals and smiles for children and families battling cancer and other life-thr...
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LOVE YOUR MELON DAY 2020
10/22/2020
Every year on October 22nd, we celebrate Love Your Melon Day - the anniversary of Love Your Melon and the incredible journey an...
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Dawson’s Flight School Update
05/01/2020
Dawson has been a friend of ours for a long time. We took him on a helicopter and plane ride when he was in Minnesota for treat...
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Face Mask Collection Restock
04/26/2020
We are restocking the Love Your Melon Face Mask Collection tomorrow, Monday, April 27th, at 10 AM Central Time. All orders fro...
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100,000 HOSPITAL FACE MASKS GIVEN
04/23/2020
The first 100,000 Love Your Melon Face Masks have been sent out to hospitals and care facilities covering all 50 states in the ...
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Love Your Melon x MN Twins x Faribault Woolen Mills Homer Hanky Masks
04/19/2020
We are teaming up with the Minnesota Twins, Faribault Woolen Mills, Star Tribune, and CUB to convert excess inventory of the 20...
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Face Mask Update 4.18.20
04/18/2020
We received an incredible amount of support for our Face Mask Collection launch on Friday, April 10th last week. All styles of ...
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Love Your Melon Face Mask Collection
04/08/2020
Earlier this week, we designed a new face mask to not only improve the speed of production and reduce costs but increase the le...
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Face Mask Update 4.6.20
04/06/2020
As we went into production for the first 50,000 cotton face masks, we continued to create and sample new mask designs and mater...
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Love Your Melon Face Masks
03/27/2020
Our team members have been devoting their time and effort helping healthcare systems by providing ideas and sourcing items loc...
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Parent and Family Resources
03/24/2020
We put together a list of our favorite educational programs, apps and resources to help parents and families provide their chil...
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