Program Partnership

A Collaborative Approach

Partnering with medical facilities and nonprofits across the country

We support the child life specialists, healthcare professionals, and nonprofit staff in their work to provide psychological, social, and emotional support for pediatric patients and families. We design and facilitate developmentally appropriate and adaptive programming in a range of settings within the hospital, outpatient medical facilities, and even at home.

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We partner with

500

medical facilities and nonprofits to deliver the healing power of play around the U.S. and all over the world.
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Medical Facility Partnership

Supporting medical professionals through play

Project Sunshine is a global network of volunteers that provide play and activities to help children cope while facing medical challenges. Project Sunshine supports the work of child life specialists and other medical professionals in their work of providing psychological, social and emotional support to pediatric patients and families. We design and facilitate developmentally appropriate and adaptive programming in a range of settings within the hospital and outpatient medical facilities. 

Nonprofit Partnership

Virtual play for your community

Project Sunshine partners with disease-specific nonprofits to provide age-appropriate activities and games to the communities they serve. Our programs are adaptive for children with various developmental and sensory needs. Partner nonprofits organize regularly scheduled programming for their constituents while Project Sunshine provides trained and engaging volunteers to facilitate virtual play sessions.
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AR23-quoteThank you all SO much for bringing Project Sunshine to the children's nits here at Somerville Hospital. The kids loved working with you! The second the kids saw the volunteers in the yellow shirts, they knew fun was ahead of them."

Megan Ice
Inpatient Unit Psychologist, Somerville Hospital

AR23-quoteAll of the staff and volunteers from Project Sunshine are professional, fun, and responsive. Everyone truly understands that it is a hospital which comes with needing to be timely, but also understanding that issues come up last minute. We love the trivia games that we do with out art program on Monday nights!

Amanda Hogle
Child Life Specialist, Shriners Children's Chicago

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“Project Sunshine’s activity kits are really great for preschoolers and children, especially those that are here at the hospital for a lot longer. Having an activity kit gives them something to do and engage in. The parents and siblings also able help them the kids their activity kit which fosters family time, especially when they're going through something so stressful."

Veronica Conde Klein
Child Life Specialist, AdventHealth Celebration CEC