Project Sunshine

Project Sunshine is a nonprofit organization that provides free educational, recreational, and social programs to children living with medical challenges. Project Sunshine is a nonprofit organization that provides free educational, recreational, and social programs to children and families living with medical challenges. Project Sunshine empowers a dynamic and dedicated corps of over 10,000 volunteers to bring progamming- recreational (arts), educational (tutoring and mentoring) and social service (HIV and nutritional counseling)- to over 60,000 children facing medical challenges and their families in 175 major cities across the United States, and in five international satellite sites: Canada, China, Isreal, Kenya, and Puerto Rico. Volunteers selflessly donate their time to create program materials and deliver programs. Working onsite, our volunteers relieve the anxiety of the young patients and in a context of fun and play, foster in them the courage and coping skills necessary to confront procedures that lie ahead. Project Sunshine volunteers spread sunshine, restoring a crucial sense of normalcy to the pediatric healthcare environment.