All across the world Project Sunshine volunteers are spreading sunshine to children and their families facing medical challenges. Read some of their stories below or submit your story today!
April 30, 2013
Find out how Austin Armstrong, a Project Sunshine Canada Volunteer, gives back through the Young Patrons’ Circle.
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March 25, 2013
Project Sunshine is celebrating its volunteers this April for National Volunteer Month. Read about why volunteer Daniel Hardgrove wanted to get involved with Project Sunshine.
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February 25, 2013
The Adolescent Skills Center gives a helping hand by making much needed Craft Kits for children in hospitals.
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September 21, 2012
Project Sunshine´s Stony Brook University Chapter Leader, Mohmmed Naeem, looks forward to expanding programming in the new school year!
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September 7, 2012
Project Sunshine´s amazing summer interns have spread a lot of sunshine this
summer. The incredible group ran 48 programs in their three short months in NYC!
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August 24, 2012
Jaye Thackeray has found her own inner sunshine by bringing joy to children at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto,
Canada.
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August 10, 2012
Jill Fletchall started Project Sunshine´s chapter in Indianapolis which has been active for over six years.
In addition to being a chapter leader, Jill also created the Sunshine Pals program.
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July 27, 2012
Stephanie Hemway and the University of New Hampshire Project Sunshine Chapter put on a university-wide dodge ball tournament
to raise money for their programs.
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July 13, 2012
Renee Shields and the Horlick High School National Honor Society worked together to create craft kits for teens facing medical challenges.
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June 29, 2012
Project Sunshine volunteer, Edna Borochov, keeps the sun shining on young children with medical challenges in Ramat Gan, Israel.
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June 15, 2012
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan brought sunshine to the children at Maimonides Medical Center through a Party Time celebration.
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June 1, 2012
To stay involved with Project Sunshine after graduation, former Carnegie Mellon University student and Chapter Leader Beth Aguila started
the first Washington, D.C. chapter.
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May 18, 2012
Yael Moscowitz became a part of Project Sunshine to support a cause she believed in for the long run.
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May 4, 2012
Vanessa Klaric takes time out of her busy schedule to bring sunshine to children every week at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada.
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April 20, 2012
Through her on- and off-site patient interactions, Project Sunshine volunteer Mercy Wanjiru has been making an impact for the patients
of Bomu Medical Center in Mombasa, Kenya.
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April 6, 2012
Josh Hyman worked with Project Sunshine to help make TEENSGIVING, a massive, teen volunteer event in New York City, a success.
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March 23, 2012
Meital Dalal became a Project Sunshine volunteer to combine her two passions in life: baking and helping children in need.
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March 9, 2012
After witnessing the impact Project Sunshine Kenya had on medically challenged children, Elvis Otieno Otis became a volunteer.
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February 24, 2012
Emory University student Alison Browne enjoyed her Project Sunshine summer internship so much that she started her school´s first chapter after break.
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February 10, 2012
Young patients of Children´s National Medical Center celebrated Valentine’s day with an afternoon of games, activities
and crafts organized by UnitedHealth Group.
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January 27, 2012
Sports Illustrated model, Damaris Lewis, volunteered for her second year as a Project Sunshine Dance Camp
instructor to empower young women through dance.
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January 12, 2012
Talia Kushnick was thrilled at how easy it was to organize a Project Sunshine event at her temple, Shaare Zedek,
and at how much her congregation enjoyed themselves.
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December 30, 2011
Julia Hunter joined Project Sunshine to create a group of spirited and dedicated student volunteers at the University of Louisville.
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December 16, 2011
Establishing connections with at-risk youth has kept
Jill Gould volunteering at the Project Sunshine Good Shepherd´s Back to School Teen Turnaround Event for the past five years.
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December 2, 2011
Since her freshman year at Carnegie Mellon University, Emma Livne has been involved with Project Sunshine.
Now, she is working with freshmen as Chapter Leader to spread sunshine.
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November 18, 2011
After coordinating one event for UnitedHealthcare, Aly Hale knew she wanted to do whatever she could to help
bring sunshine to the children at
Miller Children´s Hospital in Long Beach, California going forward.
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November 4, 2011
Stephanie Glenn took advantage of the volunteer opportunities her employer offered to
bring sunshine to over 50 children
at a Project Sunshine ´Back to School´ party.
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October 21, 2011
Sam Houston State University welcomes its seventh generation of Project Sunshine volunteers.
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October 7, 2011
Jessica Heald, traveled from London to New York City to improve the lives of children living in hospitals during her first non-profit experience ever.
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September 23, 2011
Emilio Delgado, who has played Luis on Sesame Street for 40 years, brought sunshine to pediatric patients at Mount Sinai´s KidZone as a part of Project Sunshine´s Book Club
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September 9, 2011
Solomon Schechter School students volunteer their time through Project Sunshine´s Kids for Kids program to improve the lives of hospitalized children.
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August 25, 2011
Meet Project Sunshine’s summer interns from the University of Arizona. These dedicated students are making a difference in their communities by ensuring Project Sunshine programs run at local medical facilities throughout the summer.
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June 9, 2011
Project Sunshine Book Club Volunteers Visit Lincoln Hospital in NY
On June 9, Sally Cook, author and special advisor to Project Sunshine´s Book Club and Caralyn Friedman, an intern with Project Sunshine...
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May 21, 2011
Project Sunshine and AOL teamed up for AOL´s Intern Monster Help Day of Service
The fourth floor hallway at AOL was filled with arts and crafts as New York AOL interns, assisted by Project Sunshine...
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