Project Sunshine

Project Sunshine Profile and History

Project Sunshine is a New York City headquartered nonprofit organization that empowers a dedicated corps of over 18,000 volunteers to bring programming - creative, educational, and recreational - to over 150,000 children facing medical challenges and their families in 175 cities across the United States and in four international locations: Canada, China, Israel, and Kenya. Project Sunshine partner s with medical centers to meet the non-medical, social-emotional needs of children dealing with illnesses. The organization promotes key elements of childhood like play, learning, and socialization, restoring a crucial sense of normalcy for pediatric patients and their families. The programs, delivered by trained volunteers, spark creativity, promote self-esteem, and provide a needed distraction. Most of all, Project Sunshine enables young patients act and feel like kids during emotionally and physically challenging times.