Project Sunshine

Creative Arts & Crafts · About this organization

What you get

Your child can make crafts with a volunteer during a hospital visit.

How to start

Ask your child’s child life specialist whether Project Sunshine volunteers visit your unit.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Hospital Mediated

Your child can spend time making things with a volunteer. The visit brings company to time spent in the hospital.

Go to the official program ↗

What help you may get

Peer And Emotional Support

Volunteer craft visit

Your child makes crafts with materials the volunteer brings.

Noncash help

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. Published diagnosis scope "mixed_clinical_population"; GPT Pro intake run05 read B-ALL as eligible.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

Treatment status

No specific treatment status is published.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.

Site publishes no residence rule; access is through partner medical facilities "across the country" that host Project Sunshine volunteers.

Where your child is treated

Treatment must be in: Arizona (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); California (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Colorado (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Connecticut (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); District of Columbia (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Delaware (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Florida (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Georgia (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Idaho (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Illinois (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Indiana (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Kentucky (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Louisiana (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Maine (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Maryland (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Massachusetts (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Michigan (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Minnesota (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Missouri (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Nebraska (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Nevada (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); New Hampshire (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); New Jersey (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); New York (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); North Carolina (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Ohio (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Pennsylvania (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Rhode Island (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); South Carolina (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Tennessee (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Texas (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Utah (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Vermont (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Virginia (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Washington (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list); Wisconsin (state heading on Project Sunshine's U.S. partner list).

Here To Play runs at partner medical facilities. The site's partner list (https://projectsunshine.org/partner-medical-facility-list), headed "Program Partners in the U.S." and marked "Here To Play and Teleplay partners only", names hospitals, clinics, Ronald McDonald Houses and family-support nonprofits under 36 state headings; it also lists partners in Canada, Israel and Kenya.
Treat it as a partial list: the site also says "We partner with 500 medical facilities and nonprofits" and does not say which listed partner hosts which activity, so ask your child life team whether your hospital takes part.

How to get started

Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.

Your hospital checks which Project Sunshine activities it can arrange for your family.

Ways to apply or ask

Hospital Workflow

Documents to prepare

The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.

Availability and timing

Program	Active
Applications	Hospital Mediated
Funding or space	Not Published
Application window	Not Published
Last checked	Sep 26, 2026

Delivered by Project Sunshine volunteers inside partner medical facilities; families cannot sign up directly. The hospital or clinic applies to become a Program Partner.

Limitations and things to confirm

No additional limitations are published.

Does your treating facility currently have this activity, and how does it select participants?

Official sources

Program details were last verified Sep 26, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

projectsunshine.org/program-partners · checked Sep 25, 2026
projectsunshine.org/medical-facility-partnership · checked Sep 25, 2026
projectsunshine.org/here-to-play · checked Sep 25, 2026
projectsunshine.org/about · checked Sep 25, 2026
projectsunshine.org/programs · checked Sep 25, 2026