Project Sunshine
TelePlay · About this organization
What you get
Your child can play games with volunteers and other children by video, at home or in the hospital.
How to start
Ask your child’s hospital team or a disease-support organization whether it hosts a Project Sunshine TelePlay group.
The details, as published
Your child joins a live video session for games and activities. Volunteers guide the play so your child can spend time with others.
What help you may get
Peer And Emotional Support
Volunteer-led video play
Your child plays developmentally appropriate games with a group by video.
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
Age 5 to age 18.
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; service is delivered by live video through partner hospitals and nonprofits (the site does not say any US child can join on their own).
Where your child is treated
Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.
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.
- Ask your hospital team or a disease-support organization whether it hosts a TelePlay group for your child.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow — Families join through a partner hospital or disease-specific nonprofit that hosts closed TelePlay sessions; there is no family sign-up form. Partners apply via "Request a Call" (https://projectsunshine.tfaforms.net/f/nonprofit-partner-form-us), which is for organisations, not families.
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Invitation Only |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Not Published |
| Last checked | Sep 26, 2026 |
- TelePlay sessions are arranged by partner hospitals and disease-specific nonprofits, and each session is closed to that partner's group; the site shows no family sign-up form. Ask your child life team or a partner nonprofit.
Limitations and things to confirm
No additional limitations are published.
- Which partner group can arrange a session for this child?
- Does the age range on the nonprofit-partnership page apply without exceptions to every hospital-hosted session?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Sep 26, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- projectsunshine.org/nonprofit-partnership · checked Sep 25, 2026
- projectsunshine.org/teleplay · checked Sep 25, 2026
- projectsunshine.org/about · checked Sep 25, 2026