Starlight Children's Foundation
Starlight Hospital Programs · About this organization
What you get
Free gowns, toys, books, gaming devices, virtual-reality experiences, and wagons during pediatric care.
How to start
Ask your child's nurse or child-life team whether the applicable Starlight program is available at the treatment facility.
Good to know
- A child must receive care at a facility that has the applicable Starlight program and available inventory.
- Equipment remains facility-held; you do not order it for home ownership through this program.
The details, as published
Participating hospitals and medical facilities distribute or provide free Starlight gowns, toys and books, gaming devices, virtual-reality experiences, and Hero Wagons to pediatric patients during care.
What help you may get
Practical Items And Home Help
Gowns and toy deliveries
Participating facilities provide colorful procedure-access hospital gowns and toy, book, game, movie, or craft deliveries to pediatric patients.
Noncash help
Can cover
- Hospital gowns
- Toys
- Books
- Games
- Movies
- Arts and crafts
- Programs are free at participating facilities.
Practical Items And Home Help
Gaming, virtual reality, and Hero Wagons
Participating hospitals make Starlight gaming stations or handhelds, virtual reality, and sanitizable Hero Wagons available during care.
Noncash help · As Needed
Can cover
- Gaming stations and handhelds
- Virtual-reality experiences
- Hero Wagon rides
- Equipment remains with the participating facility.
- Use depends on facility availability and care-team practices.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. Programs support seriously ill pediatric patients in hospitals, and the official Families page documents a child with leukemia receiving Toy Deliveries.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- Pediatric patients are served; no exact age range is published.
Treatment status
Active Treatment, Maintenance Treatment
- Benefits are used during hospital stays, treatments, and medical visits.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.
Where your child is treated
Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.
- The child receives the benefit through a participating hospital or medical facility that has the applicable Starlight program.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- Participating U.S. hospitals and healthcare facilities — Programs are placed at participating hospitals and facilities for use during pediatric care. — More than 800 participating hospitals and healthcare facilities across the United States; this is a delivery network, not a residence rule.
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? Yes. Ask your child’s social worker or care team to begin the request.
Who can start: Healthcare Team, Child Life Specialist, Hospital Representative
- Ask the child's nurse or child-life team whether the applicable Starlight program is available at the treatment facility.
- Provide or bring the available gown, toy delivery, gaming device, virtual-reality experience, or Hero Wagon to the pediatric patient.
Ways to apply or ask
- Automatic Distribution — Hospital staff distribute or make hospital-held programs available to pediatric patients.
- Online Portal · Open form or page · missiondelivery@starlight.org — Facilities request free programs and deliveries through the partner portal.
Documents to prepare
No documents are listed.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Hospital Mediated |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Not Applicable |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- Availability varies by facility and inventory; the organization does not publish a family eligibility lookup by program.
Limitations and things to confirm
- A child must receive care at a facility that has the applicable Starlight program and available inventory.
- Equipment remains facility-held; families do not order it for home ownership through this program.
- Which participating facilities currently stock each specific Starlight program and have inventory available?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Gaming · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Hospital Gowns · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Welcome to your Starlight Portal · checked Aug 27, 2026
- The Science of Play · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Toy Deliveries · checked Aug 27, 2026