The annual Heart Party at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City brought lots of smiles to over 500 pediatric heart patients. Project Sunshine and a team of dedicated volunteers provided the children with a day of entertainment, arts and crafts, face paint and quality time with Miss USA, Rachel Smith, and Miss Universe, Riyo Mori. The party was filled with Valentine's Day treats, hugs from Elmo, and a special guest appearance by Cooper Pilot from the Nickelodeon Naked Brothers Band (see picture)! To view more photos click here.

 

Project Sunshine will host its Fifth Annual Gala on May 12th, 2008 at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York City and will honor Rick Cummings, President of the Radio Division at Emmis Communications. The evening will feature celebrity guests, a blockbuster musical performance, and live and silent auctions! This evening is the culmination of Project Sunshine Week (May 5-12), as proclaimed by Governor Spitzer and Mayor Bloomberg. For more information on Project Sunshine Week and Project Sunshine's Fifth Annual Gala, click here!

 

Project Sunshine Canada is currently expanding in the Toronto area and we are actively searching for new volunteers to help us grow our programs. If you know of someone who would be interested in getting involved, please have them contact Laura Tamblyn, Manager of Project Sunshine Canada, at laura@projectsunshine.org.

 

To those of you who have supported our Annual Appeal Campaign, THANK YOU! It has been a huge success so far, with $29,290 received, but we need your help to reach our goal of $40,000. Help make this our biggest Annual Appeal campaign to date! Any donation makes a real difference to a child with medical challenges and their family. To donate now, click here!

 

Project Sunshine is excited to announce our new Book Club, which will bring distinguished authors, illustrators and entertainers into New York City medical facilities to read books with children facing medical challenges. Authors such as R.L. Stine, Mary Pope Osborne, and Sesame Street's Sonia Manzano will read from their books and sign copies for the children to keep. For more information on the Book Club, and to see a complete list of the members of the Board of Advisors, click here.