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Starlight Communications Manager, Tenaya Wallace, at tenaya.wallace@starlight.org or 424.245.3661

Below is a collection of our most recent press releases. You can also learn more about Starlight by visiting our archive of news and press releases.

05/03/2013

Young Actress Bailee Madison Helps Starlight Children’s FoundationTM Kick Off 30th Anniversary Celebration with Starlight Day May 3

Friday May 3, 2013 (Los Angeles, CA) – Actress Bailee Madison, who appeared most recently in the movie “Parental Guidance” and stars as young Snow White on the hit ABC show “Once Upon a Time,” is expanding her role with Starlight Children’s FoundationTM by becoming a Starlight Ambassador and helping the organization kick off its 30th anniversary celebration with a variety of activities scheduled around Starlight Day on May 3.

Starlight Day’s captivating one-day Twitter campaign calls attention to the millions of hospitalized kids around the world and highlights Starlight’s role in partnering with hospitals to support these kids every day. Bailee was first inspired by Starlight’s work after attending the organization’s Los Angeles gala in 2008. Since then, she has appeared in public service announcements, attended hospital and community-based events and co-hosted Starlight’s annual gala, the very same event that first drew her to the cause.

“Through Starlight, I have learned firsthand that it’s not only the child that is affected by chronic illness, but the entire family. I am so excited to begin this next chapter as a Starlight Ambassador and to lead Starlight Day,” says Bailee, now 13 years old. “It's the perfect way to show how Starlight brings a sense of childhood to hospitalized kids every day.”

There are several ways that people can join Bailee in celebrating Starlight Day: • In the morning Bailee will make a special stop at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles where she will visit with kids who are hospitalized with serious or chronic illness. • At 4pm PST, fans will get the chance to Tweet questions to Bailee using #Starlight30 during a live Twitter Video Chat. To further her connection with kids impacted by Starlight’s programming, members of Starbright World™, Starlight’s online social network for teens with chronic illness and their teenage siblings, will also take part in the conversation.

Starlight’s Starlight Day Twitter campaign encourages people to join Starlight (@StarlightOnline) and Bailee (@BaileeMadison) in the conversation by Tweeting memories or photos of what reminds them of childhood using #Starlight30 and follow @StarlightOnline to join Starlight’s mission.

The Starlight Day Twitter campaign connects vivid images like Saturday morning cartoons and playing in the sprinklers - things that remind us of our own childhood - to how hospitalization and illness impact childhood for millions of kids every day.

“Bailee Madison’s genuine compassion for hospitalized children makes her a powerful spokesperson for this special awareness campaign. We are honored to have Bailee’s support for our mission and her leadership on Starlight Day.” says Jacqueline Hart-Ibrahim, Global CEO of Starlight Children’s Foundation.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human services, 3 million children are hospitalized in the U.S. every year. Many of these are repeat hospitalizations due to chronic illness.

Starlight supports hospitalized kids with programs in more than 1,750 health care facilities and every major pediatric hospital in Australia, Canada, Israel, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, serving millions of children every year.

Starlight’s programs include the Starlight Fun Center™, mobile entertainment units containing the latest gaming system that roll bedside in hospitals to provide distractive entertainment and therapeutic play for pediatric patients, and Starlight Tablets, a critical resource for healthcare professionals to support the ongoing needs of kids while in the hospital. Starlight Tablets come loaded with links to Starlight’s educational programming and Starbright World, the first-ever online social network for teens with chronic and life-threatening medical conditions, and their siblings.

For more information about Starlight Children’s Foundation, visit www.starlight.org.

About Bailee Madison At just 13, Bailee Madison is already a versatile actress who has showcased her talent across the board, effortlessly executing both dramatic and comedic roles. Most recently, Bailee starred alongside Marisa Tomei, Bette Midler and Billy Crystal in 20th Century Fox and Walden Media’s film “Parental Guidance.” She has a popular, recurring role as ‘Little Snow’ in ABC’s hit drama “Once Upon a Time.” Bailee first captured hearts as ‘May Belle’ in Disney’s “Bridge to Terabithia.” Since then, she has starred alongside some of Hollywood’s brightest talents, including Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce in Guillermo Del Toro’s thriller “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal in “Brothers,” and Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston in “Just Go With It.” She is also beloved for her role as ‘Maxine’ in Disney Channel’s “Wizards of Waverly Place.”

About Starlight Children’s Foundation Over the past 30 years, Starlight Children’s Foundation™ has become a leading global charity that partners with experts to improve the life and health of kids and families around the world. Collaborating with innovators in pediatric healthcare, entertainment and technology, Starlight provides a unique blend of family-centered programs and services from hospital to home. Starlight partners with more than 1,750 healthcare facilities and pediatric hospitals in Australia, Canada, Israel, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, serving millions of children every year. To learn more, visit www.starlight.org, or follow us at facebook.com/StarlightChildrensFoundation and twitter.com/starlightonline.

01/15/2013

STARLIGHT CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION TO BE FEATURED IN
UPCOMING EPISODE OF ABC’s HIT ROMANCE REALITY SERIES THE BACHELOR

Starlight Children’s Foundation™ will participate in a one on one date on an upcoming episode of The Bachelor. The episode will feature a heartfelt twist when two girls from Starlight’s Starbright World program, a private social network for chronically ill teens and their siblings, meet in person for the first time with newest Bachelor, Sean Lowe, and his date. The girls and Sean will enjoy a full day at a closed down amusement park filled with rides, games and fun. The episode is scheduled to air Monday, January 21^st 2013, on ABC.

This season on The Bachelor, Sean, 29, the successful Dallas businessman and entrepreneur who charmed fans while wooing Bachelorette Emily Maynard, meets 26 potential soul mates and gets another shot at love as the Bachelor. Sean was blindsided in the Caribbean island of Curaçao when Emily rejected him, and viewers saw the devastated Sean wrestling to make sense of her decision. Thankfully, Sean did not give up on his dream of love and he now knows with certainty that the time is right for him to risk it all again to try to find the right woman. The Bachelor airs Mondays (8:00–10:01 p.m., ET/PT), on ABC

When a child is diagnosed with a serious illness, the day-to-day joys of childhood take a back seat to the rigors of treatment and hospitalization. Since 1983, Starlight Children’s Foundation™ has been improving the quality of life for children with serious medical conditions through programming that helps kids cope with the experiences of prolonged illness, improves health outcomes for the child and invests in the emotional well-being of the entire family. Starlight is the only global children’s charity partnering with every major pediatric hospital in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Israel and serves more than 4.5 million children every year.

The 17^th season of The Bachelor, from Warner Horizon Television, airs Mondays 8/7c on ABC. For more information on The Bachelor, visit http://abc.go.com/shows/the-bachelor.

ABOUT THE BACHELOR

On ABC’s hit primetime reality series The Bachelor, one lucky man is offered the chance to find true love. A single and eligible Bachelor embarks on a romantic journey, getting to know a bevy of beautiful bachelorettes, gradually narrowing the field to the one woman to whom he may propose marriage in the dramatic season finale. Hosted by Chris Harrison, The Bachelor is produced by Next Entertainment in association with Warner Horizon Television.

12/14/2012

Northwestern Mutual Invests in Children with Cancer at Starlight's Winter Wonderland

LOS ANGELES, CA - December 5, 2012 – Starlight Children’s Foundation’s Winter Wonderland – a day when more than 350 Starlight kids, siblings and their parents are given the opportunity to experience the holidays by decorating cookies, making ornaments, meeting Hollywood celebrities, and more – will be held on Saturday, December 8 at 10:00 am at CBS Studios. The current “X Factor” soundstage is being turned into a children’s wonderland courtesy of Northwestern Mutual.

“We’re so grateful that, through our partnership with Starlight Children’s Foundation, Northwestern Mutual can support programs such as Winter Wonderland that deliver entertaining activities to families to uplift their spirits in the most challenging of times,” said Matt Plocher, managing partner at Northwestern Mutual-Los Angeles. “Our goal is to help strengthen families who are fighting cancer by ensuring that joy and happiness are enduring parts their lives. I am looking forward to seeing those smiles and visiting with families at Winter Wonderland this weekend.”

This year, 20 Northwestern Mutual financial representatives will be volunteering at the event to directly touch the lives of these families. It’s all part of the financial security company’s Childhood Cancer Program, a multi-year commitment to accelerate a cure for childhood cancer and to support families battling the disease.

Employees from Michaels will volunteer to help kids and parents decorate cookies, make ornaments, decorate frames, create greeting cards and more. Starlight kids will be delighted by a special visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus and a massive toy give-away, including coveted items like Guitar Heroes. Performances and attendance by StarPower Ambassadors, including Zachary Gordon star of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Sierra McCormick who plays Olive Doyle in the Disney Channel Original Series “A.N.T. Farm,” make the afternoon truly unforgettable.

Winter Wonderland, one of Starlight’s signature Great Escapes, will give families with a seriously ill child the chance to spend time together outside of the hospital, escape their medical worries and return home with a renewed sense of strength, hope and community. In addition, more than half of these children attending are fight childhood cancer. “This event puts smiles on so many faces and allows us to escape our everyday reality which is much needed from time to time,” says Starlight mom Miriam whose son Adriel has Leukemia and will be attending the Winter Wonderland along with his siblings.

“There is a strong connection between emotional and physical health. Great Escapes are one way that Starlight works to improve the life and health of seriously ill children,” says Jacqueline Hart-Ibrahim Global CEO of Starlight Children's Foundation. “We are so thankful to Northwestern Mutual for their support of Winter Wonderland and other Great Escapes that benefit our Starlight families.”

12/03/2012

Northwestern Mutual Launches Digital Holiday Campaign to Fight Childhood Cancer

Share Unstoppable Happiness! inspired by child’s original artwork, brave spirit and holiday message of hope.

MILWAUKEE – December 3, 2012 — A child’s inspirational artwork for a holiday card will drive awareness, donations and hope in the fight against childhood cancer as the centerpiece of a new digital holiday campaign launching today by Northwestern Mutual. The campaign, Share Unstoppable Happiness!, aims to raise up to $25,000 by Dec. 30 for Northwestern Mutual’s Childhood Cancer Program nonprofit partners, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and Starlight Children’s Foundation.

“Unstoppable happiness is happiness that never ends all of your life,” said Addison, the courageous eight-year-old from Broomfield, Colo., fighting Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) who created the holiday card for the campaign. “I would be happy if cancer went away forever because then no one would have to go through what I’m going through.”

For each “share” this digital card receives, the Northwestern Mutual Foundation will donate $1 to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and Starlight Children’s Foundation. The nonprofit organizations are signature partners of Northwestern Mutual’s Childhood Cancer Program, a multi-year commitment to accelerate a cure for childhood cancer and to support families battling the disease.

Ten-year-old Kevin of Sheboygan Falls, Wis., and ten-year-old Zane of Upper Marlboro, Md. – who both battled and beat childhood cancer – share their unstoppable happiness alongside Addison in an inspirational video that is also featured as part of the Facebook campaign. The video encourages viewers to share the holiday card to support the fight against the disease.

“You can’t listen to Addison, Kevin and Zane’s optimism and bravery and not be inspired to do everything you can to fight for them and other kids battling cancer,” said John Kordsmeier, president of the Northwestern Mutual Foundation. “By answering Addison’s plea to Share Unstoppable Happiness this holiday season, we can build awareness and provide support for the thousands of children and their families affected by childhood cancer.”

Share Unstoppable Happiness! launches just as Northwestern Mutual completes a series of donations to children’s hospitals across the country. The philanthropic activities, serving more than 5,000 children, are taking place in several cities including Milwaukee, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Miami and Los Angeles. Northwestern Mutual is delivering Starlight Fun Centers, mobile entertainment units, as well as hosting families at Starlight Great Escape events and launching the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Family Travel Fund in select cities.

According to the National Cancer Institute, childhood cancer is the leading cause of death by disease for children under 15 years of age. Further, a recent survey of 1,000 American adults, commissioned by Northwestern Mutual, revealed that the greatest perceived obstacles in curing childhood cancer are lack of research funds (60 percent of survey respondents) and lack of awareness (42 percent of survey respondents).

For more information about Northwestern Mutual and its Childhood Cancer Program, visit www.nmfoundation.com.

07/23/2012	Northwestern Mutual Announces Partnership with Starlight Children's Foundation To kick off the program, Northwestern Mutual donated nearly $500,000 in grants to two leading nonprofit organizations focused on fighting childhood cancer and helping families, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) and Starlight Children’s Foundation™ (SCF). Through these partnerships, Northwestern Mutual will activate a range of programs and events in communities across the country. The company is establishing the Northwestern Mutual Childhood Cancer Research Fund and Family Travel Fund in partnership with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. In early 2013, it will also fund Great Escapes and Fun Centers around the nation through Starlight Children’s Foundation. Read Northwestern Mutual's full release http://www.northwesternmutual.com/about-northwestern-mutual/our-company/northwestern-mutual-foundation.aspx?intcmp=HomePgPromoBox2_childhood_cancer#Childhood-Cancer
10/03/2011	Tammy Rudden Krause to Serve As New Executive Director of Starlight Colorado Starlight Children's Foundation has named Tammy Rudden Krause the new executive director of its Starlight Colorado chapter. Krause comes to her position with extensive experience in philanthropy, having worked many years as a volunteer with Denver-area nonprofits that include the Junior League of Denver, Children’s Hospital Colorado, CASA, Rise School, Seeds of Hope and the Morgan Adams Foundation.
08/18/2011	Roger Shiffman To Serve As New Global Chairman of Starlight Starlight Children’s Foundation has named Roger Shiffman its new global board chairman. A well-known figure in the toy industry, Shiffman built in separate phases of his career, two highly successful companies - Tiger Electronic Toys, makers of Furby, and more recently, Zizzle, the company behind the Pirates of the Caribbean™ and High School Musical™ line of toys. It was actually retired-NBA superstar Michael Jordan who first introduced Shiffman to Starlight and its mission 23 years ago. Always passionate about helping children, Shiffman could not help but become involved and has remained active with Starlight ever since.
08/03/2011	Orbit Media Group Partners with Starlight on Interactive Children's Storybook App: "Cowboys & Aliens: The Kids" Orbit Media Group, LLC, a boutique consulting, idea factory and product acceleration firm, has announced a partnership with global charity Starlight Children’s Foundation, whereby Starlight will receive 25 cents from each sale of Orbit’s new interactive children’s storybook App "Cowboys & Aliens: The Kids." The partnership comes in the wake of entertainment company Platinum Studios licensing the original story from Platinum CEO Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, who created the New York Times best-selling graphic novel and recently released blockbuster movie, Cowboys & Aliens, for Orbit to create an interactive storybook application for all Apple iOS and select Android OS devices.
03/29/2011	Starlight’s Annual 'A Stellar Night' Gala Honored Philanthropists Kathy, Paris and Nicky Hilton and Forever 21’s Do Won Chang At Starlight's annual A Stellar Night gala, presented by California Pizza Kitchen and Nintendo of America Inc., Starlight presented long-time philanthropists Kathy, Paris and Nicky Hilton with its 2011 “Heart of Gold Award” and Do Won Chang, Founder/C.E.O. of Forever 21, Inc., with its 2011 “Jacki Carlish Humanitarian Award.” Co-hosted by Jenni Pulos, from Bravo’s “Flipping Out,” and Bailee Madison, actress from “Just Go With It” and Starlight StarPower Spokesperson, the night was attended by best-selling author and Starlight Global Ambassador Tony DiTerlizzi, Starlight Spokesperson Corbin Bleu, internationally-published photojournalist Melissa Roth, actresses Chrishell Stause and Brooke Mueller-Sheen and also featured live entertainment from former Starlight child and cancer survivor Zacharia.
03/21/2011	Award-winning Storyteller Tony DiTerlizzi Named a Global Ambassador for Starlight Starlight is pleased to name New York Times best-selling author and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi a Global Ambassador for the organization. A supporter of Starlight’s for a decade, Tony is dedicated to Starlight’s cause to help seriously ill children and their families cope with their pain, fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family activities.
03/08/2011	Encompass Group and Starlight Showcase Work of Young Artists on Starlight Pediatric Gowns Encompass Group selected Starlight Children’s Foundation as its national charity partner last year and then enlisted Starlight’s children to help design its next line of pediatric patient apparel, professional staff apparel, bedding and patient care products.
03/03/2011	Starlight Children’s Foundation™ and Skylight® Team-up to Enhance the Pediatric Patient Experience Skylight Healthcare Systems announced a far-reaching partnership with Starlight Children’s Foundation to bring enhanced pediatric content to the patient bed-side. Integrated with the Skylight ACCESS® Interactive Patient System, Starlight’s educational programs and games will be offered in pediatric hospitals across the country.
02/28/2011	iD Tech Camps Awards Starlight Child Anna Kimmel ‘Girls in Technology’ Scholarship A crusade that started with Katie Goldman is being picked up by iD Tech Camps. 7‐year‐old Katie was teased for carrying a Star Wars water bottle – something that was “only for boys.” Her story quickly went viral, and supporters from every corner of the web chimed in to let her know that she was not alone.
02/04/2011	Starlight is Recipient of Neotrope’s 2011 NonProfit PR Grant Program Neotrope and its Send2Press service are honored to make Starlight Children's Foundation its first chosen recipient for 2011 of its semi-annual Non-Profit PR Grant Program. With this commitment, Neotrope aligns itself with Starlight's mission to help seriously ill children and their families cope with their pain, fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family activities.
12/13/2010	OneBigGame’s WINtA App Now Available on the App Store OneBigGame, the non-profit publisher of videogames, has released a free-to-play music app called WINtA on the App Store, available for iPhone and iPod touch. The WINtA App brings a fresh, new approach to rhythm games by actively involving players in a song’s music and lyrics, keeping them engaged while taking full advantage of the Multi Touch capabilities of iPhone and iPod touch.
11/17/2010	Nexon America’s ‘Mabinogi’ hosts in-game fundraiser for Starlight Mabinogi, the multiplayer online fantasy game published by Nexon America, will be raising funds for Starlight Children’s Foundation through a year-long sale of an in-game item, the “Starlight Scepter,” starting on Nov. 17. Mabinogi, which has more than a million registered users in North America, will donate 50 percent of the proceeds from the in-game sale of the Starlight Scepter, priced at approximately four dollars, to Starlight.
11/15/2010	Jacqueline Ibrahim Named New Chief Executive Officer for Starlight Starlight has named Jacqueline Ibrahim its new chief executive officer. Ibrahim comes to Starlight with 22 years of experience in the financial sector in roles that included Division General Manager at Household International, SVP/Group Head at Wells Fargo and SVP at Neuberger Berman. "The board considered many extraordinary candidates during the search for Starlight’s new CEO," said Ron Leibow, Starlight board chair. "Jacqueline brings more than two decades of experience in the private sector and has earned a reputation as a respected leader. Equally important, she shares our passion for Starlight's mission. Jacqueline is the right CEO to lead Starlight and grow the organization domestically and through our international affiliates around the world."
10/28/2010	Major League Baseball and San Francisco Giants Celebrate World Series with a Fun Center Ms. Vera Clemente will join MLB and the National League Champion San Francisco Giants to team up with Starlight to place a Starlight Fun Center mobile entertainment unit for young patients at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (SFGH). The Fun Center was officially unveiled to pediatric patients at SFGH prior to Game Two of the World Series. It will feature the logos of the Major League Baseball World Series and the San Francisco Giants.
10/26/2010	Nestlé, Stater Bros. Supermarkets, Stater Bros. Charities and California Pizza Kitchen® frozen pizza, unveil Fun Centers at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital Children undergoing treatment at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital smiled brighter. Through an ongoing partnership between Nestlé and Starlight, and with the support of Stater Bros. Supermarkets, Stater Bros. Charities and California Pizza Kitchen® frozen pizza, 8 new Starlight Fun Center™ mobile entertainment units were unveiled at the hospital for its pediatric patients.
09/28/2010	Starlight and Vivendi introduce new features to Starbright World®, the preeminent online social network for seriously ill teens and teen siblings Over the past two years, Vivendi has provided leadership gifts for the critical preproduction and production phases of Starlight's Starbright World social network redesign, earning recognition as the signature sponsor of the site. Vivendi recently renewed its support of Starlight once again through another generous award. The latest gift will be used to introduce new and enhanced features on Starbright World to satisfy the ever-changing expectations of its young community and keep the site on par with other popular social networks.
08/31/2010	Einstein Bros.® Bagels and Starlight Partner to Put Smiles on Children’s Faces Einstein Bros. Bagels will sponsor a Fun Center™ mobile entertainment unit in each hospital where Einstein Bros. opens a new location. The first Fun Center to be sponsored by Einstein Bros. will be unveiled on September 13, 2010 at Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center in Durham, N.C.
07/19/2010	Shopping Nanny Saves Consumers Time and Money And Supports Starlight Consumers are increasingly looking to save time and money grocery shopping. Shopping Nanny provides a personalized online service for grocery shoppers to get store specials and coupons combined to maximize their savings. This newly available solution is enthusiastically well received by customers, press and bloggers, but the exciting additional news is that the company is providing financial support to Starlight with a portion of every subscription fee – equaling a minimum unrestricted $50,000 donation each year for two years.
07/07/2010	Neotrope Offers Free Press Release Distribution to Starlight Donors Throughout the month of July, when a donor gives $50 or more to Starlight they will have the opportunity to issue a freenational online press release through Neotrope’s Send2Press(R) Newswire service.
07/01/2010	Neotrope ‘Adopts’ Starlight and Provides its Public Relations Services Pro Bono Neotrope and its Send2Press service are honored to make Starlight Children’s Foundation its premier “Adopted” charity program recipient.
06/30/2010	OneBigGame's Chime is a Chritic's Choice in Xbox Live Arcade Deal of the Week Promotion Microsoft has chosen OneBigGame’s popular music puzzler Chime a Critic’s Choice title, to be part of the special Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft Deal of the Week promotion.
06/15/2010	Starlight Launches Blog -- Starlight 365: Our People. Our Programs. Our Purpose Starlight has just unveiled its blog, Starlight 365: Our People. Our Programs. Our Purpose. The blog will serve as an interactive and engaging online community that connects stakeholders to stories, images and videos that spotlight the programs, campaigns, events, families, and supporters of Starlight's, as it works hard to brighten the lives of seriously ill children and their families, a little each day.
06/11/2010	Fandango Supports Starlight Through The Karate Kid Ticket Purchases Fandango, the nation’s leading moviegoer destination, announced a partnership with Starlight centered on the release of Sony Pictures highly anticipated The Karate Kid, starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan. Between June 7 and June 20, Fandango will donate $1 to Starlight for every ticket to The Karate Kid sold on Fandango, up to $25,000.
06/04/2010	OneBigGame Unveils Next Project: Masaya Matsuura’s WINtA To Benefit Starlight and Save The Children OneBigGame, the non-profit publisher of videogames, today officially announced its second project, WINtA, an innovative music rhythm game that will be released for iPhone and iPod touch this summer. WINtA is the brainchild of renowned Japanese game designer Masaya Matsuura, the man often regarded as the inventor of the music game genre through his seminal PaRappa the Rapper series for PlayStation.
04/09/2010	*St. Luke's Hospital Receives Fun Center* From Qdoba Mexian Grill and Qmmunity Winner Emily Dubois** Children undergoing treatment at St. Luke’s Hospital are smiling brighter and laughing a little more, thanks to a Fun Center™ mobile entertainment unit sponsored through a partnership of Starlight Children’s Foundation™, Qdoba Mexican Grill® and Qdoba’s first-ever Qmmunity™ program winner, Emily DuBois. Designed to combat the anxiety and weariness faced by hospitalized children, the Fun Center includes a Nintendo Wii™ gaming system, a Sharp® AQUOS™ LCD TV and a DVD player. The Fun Center was unveiled to patients and hospital staff last Friday, April 2.
04/05/2010	*Smart Imagination releases its first publication in the Tattoo Stories* book series and raises funds for Starlight** Smart Imagination, a creative house and publisher with a focal point of serving humanitarian efforts, today announces it’s debut book in the Tattoo Stories series benefiting Starlight Children’s Foundation. The art of tattoos has intrigued many people in various cultures around the world. Tattoo Stories not only addresses taboos plaguing the art form, but draws readers in for an intimate look at journeys, experiences and cultures, through spoken word paired with stunning photography by Marvin Malzahn.Smart Imagination is fortunate enough to have the foreword written by Chester Bennington, front man for Linkin Park and Dead By Sunrise.
03/23/2010	Starlight’s Annual 'A Stellar Night' Gala Honored Colgate’s Noel R. Wallace, CPK’s Larry Flax and Rick Rosenfield and Featured Dionne Warwick, Chris and Kyle Massey, Dave Koz and Maddie Lauer At Starlight’sannual"A Stellar Night" gala, presented by California Pizza Kitchen, on Friday, March 19, 2010 at The Century Plaza Hyatt Regency Hotel, Starlight presented Larry Flax and Rick Rosenfield, Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of California Pizza Kitchen, with its 2010 "Heart of Gold Award" and Noel R. Wallace, President, North America and Global Sustainability, Colgate-Palmolive Company, with its "Jacki Carlish Humanitarian of the Year Award." Co-hosted by jazz great and Starlight Global Ambassador Dave Koz and actors and StarPower Ambassadors Chris and Kyle Massey, the night also featured live entertainment from the legendary Dionne Warwick and young recording artist Maddie Lauer.
02/03/2010	OneBigGame Launches Chime Videogame to Benefit Starlight and Save the Children OneBigGame, the non-profit publisher of videogames, rings in the new year with its music puzzle game Chime, available now on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Chime is available for a price of 400 Microsoft Points ($5 USD) on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360, and OneBigGame will donate at least 60% of Chimes purchase price to Starlight Children’s Foundation and Save The Children, split 50/50 between the two charitable organizations
02/01/2010	*Colgate-Palmolive Celebrates 20 Years with Starlight and Launches Online Challenge to Award Fun Centers™ to Hospitals* Colgate proudly announces its 20th year of partnering with Starlight . In celebration of the 20 year milestone, Colgate kicked off its annual “Show the Love” online challenge – an interactive campaign that engages the public in awarding Starlight Fun Centers™ to participating children’s hospitals throughout the country. To honor this year’s landmark anniversary, Colgate expanded its “Show the Love” online challenge. In addition to awarding one Starlight Fun Center™ to each of the 20 participating hospitals, Colgate will be donating one Fun Center™ every day throughout the month of February.