Havens for Hospitalized Children
Starlight Sites are beautifully designed, inviting hospital environments created to provide pediatric patients with a place to relax and play during their hospital stay. A distinctive part of our service to children, Starlight Sites provide young patients with a chance to escape the rigors of hospital treatment. Offering a variety of entertainment and play activities, these rooms range from high-tech sanctuaries to young child playrooms, providing video games, computers, toys, crafts, and best of all, the company of other children.
Starlight Sites help ease young patients’ stress by stimulating the senses, providing an antidote to loneliness and an escape from the isolation of a hospital room. Off limits to medical procedures, doctors must check their white coats at the door. While each is unique, every Starlight Site offers respite from the tedious routine most pediatric patients face.
Whether viewing their favorite sci-fi thriller on the big screen, playing a challenging video game, or expressing creativity through artwork, the effects on young patients are remarkable. For children confined to a hospital, the opportunity to have fun in a well-equipped, inviting atmosphere assists in the healing process.
There are currently 90 Starlight Sites in major pediatric hospitals. Thanks to generous partnerships with two of our biggest corporate partners, Toys "R" Us and Hollywood Video, Starlight Sites are being built around the country like never before. If you would like to learn more about the Starlight Site program, please contact us, at info@starlight.org.
Click here to find more information about Toys R Us Children's Fund Starlight Sites. Click here to learn more about Hollywood Video Starlight Sites, or here to visit Hollywood Video's community spotlight page.
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