Pledge your birthday
Instead of the usual gifts, ask for donations and deliver happiness to seriously ill kids
Celebrate your happy day by raising funds for seriously ill kids
Step 1
Create your birthday page
Get StartedStep 2
Set your fundraising goal
Step 3
Ask your friends and family to donate to your campaign
Every $10 raised helps 10 hospitalized kids access Starlight programs like Virtual Reality, Hospital Wear, and Gaming.
Your gift gives so much
When you donate your birthday, you help deliver happiness to seriously ill children by providing distraction, normalcy, and joy. Donating your birthday supports hospitalized children in more than 800 hospitals across the U.S.
Delivering happiness is a true gift.
How you help seriously ill kids
- $100means 100 kids have access to VR
- $250delivers 10 colorful, comfy gowns
- $500provides 500 hours of fun and distraction
- $1,000delivers happiness to 1,000 seriously ill kids
Starlight kid story
Meet Starlight Kid Shawna. Shawna was diagnosed with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) when she was nine years old and it causes her to bleed and bruise easily. A few years later, she was diagnosed with lupus, a chronic, incurable disease where her immune system is constantly attacking her own tissues and organs. Shawna must go in for chemo immune-suppressant treatments every six months.
Despite living with two autoimmune diseases, she lives a very full life. Shawna’s favorite activity is horseback riding! Starlight programs help her maintain a sense of normalcy when undergoing treatment in the hospital.
- Dorinda Hock, Director of Maternal Child Health, Anaheim Global Medical Center“Starlight goes above and beyond to meet the needs of kids and families. Each child is left to feel like the center of attention with use of the Starlight programs. They forget they are in a hospital and instead feel catered to and spoiled.”