Team Starlight
Turn your race into direct impact for pediatric patients across the country - Running Miles, Delivering Smiles.
Join Team Starlight, Starlight Children’s Foundation’s official charity running team, and help deliver happiness to hospitalized children. Since launching, Team Starlight has participated in 8 races, raised over $500,000, and rallied more than 473 runners in support of hospitalized kids. Every mile you walk or run helps Starlight deliver happiness through programs like Starlight Gowns, Gaming, and Toy Deliveries in 800+ hospitals nationwide.
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“I feel like I'm carrying the donors on my back when I run .. And so when I'm tired and I'm like 'I can't do this,' I think back to the people who supported me. I'm running for them and running with them because they can't be here.”
- Charity C
“My cousin, Isabella, passed in 2018 from rhabdomyosarcoma. I joined Team Starlight in the Disney Princess 5K for Isabella since she is my Disney Princess Angel. I always wanted to do something for kids struggling in the hospital and Team Starlight gave me the opportunity.”
- Aubrey R
“Starlight brings the best kind of distraction to kids! From cute hospital gowns to video games, Starlight has something to offer to make a kid feel normal while going through things that simply aren't normal.”
- Meghan G
“I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 9, I spent a lot of time in the hospital. The things that made the difference during those stays, were the things that made me smile. Those moments of joy are luckily what I remember now, rather than the fear. I want to help other children have those moments of joy.”
- Tylyn H
Starlight Hospital Gowns
Starlight Gowns replace uncomfortable and embarrassing hospital gowns with ones that are high-quality, comfortable, and brightly colored.
Starlight Gaming
Starlight Gaming delivers happiness to seriously ill children by providing them a sense of normalcy and distraction from the stress and anxiety that often comes with being a child in a hospital.
Toy Deliveries
Redirecting a child’s focus away from their treatment to a positive experience and experience the importance of play, giving kids like Alexis much-needed moments of relief