The Starlight Children's Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 1982. Starlight's programs include providing hospital wear, games, and deliveries to hospitalized children.
The programs are provided directly for free to seriously, chronically, and terminally ill children and teenagers through Starlight's network of more than 800 children's hospitals and other community health partners throughout the world.
Starlight impacts over 3 million children a year.
Starlight's US operations are based in Los Angeles, California.
Programs The non-profit's programs aim to deliver happiness to seriously ill kids and include specially manufactured Starlight Nintendo Gaming Stations for hospital use, Disney Princess-themed hospital wear, and Starlight Radio Flyer Hero Wagons with an IV pole attachment. Real-life superhero Captain Starlight also entertains sick and ill kids in hospitals as well.
History Starlight Children's Foundation was founded in 1982 by filmmaker Peter Samuelson and actress Emma Samms, who was inspired by her 8-year-old brother's death from aplastic anemia."Dynasty's Emma Samms: My brother's death made me start Starlight Foundation" Metro UK. May 29, 2013. Steven Spielberg serves as the organization's chairman Emeritus. Starlight's current CEO is Adam Garone.
Starbright World
Starbright World was the first-ever private social network, started in 1995 by filmmaker and chairman Emeritus Steven Spielberg, Peter Samuelson and Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.“Breaking Bad's RJ Mitte To Be Honored By Starlight Children's Foundation” Look to the Stars: The World of Celebrity Giving. July 2, 2014. It served to connect chronically ill teenagers with life-threatening medical conditions, and their siblings,"Georgetown Men's Basketball Helps Starlight Children's Foundation Grant Wish" Hoya Athletics. June 27, 2014."Social Network Connects Kids, Teens With Special Needs" CBS Los Angeles. October 19, 2012. in a safe, online community where they could chat, blog, post content, and meet others who shared similar experiences."Live to Give" Vancouver Canucks News. November 20, 2009. Starbright World was taken offline on August 31, 2015.
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