Project Sunshine
What is Project Sunshine?
Project Sunshine is a global nonprofit dedicated to delivering the healing power of play to children with medical needs. We achieve this mission through the work of passionate volunteers who assemble Sending Sunshine activity kits filled with supplies, toys, and crafts for children staying in pediatric hospitals across the country. We also collaborate monthly with the Brades' Place, a pediatric palliative care facility, where volunteers spend time playing with children who have life-altering illnesses and disabilities. Starting in October 2026, Project Sunshine volunteers will also be able to volunteer at Intermountain Primary Children's Miller Campus with patients dealing with terminal illness. Our goal: uplift an underserved population that needs joy, laughter, and light in their darkest times.
How do I get involved?
Volunteer Description: Volunteers will engage in a variety of activities—such as crafts, building with Legos, and conversation—with children who have special needs or disabilities at a pediatric palliative care facility.
Volunteer Time Commitment: Volunteers are welcome to attend all three events each month, just one, or whenever their schedule allows—there is no set requirement, with an exception to the Hospital initiative: which requires long-term commitment for the school year. Our palliative care volunteers serve for two hours once a month on a Saturday at Brades' Place (248 North 50 East, Orem, UT 84057). Carpooling is provided from campus to the facility and back. Volunteers meet 30 minutes before the scheduled event time at the WSC Roundabout (for example, if the event starts at 6:30 p.m., meet at 6:00 p.m. for departure). Volunteers at Intermountain Primary Children's Miller Campus will come Tuesdays 2:00pm-4:00pm every fourth Tuesday of the month. On-campus events are usually held on a weekday evening. Volunteers may stay for as little or long as desired. Events usually wrap up around the hour mark.
Upcoming events will be posted here and on the Y-Serve Calendar. Contact the program leaders below with any questions.
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We got to work with kids with disabilities at Brades' Place this semester, and it was so amazing. Playing with these kids and helping give their families & parents a break from the mental load of having a child with disabilities was so awesome. So many families expressed how grateful they were to be able to have a short break and also to see their kids be happy.
When serving soup to families with disabilities, one family had visible stress on their minds. I was so thankful I could relieve them of this one little thing like a lunch.