When you make a contribution and tell your friends, it's like dropping a stone in a pond, producing ripples that expand to all directions.

Go the extra mile today and become a Starlight Champion!

By contributing to the Send a Smile, Send a Bear campaign and sending invitations to everyone in your address book, your donation can snowball into hundreds or thousands of dollars. It's as easy as 1-2-3, just click the "Pass it Forward" button above.

How to "Pass it Forward"

Start your personal fundraising page for our "Send a Smile, Send a Bear" campaign:

1) Click this link. You will be asked to either register or login if you already donated in the past.

2) Enter a nickname. In the Pledge field, choose the amount you believe you can raise with the help of your family and friends. Click “Continue”

3) Upload your photo and add a personal message and click “Save”.

Now is the time to contact your friends! By Email, Facebook or Twitter.  Make sure they click on the "Pass it Forward" button; the more the merrier!

This is the kind of impact you can make by inspiring as many people as possible:

You can track results under "My account" - see how many of your friends visited your page, how many of them donated, how many people they impacted and so on.

"When Frankie was in the hospital earlier this year, he received a Starlight Teddy Bear.  Though his morning was fraught with uncertainty, his whole approach to his surgery changed when his admitting nurse handed him the Bear.  He took his Bear with him everywhere. When Frankie was wheeled into surgery and when he emerged, his arms were tightly wrapped around his Bear."

[Starlight Mom, Rochester, NY]

Founded in 1983, Starlight Children's Foundation is an international nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to helping seriously ill children and their families cope with their pain, fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family activities.

In 1985, the New York Chapter began... since then we have expanded our service to reach seriously ill children in New Jersey and Connecticut. We are proud to say that this past year, our programs benefited more than 275,000 children and their family members in the tri-state area.  Our mission is to provide laughter and smiles to children and their families who need it the most.