Project Sunshine is a nonprofit organization that provides free educational, recreational, and social programs to children and families living with medical challenges.
Project Sunshine empowers a dynamic and dedicated corps of over 10,000 volunteers to bring progamming- recreational (arts), educational (tutoring and mentoring) and social service (HIV and nutritional counseling)- to over 60,000 children facing medical challenges and their families in 175 major cities across the United States, and in five international satellite sites: Canada, China, Isreal, Kenya, and Puerto Rico.
Volunteers selflessly donate their time to create program materials and deliver programs. Working onsite, our volunteers relieve the anxiety of the young patients and in a context of fun and play, foster in them the courage and coping skills necessary to confront procedures that lie ahead.
Project Sunshine volunteers spread sunshine, restoring a crucial sense of normalcy to the pediatric healthcare environment.
As the University of Maryland Chapter, we are now recruiting members for the Fall 2013 semester! If you are interested in joining, please feel free to contact:
Arianna Rappy
arappy@terpmail.umd.edu
Teni Ayeni
oayeni@terpmail.umd.edu
PROJECT SUNSHINE EMAIL:
projectsushineumd@gmail.com
Exec Board
Chapter Co-Leaders: Arianna Rappy & Teni Ayeni
Vice President: Kasey Kidder & Hayley Fixler
Secretary: Haley Cohen
Treasurer: Sarah Neillands
Public Relations: Mardi Sansone
Development: Rachel Wasser & Meghan Crocker
Trip Coordinator: Lauren Seijido