Project Sunshine Honors Brooklyn Volunteers

Project Sunshine celebrates National Volunteer Month in April by recognizing its dedicated corps of volunteers who bring free recreational, educational and social programming to hospitalized children in New York City, across the United States and internationally. The nonprofit organization will host volunteer appreciation events at Project Sunshine locations in Brooklyn to show its gratitude to the individuals who bring sunshine into the lives of children facing medical challenges and their families.

Project Sunshine volunteers in Brooklyn serve children at the Brookdale University Hospital & Medical Center, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center, Coney Island Hospital, Lutheran Medical Center, Maimonides Medical Center, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, and many other locations.

“National Volunteer Month is the perfect opportunity to honor our volunteers’ impact on the lives of children facing medical challenges and their families,” said Beatrice Kernan, Executive Director, Project Sunshine. “It is a time for Project Sunshine to say thank you to the thousands of compassionate individuals who are truly the heart of the organization and make our programs possible.”

April also marks Project Sunshine Month, a special month of service to raise awareness and support for the organization through a series of events and programs. New York City will show its support for Project Sunshine with proclamations from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declaring April 21– April 28, 2015 as Project Sunshine Week.

Project Sunshine Week will conclude on Tuesday, April 28th, with the charity’s 12th Annual Benefit Celebration, “Heart of Gold” at the Waldorf Astoria. At the event, model Damaris Lewis will receive the “Project Sunshine Ambassador Award.” Cat Greenleaf of WNBC-TV will be an emcee for the evening, which will celebrate the volunteers, young patients and families of Project Sunshine.

About Project Sunshine

Project Sunshine is a nonprofit organization that empowers a dynamic and dedicated corps of over 15,000 volunteers to bring programming – recreational (arts), educational (tutoring and mentoring) and social service (HIV and nutritional counseling) – to over 100,000 children facing medical challenges and their families in 175 major cities across the United States and in four international locations: Canada, China, Israel and Kenya. Project Sunshine is dedicated to bringing a ray of hope to these hospitalized children. Project Sunshine Week is a week dedicated to raising awareness and support for the organization through a series of events and programs. For more information and ways you can get involved, visit www.projectsunshine.org. Check out Project Sunshine on Twitter @ProjectSunshine, Facebook www.facebook.com/ProjectSunshineUSA and Instagram @ProjectSunshine.