Thank you for taking the time to visit our site and help
with our "Fun Center" community project.

You can make a donation by Credit Card or PayPal account using the button below. Please use the comment section when making your donation to give us your name & address so we can send you a thank you note and receipt to use for a tax deduction.

Our goal is to get the first one placed by December. The total cost is $3250.00 including lifetime maintenance and liability insurance.
To accomplish this goal we need your help!
We are asking for any donation you feel comfortable giving to help these children. All donations are tax deductible and are paid directly to the Starlight Children’s Foundation.

Donations by Check or Cash
Please send any help you can offer to: (Checks payable to: Starlight Children’s Foundation-UCI)
Paul & Terri Chaklos
84 Via Lampara
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688
949-459-7800

Organized by: Paul & Terri Chaklos, Dan & Melanie Faught, Eric & Gretchen Schmidt, Brad & Janis Murray, Alice & Eckhard Weirtz, Steve Francis, Catherine Johnson & Gloria Chaklos.

Your donation goes to help the children in both the pediatric unit and the
pediatric intensive care unit at UCI University Children's Hospital

Starlight Fun Centers - the name says it all...

A signature program for the Foundation since 1992, the Starlight Fun Center is a mobile entertainment unit containing a Sharp® AQUOS™ Liquid Crystal Television, Nintendo GameCube™ and DVD player.

Fun Centers roll right up to the side of the bed, or almost anywhere, to provide much needed play time during a child’s hospital stay.

A bright spot in the desolate hours of a pediatric patient’s day, this ingenious hospital room visitor is wonderful for filling long hours in outpatient clinics, emergency rooms and other isolating environments. Sometimes, Fun Center entertainment can be the best medicine.

Fun Centers have become a focal point of Starlight’s efforts to counter the isolation and depression of sick children. Caregivers report that Fun Centers divert children during long hours of treatment, are a great distraction from hospital stress and may result in the reduced need for pain medication. For children not well enough to be out of bed, the Fun Center is a welcome caller.

Manufactured and supported by one of Starlight’s most dedicated corporate partners, Nintendo of America, these units are sponsored by countless numbers of individuals and corporations that believe in Starlight’s mission. Often donors commemorate specific events such as new store openings or product launches with Fun Center placements.

Recent studies have shown that the demand for Fun Centers is increasing rapidly. The ideal number of Fun Centers is one unit for every 11.5 pediatric beds, a recommendation that will double the number of Fun Centers currently in use. If you or your company might like to sponsor a Fun Center, click HERE to make that request. Thank you!
www.Starlight.org