Our Vision
As participants in the 4th leadership class of Next Level Trainings Philadelphia (VIP 4), part of our transformational curriculum is to create a large-scale community service project for a local non-profit. Our team has chosen to support the Sunshine Foundation. Sunshine Foundation’s sole purpose is to answer the dreams of chronically ill, seriously ill, physically challenged and abused children ages three to eighteen, whose families cannot fulfill their requests due to financial strain that the child’s illness may cause.
Our Results
$90,558
Fundraised
50
Items Donated
1,650
Volunteer Hours
7
Event Held
VIP 4 Philadelphia proudly supports Sunshine Foundation
Sunshine Foundation’s sole purpose is to answer the dreams of chronically ill, seriously ill, physically challenged and abused children ages three to eighteen, whose families cannot fulfill their requests due to financial strain that the child’s illness may cause.
In the 1960’s, Philadelphia police officer Bill Sample was assigned to a local children’s hospital. He encountered critically ill, and often terminally ill, children and saw first-hand how these children’s families were burdened not only by mounting medical bills, but also by the frustration of not being able to provide their children’s special dream. In 1976, Bill took out a personal loan and, with the help of others, started Sunshine Foundation and began making dreams come true for these truly deserving children.
“Not all children are able to run and play and enjoy life. Many are innocent victims of birth defects, accidents and deadly diseases. Shouldn’t each child know that somebody cares enough to see his or her dream come true?” -Bill Sample
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Our Team
OUR TEAM LEADERS
Team Captains
Tammy Eason
Nafie Nafie
Time and Benchmarketing
Katarina Gleisberg, Captain
Rhonda Smith, Captain
Finance and Record Keeping
Will Fulton, Captain
Daniel Maribel, Captain
Corporate Donations and Sponsorship
Crystalle Ramey, Captain
Mike O'Connor, Captain
Marketing, Communications, and PR
Shelly Hazard, Captain
Jenna Stenger, Captain
Social Media
Nikita Rogoza, Captain
Jessica Acosta, Captain
Nathan Todd, Captain
Events
Bart Van der Gaag, Captain
Kathlene Glover, Captain
Satellite
Dustin Colyer, Captain
Henna Hussein, Captain
Legacy
Ryan Maurer, Captain
Alex Eisenberg, Captain
OUR TEAM MEMBERS
Crystal Allen
Harshil Boghara
Mike Contino
Kassandra Galindo
Melissa Hacken
Idalis Haddock
Chloe Iceman
Nicholas Lorenzo
Will Manning
Irina Moskalenko
Nicole Rodriguez
Andrew Shvaiko
Lori Staples
Sade Titilayo
Sophie Troy
Sherry Tuxbury
Bart Vandergaag
Thank you to our Business Sponsors and Donors
Philadelphia, PA - On Wednesday night, a local leadership team, Next Level Trainings, presented a check to the Sunshine Foundation for over $90,000. Over $50,000 of this amount was raised in the final 10 days of the campaign. Through urgent fundraising, tenacity, and committed action, the team sourced massive contributions towards to support dream requests of the Sunshine Foundation’s dream list children, with the most popular being a family trip to the Central Florida theme parks. In just one month, the leadership team succeeded in potentially funding 17 dreams for children.