Starlight Children's Foundation - Quinceanera Connection

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When any child or teenager develops a serious medical problem, the entire family is affected. Everyone in the family including kids, parents, brothers and sisters all struggle in various ways to handle the challenge of the illness or serious injury into their lives. The normal everyday joys of childhood take a back seat to the stress of the treatment and hospitalization.

Starlight Children's Foundation understands what families go through when a child is sick. They also understand the importance for the family to find relief from the worry and isolation. Starlight offers special programs including: entertainment, education and family activities

- The Starlight Children's Foundation programs assist In many ways.

To help distract children from their pain.
Help children better manage and understand their illness.
Empower children and teens to handle the demands of living with a serious illness.
Help families face the challenges ...so no one feels alone.

Studies conducted on selected Starlight programs have shown the patient experiences
many benefits such as:

Reduction in stress and pain.
Increased willingness to return for treatment.
Increased awareness of peer support.
Increased understanding and knowledge for handling of their medical problem.
Increased ability to cope with their disease.

Starlight Children's Foundation

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