Sophia Sunshine Foundation

The Sophia Sunshine Foundation is determined to grow, expand the scale and or increase access to our existing programs and services listed below.

To bring joy and connectivity to children facing adversity and the angelic children in hospice through Sophia’s literacy outreach program so their loved ones may read to them.

To bring joy and connectivity through animal therapy (specifically horses and dogs) to children facing adversity, especially pediatric cancer, through Sophia’s Equine Therapy and service dog sponsorship program

To raise awareness and funds for research towards a cure for DIPG- a terminal, very rare form of pediatric brain cancer. To be able to give families some hope if their child is diagnosed. This goal reflects our commitment to further our advocacy work for The Sophia Sunshine Foundation and this specific cause area.

The Board of The Sophia Sunshine Foundation is also externally focused to mobilize our mission. Through our continued efforts of:
-Engaging in strategic partnerships with other nonprofit, public and or private sector organizations
-Engaging in thought leadership activities such as webinars, presenting in meetings, conferences, publishing our research, metrics and community feedback
-Community building, training, awareness, organizing and voluntarism
-Participating in networks or collective impact efforts to develop shared goals across multiple organizations
-Continued efforts to raise awareness of our mission and cause through marketing, social media and fundraising.

We believe that through strong leadership, our dedicated Board, smart event planning, creating awareness and in serving others, we are fully capable of working towards meeting our goals.

Since starting in 2021:
We have organically grown our social media and will continue to do so.
We have had four successful fundraising events and will continue to do so.
We have organically grown our donor base and will continue to do so.
We have organically grown our average donation and will continue to do so.
We have organically grown our amount of loyal donors and will continue to do so.
We have organically grown our mailing/newsletter list and will continue to do so.
We have grown our strategic partners and will continue to do so.
We have organically grown our volunteer base and will continue to do so.
We have established a quarterly newsletter.
We have sponsored four service dogs so far for children - one being a seizure alert dog and another that visits children in the hospital at Nemours.
We have donated four fully stocked wooden bookcases containing a total of nearly 600 new children’s books to various facilities serving our county.