Radio Flyer Wagons
Radio Flyer, Inc. has been helping Starlight brighten hospital hallways since 2001 through the donation of more than 6,000 cherry red wagons to hospitals throughout the United States and Canada. Hospital personnel use the classic wagons in place of wheelchairs or stretchers to transport children to and from surgeries, treatment rooms and playrooms. The wagons help to make the experience an adventure, with children traveling the hallways in comfort and style.
“It is heartwarming to see our littlest patients transported in a fun, safe and comfortable wagon to their treatment rooms or simply on a ride to provide entertainment or distraction from their illness,” said Ann Wellman, director of development at Memorial Hermann Woodlands Hospital in Woodlands, Texas.
“Our patients love being strolled around the hospital in a wagon,” added Collette Rossi-Luebke, child life specialist at Rockford Memorial Hospital in Rockford, IL. “Their parents have been especially pleased by the ease and maneuverability it offers. We have found the children to be less stressed and more relaxed when brought to the operating room in a wagon instead of a cart.”
Radio Flyer donates three different styles of wagon to Starlight, and hospitals are able to select the model that best meets their needs:
A hospital can order as many of each model as they need simply by completing this form and returning it to your local Starlight contact or our national program department by fax, email or mail. To return your form to the headquarters office send it ATTN: Kristina McGee by email to radioflyer@starlight.org, fax 310.479.1235 or mail to 5757 Wilshire Blvd., Suite M100, Los Angeles, CA, 90036.
Wagons are shipped once each quarter in March, June, September and December each year. Order forms must be received by 3/5, 6/5, 9/5 or 12/5.
If you have any questions about the Starlight Radio Flyer program, please email info@starlight-midatlantic.org.