Today, March 20th, marks one of our favourite days of the year… International Day of Happiness! With so many of our wish children going through difficult times and fighting life-threatening illnesses, it’s always been our goal to bring sunshine and happiness to every child we meet. This International Day of Happiness we asked some of… Read more »
Did you know that last year, aside from granting hundreds of wishes, we also gave away treats to more than 100 children and had over 800 children attend various events put on by Rays of Sunshine? In this blog, our Wish Engagement Manager Katie tells us all about the fabulous extras that our wish families… Read more »
Last week, one of our lovely wish children, Jodie, completed her work experience at Rays of Sunshine’s head office. Not only was she a superstar in the office, but she also took time to write a guest blog about what her experience with Rays of Sunshine was like. Check it out below… Hello, my… Read more »
In honour of #InternationalWomensDay, we’re celebrating Rays of Sunshine’s fearless leader and CEO, Jane Sharpe. We sat down with Jane to discuss everything from how her career started, to what her advice would be to the young women who aspire to work within the charity industry. Check it out below. Q: Can you tell… Read more »
With all the snow and cold this week, most of us are dreaming of getting away, so we felt it was time to shine the spotlight on one of our most popular wishes….Disney World, Florida! When you’re young (and even when you’re older but still young at heart) there’s no magic quite like that of… Read more »
Get shopping and support Rays of Sunshine with AmazonSmile! Whether you’re indulging on some much needed retail therapy or searching for the perfect gift for mum this Mother’s Day – March is definitely the time to be shopping, especially online at Amazon.com! This March marks the first month that Rays of Sunshine Children’s Charity is… Read more »
In this week’s post we’re getting to know our lovely Deutsche Bank corporate partnership team! Introducing…..Amy We were thrilled last year to hear that we were to become one of Deutsche Bank’s Charities of the Year 2018/2019 and of course we wanted to make sure that our new friends were well looked after… This meant assigning some… Read more »
This week we have a guest blog from our amazing Wish Ambassador, Caitlin, who’s here to tell us all about her #Kisses4Wishes campaign and how it’s helping to raise money and awareness for Rays of Sunshine… “Hi, I’m Caitlin! When I was 7, I was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer, Ewings… Read more »
Today is Send a Card to a Friend Day So, we sat down and thought about our friends and who we’d like to send a card to… and we realised that at Rays of Sunshine we are blessed to be surrounded by so many wonderful friends that the options were overwhelming! From our amazing corporate… Read more »
One of the things we really love here at Rays is getting to know the whole Rays of Sunshine family – from our wish children to our supporters and fundraisers – and we’d like to think that through this blog, you’re all getting the opportunity to get to know us a bit more too! Because… Read more »