Spreading joy, lifting spirits

We are a Reading, PA 501(c)(3) nonprofit bringing balloons, handwritten cards, and thoughtful gifts to children in hospitals and women in shelters. Small moments of sunshine, shared with care.

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Kindness you can see. Sunshine you can send.

Featured Passion Project

Beautifully Seen

Help us create eight thoughtful self-care baskets for women in a local safe house. $35 funds one basic basket: a personal gift offered with comfort, care, and joy in mind.

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A few minutes of sunshine.

A card written by hand. Flowers arranged in a vase of her own. A cheerful balloon beside a hospital bed. We turn your kindness into thoughtful deliveries for people walking through hard seasons.

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Ways to help.

Nominate

Know a hospital or shelter near Reading / Lancaster, PA that could use a little sunshine? Tell us about it.

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Volunteer

Help write cards, prep balloons, 3D-print gifts, pack deliveries, or lend a hand from wherever you are.

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Support

Give once or sponsor sunshine every month. Your gift becomes balloons, cards, and small gifts we hand deliver.

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How we work right now.

A tiny snapshot of what to expect while we keep things local, simple, and kind.

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Local first

We’re focused on the Reading / Lancaster, PA area and can’t take on every request yet.

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Institution only

Nominations are for hospitals, wards, and shelters, not individual children or families.

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Small gifts, real care

We start with simple deliveries like balloons, cards, and thoughtful extras when we can.

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Look what a little kindness can do.

Deliveries, milestones, and the people making them happen. These are the latest stories from our sunshine-filled corner of the world.

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It started with a birthday wish.

For her birthday, Ashton didn't ask for gifts. She asked for balloons, one for every year of her life, to bring to the children's ward at the hospital where she was born.

She knows what it feels like to be the kid in the hospital bed. Born with hip dysplasia, she was in and out of hospitals as a child and adolescent, and later walked through an eating disorder. Those experiences showed her how isolating a hard season can feel.

Chance 3D-printed miniature golden-retriever balloon weights inspired by Teddy, and together they brought a little joy to children who needed it.

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Founders

Ashton + Chance

Built in Reading, PA. Rooted in faith. Always trying to float a little sunshine into the room.

  • Birthday balloon delivery
  • Teddy-inspired balloon weights
  • Cards, gifts, and small joyful surprises

Operation Floating Sunshine is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Online donations and monthly sunshine sponsorships are open now, and your support helps cover thoughtful gifts, supplies, delivery costs, and payment processing.

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