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 the Pathfinder Wagon (Model #2700) to Starlight for hospital usage. 

A hospital may request up to 10 wagons by completing the information below and returning it to your local Starlight contact or our national program department by fax, email or mail.

• Number of wagons requesting
• Hospital name
• Contact name
• Contact department
• Contact phone
• Shipping address, city, state and zip
• Shipping dock hours
• Special instructions

To return your form to Starlight's national program department, send it ATTN: Lindsay Sargent by email to radioflyer@starlight.org, by fax at 310.479.1212 or mail to 2049 Century Park East, Suite 4320, Los Angeles, CA 90067. 

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.org.