Project Pinball Charity is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that places pinball machines in children's hospitals to provide recreational relief to patients, family members, and staff. Operating out of Bonita Springs, Florida, Project Pinball has donated 32 pinball machines to 28 hospitals spanning 16 states.
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History
Project Pinball Charity was founded on August 19, 2013 by Daniel Spolar. While touring Golisano's Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida, Mr. Spolar noticed an inoperable 2007 Spider-Man Pinball Machine that the hospital had attempted for eight months to find someone who could fix it. Mr. Spolar inspected the machine and found that it had been played 21,332 times in two years, a very high amount of playtime. After repairing the machine, Mr. Spolar went on to found Project Pinball Charity to help other hospitals assist in their patient rehabilitation. Since then they have been assisted by pinball manufacturers such as Stern to donate machines to hospitals.
Project Pinball Charity has a Gold rating from Guidestar.
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Hospital donations
Project Pinball has donated 32 pinball machines to 28 different hospitals, including Children's Hospital Colorado, Sunrise Children's Hospital, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, UNC Children's Hospital, Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Children's Hospital and Medical Center of Omaha, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Advocate Children's Hospital, Palm Beach Children's Hospital, K.Hovnanian Children's Hospital, St. Louis Children's Hospital, and Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida.
References
Source of article : Wikipedia