Become a Shadow Buddies Sponsor

Your sponsorship offers sustainable comfort to children in need.

When a child is facing a medical treatment, diagnosis, or emotionally difficult situation, having a friend who looks a little like them can make a big difference. Shadow Buddies are condition-specific Buddy dolls created to help children feel understood, supported, and a little less alone during some of life’s most difficult moments.

Through our Yearlong Sponsorship Program, individuals, families, businesses, and organizations can help us place more Buddies with children who need them most.

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Sponsorship Levels

With sponsorship levels ranging from $500 to $5,000, every sponsorship directly provides Shadow Buddies to children and families.

All sponsors receive recognition on Shadow Buddies social media, with additional recognition opportunities available at select sponsorship levels.

  • Provides 20 Shadow Buddies.

  • Provides 40 Shadow Buddies

    Framed Certificate of Appreciation

  • Provides 100 Shadow Buddies

    Framed Certificate of Appreciation

    Company Recognition on Packaging Cards and custom Buddy to display in office

  • Provides 200 Shadow Buddies

    Framed Certificate of Appreciation

    Company Recognition on Packaging Cards and custom Buddy to display in office

    Company or Individual listing on website and 2 tickets to either the Annual Gala or participate in the Magical Flight.

Become a Sponsor

Make Your Sponsorship Personal.

More Than a Sponsorship.

A Promise of Comfort.

Your sponsorship can mean even more when you make it your own.

Choose to provide your Buddies in honor of or in memory of someone special, or select where you would like your sponsored Buddies to be delivered.

Buddies can be sent to a:

  • Children’s hospital

  • Fire or police department

  • Senior living facility

  • Organization or facility meaningful to you

Have another destination in mind? Let us know.

And if you’re located in the Kansas City area, you may even have the opportunity to join us for the special delivery.

Every year, Shadow Buddies Foundation works toward delivering approximately 40,000 Shadow Buddies worldwide.

Each Buddy is carefully designed with a purpose: to bring hope, comfort, love, and joy to children and families navigating frightening or unfamiliar circumstances.

Your sponsorship helps make those moments possible.

Ready to make a difference?

Choose your sponsorship level and help us put a Buddy—and a little more comfort—into the hands of a child who needs it.