LITTLE STAR FOUNDATION
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Mission Statement
Little Star Foundation, founded in 1990 by former #2 in the world professional tennis player, using all of her millions of dollars of pro tennis earnings, provides long term care & a better quality of life to children with cancer and children in need. Children, families and communities receive Financial Assistance, Medical Care, Educational Scholarships, Arts, Therapy & Recreational Activities, Employment Opportunities, Outreach Support & Tragedy/Disaster Relief all at no cost to participants. For the past 30 years average annual amount to programs is 90-93% of every dollar received. Little Star Foundation & founder Andrea Jaeger have received numerous awards around the world for their humanitarian efforts and success in helping children, families and communities around the world.
About This Cause
Recent Article - Cover of Journal: Revival Cover of Article: Champions for Children Andrea Jaeger was well known as the first child prodigy tennis player, being ranked #2 in the world when she was just sixteen years old. After her remarkable tennis career, she founded The Little Star Foundation for Children. This is one of the great ministries to children, especially serving those diagnosed with terminal illness. Stars like Paul Newman and Cindy Crawford adopted Andrea and her project, and multitudes of children have been touched by it. I’ve known Andrea for many years, and I am always inspired by her prophetic clarity and resolute devotion to her calling. As much as anyone I know, she is in touch with how “the children are for signs and wonders.” - Rick Joyner For thirty years Little Star Foundation has specialized in bringing long-term care and a better quality of life to children with cancer, children in need, the families and the caregiver system by providing financial assistance, medical care, educational opportunities, therapeutic recreational activities, and outreach support, all at no cost to participants. Champions for Children Bank of the West Classic, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, and Little Star Foundation Team Up to Help Cancer Patients By Adriana Solarova Research and Development Director, Little Star Foundation Everything happens for a reason. As a top ranked junior tennis player, I was on the path to becoming a professional tennis player. But in an instant, life changed my plans entirely. As a teenager, I was in a car accident so severe I was left unconscious with a mangled and trapped leg. A heroic bystander intervened just a few seconds before my car burst into flames, saving my life but threatening my dreams of becoming a professional tennis player. I had trained my entire life to be a pro tennis star, but everything was changed in a single moment. Following the accident, I endured a long hospital stay, numerous surgeries, and finally, I learned to walk again. I relied on the same determination that I had on the tennis court through my recovery, and eventually, I left the hospital in functional health and was able to resume my plans to become a professional tennis player. Instead, I made the choice to accept a Division1 tennis scholarship, and I graduated with a Master's Degree. There are many special and triumphant stories associated with Bank of the West Classic at Stanford - in fact, they are the norm. Bank of the West Classic is the oldest women's-only professional tennis tournament in the world. It's been a pivotal point in the careers of tennis greats, including Serena Williams, Chris Evert, Lindsay Davenport and Andrea Jaeger. This year, Bank of the West Classic is the stage for triumph on and off the court, as it plays host to Little Star Foundation, an organization that improves the quality of life and provides long term care for children with cancer and children in need. I have teamed up with Little Star Foundation founder and former champion of Bank of the West Classic, Andrea Jaeger, whose sister is a Stanford University alum. Together, we are bringing child cancer patients from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital to Bank of the West Classic for tennis, art and fun. Through one of our national hospital partnership programs, the children will be inspired. They will learn about education, how to play tennis, create original artwork, and go behind the scenes to see what it's like to be a sports reporter and photographer at a major sporting event. Each minute I spent in the hospital was painful and challenging in ways only other long-term patients understand. It's this awareness that I bring to my position at Little Star Foundation, where we create specialized programs and experiences and colorful, inspiring and therapeutic art projects such as "Today is the Day," an engaging art and design program. For marginalized and suffering children and families, providing therapeutic support is as important as the medicine and treatment they receive. Little Star Foundation's "Today is the Day" program was developed with a background of therapeutic artwork and an appreciation for the important people, places and experiences in our lives. For scared and scarred children who have been tossed into an unknown world of diagnosis, pain, suffering or lost communication, they find art has many forms, faces and styles that can speak for them. Art can bring healing and wholeness to children, families and communities by improving emotional and physical health, morale, communication, self-esteem, motor skills, grades, relationships, cognitive abilities, problem solving and anger management. Champions can do much more than hold a trophy overhead. Champions are found in all kinds of people, places and experiences. They see opportunities to make a difference, beauty and greatness in views at the beginning of an experience and throughout. All of us at Little Star Foundation ask you to join us in our 30th anniversary of being Champions for Children. Supporting Lit tle Star Foundation gives you an opportunity to be a champion - a champion for children. Join us in giving a voice, programs and suppor t to children and donate today. Program and donation information are available at www.littlestar.org or via e-mail at andrea@littlestar.org.