Project Pinball Charity is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that places

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machines in children's hospitals to provide recreational relief to patients, family members, and staff. Operating out of

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since 2011 Project Pinball has donated 53 pinball machines to 49 hospitals spanning 24 states.

History

Project Pinball Charity was founded on August 19, 2013 by Daniel Spolar. Spolar noticed an inoperable 2007 Spider-Man Pinball Machine in Golisano Children's Hospital and offered to fix it. After repairing the machine and discovering it had been played over 21,300 times in two years, Spolar went on to found Project Pinball Charity to assist other children's hospitals in their patient rehabilitation. Since then they have been assisted by pinball manufacturers such as

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, and Visual Pinball to donate machines to 49 different hospitals in 41 states. In 2020 the charity's annual Love Across America Tour dedicated 8 machines in 14 days including one in Cincinnati, Ohio with the help of local celebrity Fluke Skywalker and another in Columbia, South Carolina. Project Pinball Charity has a Gold rating from Guidestar.

Hospital donations

Project Pinball has donated 53 pinball machines placed in 49 children’s hospitals and 24 states including Children's Hospital Colorado, Sunrise Children's Hospital,

Children's Hospital Los Angeles Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) is a nationally ranked, freestanding acute care children's hospital in the East Hollywood district of Los Angeles, on Sunset Boulevard at the corner of Vermont Avenue. The hospital has been academically ...

, UNC Children's Hospital,

Johns Hopkins Children's Center Johns Hopkins Children's Center (JHCC) is a nationally ranked, pediatric acute care children's teaching hospital located in Baltimore, Maryland, adjacent to Johns Hopkins Hospital. The hospital has 196 pediatric beds and is affiliated the Johns Ho ...

, Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas,

Nationwide Children's Hospital Nationwide Children's Hospital (formerly Columbus Children's Hospital) is a nationally ranked pediatric acute care teaching hospital located in the Southern Orchards neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The hospital has 673 pediatric beds and is affil ...

, Children's Hospital and Medical Center of Omaha,

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital is a children's hospital system in San Francisco, California, subordinate to the University of California, San Francisco. It has four campuses: the Parnassus Campus, the Mount Zion Campus, and the Mission Bay Campu ...

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 St. Louis Children's Hospital is a dedicated pediatric hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, and has a primary service region covering six states. As the pediatric teaching hospital for Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hos ...

, Wesley Children's Hospital and Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida.

References

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