LIVE
What is LIVE and how does it work?
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Program Details
An interactive live-stream experience, scheduled in pediatric hospitals, engages the imagination and inspires the curiosity of young explorers
Mission
Inspiring Wildlife Stewards for Life and supporting children in their road to wellness recovery by offering a reprieve from the patient's long-term hospital stay. Program supports positive mental health while providing hope for wellness while reducing fear, anxiety, and pain. Young explorers are delighted by the careful planning of special events such as celebrating birthdays and milestones as they interact with the hosts
Provides STEM and Conservation learning programs for children in hospitals
1. Provides Tools for Early Learning. This program seeks to improve the quality learning and developmental experiences, in informal settings, for all children in children's hospitals across the United States, from ages two through eighteen.
2. Provides Year-Round Enrichment. This program aims to strengthen STEM biology, and wildlife/natural resources learning with fully integrated age and grade appropriate projects available for hospital child-life administrators and teachers.
3. Enhances social, emotional, and cognitive learning to support groundwork for future in-class learning and ignite the interest in wildlife and natural resource conservation.
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Impacts
Broadcasts 153 116
in 2023 in 2024
Hospital Beds 64,063 61,787
in 2023 in 2024
Testimonials from our Child Life Services Partners
"The individualized and interactive LIVE experience made an incredible impact on a long-term, animal-loving patient. The staff at LIVE were mindful and intentional about everything; from identifying this child's favorite animals and learning about their unique communication skills in advance, to ensuring that video calling logistics were made easy. They even sent a personalized care package which really brought "the Zoo" to the hospital and helped set the base for a tele-friendship to begin! This child felt so special and was ecstatic to interact with the LIVE staff and learn about animals in real time during this hour dedicated just to them. As a child life specialist, I was blown away by the child-led approach that the LIVE team took. They were so patient, engaging, and found ways to make this child truly feel like a budding zookeeper. They picked up right away on the fact that this child was referring to this special event as "Zoo Day" and ran with it. When clarifications or pauses needed to be made, they did so in a way that felt natural and fun. You would have never guessed that the lead guides Eric and Chris had not previously met this child before.
I cannot thank LIVE enough for making this video call feel magical."
Ashley - Boston Children's Hospital
“(LIVE is) exponentially helpful to patient's mental health, overall well-being, and in their overall recovery.”
Abbie Kreider - Seacrest Dallas Children’s Hospital
“Our kids are looking for authenticity. They have a lot of screen time and a lot of recorded content... so they're looking to connect, and(LIVE) does that and keep it entertaining at the same time. So, the production is really outstanding.”
Elyse Cann – Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland
"The guides have done a wonderful job of interacting with our hospital and our patients. They just don't hesitate to spend as much time as they need to, or we want to, on any of the questions, no matter how off the wall they may be.
They're great at adjusting to the content, and age, that we are presenting to."
Josh Castaneda - Seacrest Studios
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