Once Upon a Room helps companies transform compassion into tangible impact by bringing joy, comfort, and dignity to children facing long-term hospital stays across the countryTurn Corporate Compassion Into Joy-Filled Hospital Rooms
You care deeply about children facing long hospital stays due to serious illness or long-term acute trauma. Whether your company has a personal connection or a shared commitment to giving back, you want to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and families during some of their hardest days.
But even with the desire to help, it’s not always clear how to do so in a way that is safe, tangible, and impactful. Hospitals are complex systems, and knowing how to responsibly reach children in need can feel overwhelming.
That’s where Once Upon a Room comes in.
Turn Corporate Compassion Into Joy-Filled Hospital Rooms
We Make it Simple to Restore Joy
At Once Upon a Room, we understand how easy it is to feel helpless when you don’t know how to reach children who are hurting. For more than a decade, we’ve helped compassionate individuals and companies turn care into action by bringing joy to thousands of hospital rooms across the country.
Through trusted partnerships with hospitals and child life specialists, we create personalized room makeovers that are safe, thoughtful, and deeply meaningful for each child. Every detail is designed to support emotional well-being and restore a sense of comfort, pride, and hope during long hospital stays.
Corporate partners regularly tell us how powerful it is to see their generosity translate into visible, human impact.
A Clear Path to Meaningful Impact
Partnering with Once Upon a Room is simple and scalable for organizations of all sizes.
Here’s how it works:
1. Choose how to give through a corporate partnership that aligns with your company’s values and goals.
2. Activate your team through funding, employee engagement, or national campaigns.
3. See rooms and lives filled with joy as children, families, and hospital staff experience encouragement when it’s needed most.
Corporate Partnership Opportunities
National Campaign Partnerships
Unite teams across multiple locations around a shared mission. National campaigns allow companies to create collective impact through coordinated fundraising, storytelling, and in-hospital activations.
Employee Engagement Experiences
Give employees a hands-on way to make a difference through room decorating days, caregiver care kit assembly events, or virtual volunteer opportunities for remote teams. These experiences foster purpose, connection, and pride.
Program and Room Sponsorships
Provide tangible, visible impact by sponsoring hospital rooms, caregiver care initiatives, or child life programming. Sponsorships can be tailored to specific hospitals, regions, or populations served.
Partnership Levels Available
National Joy Restorer Partner
Lead large-scale efforts to restore joy across multiple hospitals and communities nationwide.
Regional Impact Partner
Support children and families in specific markets through targeted funding and engagement.
Community Joy Partner
Create meaningful impact through room sponsorships, care programs, or employee giving initiatives.
Custom partnerships are always available to ensure alignment with your company’s goals.
The Impact of Partnership
When companies partner with Once Upon a Room, the impact extends far beyond hospital walls.
Children experience joy, comfort, and dignity during long hospital stays. Parents feel supported and encouraged as they watch their child’s spirit lift. Hospital staff are reminded of the powerful role environment and joy play in healing. Employees gain a deeper sense of purpose through meaningful service.
And as more partners step forward, the movement grows — allowing even more children to be reached.
Become a Joy Restorer
You don’t need to remain a compassionate observer.
When your company partners with Once Upon a Room, you become part of a growing community of businesses restoring joy where it’s needed most — transforming hospital rooms, lifting spirits, and reminding children and families that they are not alone.
Choose how to give. Start today. Become a joy restorer.
Day OneArrive & Meet
As everyone arrives, we take time to settle in, get comfortable, and begin connecting with those around us. The journey starts here.
Check-In9:00 – 9:30am
Group Activity11:00am
Lunch Break12:30pm
Creative Workshop2:00pm
Dinner6:30pm
Day TwoSet Intentions & Reflect
Together, we pause to consider our goals, hopes, and direction. This is about aligning with ourselves and with the journey ahead. This is a chance to reconnect with what brought you here—your questions, your hopes, your turning points—and consider how they’ve shifted or deepened.
Check-In9:00 – 9:30am
Group Activity11:00am
Lunch Break12:30pm
Creative Workshop2:00pm
Dinner6:30pm
Day ThreeLook Forward & Wrap Up
We explore the possibilities beyond this moment, making space for growth, action, and forward momentum. As we end our time together, we honor the experience, the growth, and the connections made along the way.
Check-In9:00 – 9:30am
Group Activity11:00am
Lunch Break12:30pm
Creative Workshop2:00pm
Dinner6:30pm
How It Works-
Browse our upcoming events to find the one that feels right for you. We host events year-round in all different locations and climates.
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Sign up and pay all required fees to reserve your spot. If plans change, you can cancel up to 14 days before the retreat start to receive a 50% refund.
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After booking, we'll send you a Welcome Packet with everything you need to know—detailed schedules, packing list recommendations, add-ons to consider, and more.
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We'd recommend booking your transportation to and from the event as soon as possible, to ensure you can arrive without any complications or delays.
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Now all that's left to do is pack your bags and get excited for your new adventure.