Creating and donating XaLights to a pediatric hospital in your area is a wonderful service project designed for kids to do for other kids. A XaLight is a personalized battery powered plastic mason jar night light that can be given to a child who is in the hospital or a medical treatment center. This
colorful night light brings a bit of brightness into a clinical atmosphere.
Messages from loved ones are written on the jar, bringing love from home into a place that can be particularly scary for kids. XaLights are very simple to make, which makes them an ideal service or volunteer project for kids to do, that directly helps other kids. It is not only something one child can do for their sibling or friend, but a project for youth groups, scouts troops and other youth organizations. Kids often feel there really isn't much they can do when a friend or loved one is hospitalized. By making XaLights, kids can do something, and know they are bringing a measure of love and comfort to kids who must be away from home and family.
"...from the bottom of our hearts, thank you for the night lights. Our son turns his on each night before bed and talks to it. He is able to talk to his baby brother and share stories from his day at preschool. This light has given him the opportunity to feel connected to his baby brother and to open up and ask us questions about the hospital..." from a family receiving care at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC. 
