BrightStart Classics Vault

So many terrific little patients, so many photos and videos … sometimes we just can’t let go! 

To keep our What’s New page new, we’ve created this BrightStart Classics Vault, where we keep some of those favorites for your viewing pleasure.

  • 2022 Holiday Video
    What a great week it was! In a hurry? Here’s a really short video about our super-busy and great week of Christmas holiday celebrations at…
  • Santa Shocks, PPEC Rocks
    St. Nick a Big Kick Before Christmas What’s this? A man in a red suit bustling into the BrightStart Sanford center, just two days before…
  • Holiday Commando Stuns Orlando
    Out with the blahs, In with Mr. Claus BrightStart Orlando paid attention to our last post – their lobby was decorated for a holiday treat…
  • The name is Claus. Santa Claus.
    Definitely No Time To Cry He’s back … and he’s jollier than ever! It really was no time to cry because Santa Claus appeared in…
  • Behind This Smile
    BrightStart Featured in Early Childhood Guide We’re pleased to be in the spotlight with our friends at Bright Feats for their latest Early Childhood Guide.…
  • BrightStart’s Twenty-Twenty-Boo Halloween
    Little Pumpkins on the Loose in Sanford Just one more advantage to being a BrightStart Sanford patient – no waiting for sundown to get a…
  • Boo-lando Kicks Off Hallo-weekend
    Making October Last Longer What’s yellow and orange, provides skilled pediatric nursing and therapy, and outshines everything around Southchase Plaza? It’s BrightStart Orlando, of course!…
  • The Haunted PPEC!
    Scary Dress Rehearsal for Halloween … and if you stay perfectly still, you can hear a voice, echoing down the hallways … … Nursing ……
  • Back to Pool!
    Patients Soak Up August Sun & Fun For almost everyone in the area, Wednesday was all about back to school. At BrightStart Pediatrics Winter Garden,…
  • BrightStart, Bright Summer
    Patients beat the heat with nursing, therapy & love It’s been a busy summer at BrightStart Pediatrics with plenty of nursing, therapy and love to…
  • Make ‘m Smile 2022
    Back, big and busy! Has it really been that long? Yes it has! Make ‘m Smile, the premier event celebrating kids with special needs was…
  • Shining Brighter!
    BrightStart Featured in Early Childhood Guide We’re pleased to be in the spotlight with our friends at Bright Feats for their latest Early Childhood Guide.…
  • BrightStart COTA Recognized
    Congratulations! BrightStart Occupational Therapy Assistant Paola Mena received the 2021 Award of Excellence from the Florida Occupational Therapy Educational Consortium. Be sure to high-five her…
  • 2022 Petting Zoo
    A Quick Look at Spring Break Activity Love the idea of seeing BrightStart kids enjoying a petting zoo, but afraid you might have to help…
  • BrightStart Spring Break 2022
    ‘Country Days’ Theme Grows Happy Patients BrightStart’s 2022 Spring Break took on a natural look as we celebrated Country Days. Our animal-centric theme welcomed back…
  • Suess Boost for BrightStart Patients
    Rhyme Time Suits Pediatric Patients Just Fine This week at BrightStart Pediatrics, we celebrated the birthday of Dr. Theodor Geisel, better known the world over…
  • Happy Little Hearts at BrightStart
    Feel the Love! Welcome to our first holiday of the new year – it’s Valentine’s Day! We’re taking a peek inside BrightStart Sanford, where the…
  • Santa 2021 Tour Video
    Extra Holiday Cheer from BrightStart So if you didn’t have a ticket for the Santa Claus 2021 BrightStart Tour, and you saw all our photos…
  • Santa Fun in ’21
    No Time To Pause … For Mr. Claus! He’s known by many names … he’s known all over the world … and this week, he…
  • Joy For All Girls and Boys
    St. Nick a Hit in Orlando ‘Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the BrightStart house … every patient was stirring with pure excitement!…
  • Jingle, Jingle, It’s Mr. Kringle
    Holiday Joy Takes Root in Winter Garden How does he do it? The Christmas holiday is more than a week away, and how could Santa…
  • 2021 Holiday Message from Linda
    Get some personal cheer! Here’s a holiday message from Linda Brown, President and Owner of BrightStart Pediatrics. Enjoy!
  • Bright To The Bone
    Pint-Sized Pumpkins Leave Trail of Smiles Welcome to Friday at BrightStart Sanford! Patients and staff enjoyed such a wild party that we hope Halloween can…
  • Caring Without Scaring
    BrightStart Kids Brave Rain for Goodies It was a dark and stormy morning … But a little heavy weather will never put a damper on…
  • Small Scares, Big Fun
    Winter Garden Patients Haunt Neighbor Businesses Patients and staff at BrightStart Pediatrics Winter Garden got the jump on Halloween fun Wednesday and scared up plenty…
  • Video: Water Day!
    Hydration Can Be Quick and Fun! Too busy to look at a photo gallery, or just can’t get enough of those BrightStart kids? We have…
  • Summer Activities Return
    Sanford Patients Splash Up a Thursday Patients at BrightStart Sanford welcomed the return of Water Day, a favorite summer activity. Our centers usually have this…
  • Smile-Fari 2021
    BrightStart helps enjoy wildest parking lot ever! While we wait for the Nathaniel’s Hope Make ‘m Smile event to return to Lake Eola in 2022,…
  • Spring Break Pizza Therapy
    No Limits on Slices of Fun BrightStart has a long history of trail-blazing and innovation. Fun fact: Did you know our online galleries for Spring…
  • Superheroes Gone Wild
    Spring Break Inspires Costumed Mayhem Patients at BrightStart Sanford revealed their inner superhero selves on Thursday. Spring Break 2021 was determined to be the cause…
  • Super Kids Occupy BrightStart
    BrightStart League of Super Kids Established Look – there, in south Orlando! It’s the BrightStart League of Super Kids! To inaugurate and celebrate the formation…
  • Wild Start for Spring Break
    Patients Celebrate with Furry & Feathered Friends After most of 2020 was cancelled (you heard about that, right?) BrightStart Pediatrics was thrilled to welcome back…
  • Levitation Therapy at BrightStart
    Activity Has Patients Walking on Air While we’re excited with our new and highly experimental Levitation Therapy, we caution you not to try this at…
  • Video – Santa at BrightStart
    A glimpse of holiday magic Another holiday treat for you – take a peek at some scenes from holiday celebrations as Santa Claus visits with…
  • Frenzied Welcome For Santa Claus at BrightStart
    Third Day of Holiday Madness Grips Sanford Who was that masked man? For little veterans of the holiday season at BrightStart, that’s an easy answer,…
  • Happy Children at BrightStart: Santa Claus Arrives!
    Patients and Most Staff Make ‘Good List’ Never mind the mask – it’s the man with the bag! Patients and staff at BrightStart Orlando got…
  • Joy and Cheer Greet Santa at BrightStart
    Winter Garden Patients Erupt in Celebration Best way to spend a Tuesday in mid-December 2020? A visit from Father Christmas himself – Santa Claus! What…
  • BrightStart Centers Enjoy Trick-or-Treat
    Masks may be common this year, but they can’t stop fun, which is very contagious Here is a scary thought: Some kids might not enjoy…
  • Power Couple, Heroes & Icons Shine
    Buffet of Fun Entertains Patients at BrightStart Orlando Just when you think it might cool down, the fun was heating up at BrightStart Orlando on…
  • Girl Power at BrightStart Sanford
    Dark Night Accompanies with Bat-Chivalry Wait a minute – is it nearly Halloween, or is it just Tuesday? Yes, it’s just Tuesday at BrightStart Pediatrics…
  • BrightStart’s 2020 Halloween Trailer
    Stuck inside this year for trick or treat? Might as well scare yourself silly with our Halloween message!
  • Just what we needed: Superheroes!
    Our fun sense is tingling. Here it is, September already, and you must be wondering: Where is all the fun? It just so happens that…
  • Holiday Magic Unwrapped at BrightStart Sanford
    What do you know – Santa did have one last stop on his way to the North Pole, and it was at BrightStart Sanford! With…
  • Santa Puts ‘Oh!’ in BrightStart Orlando
    A stormy Central Florida Wednesday could not keep away the holiday cheer – Mr. Kringle and his elves paid a visit to BrightStart Orlando! The…
  • BrightStart Winter Garden Wonderland
    Maybe it was just another Tuesday for most people – but for BrightStart Winter Garden, it was a big red deal! Santa Claus arrived with…
  • Halloween at BrightStart: Boo-yeah!
    You’re just in time for a treat – photos from our BrightStart Halloween 2019! BrightStart Sanford The day started with plenty of dancing and noise,…
  • Little Pumpkins, Pumpkin Patch
    Our field trip Tuesday was twice as BrightStart! Patients from our Sanford and Winter Garden centers met for a romp through the pumpkin patch at the Club Lake Plantation Fall Festival in Apopka.…
  • Super Graduation Celebration
    Any Friday is a good day for having a super hero adventure! The crew at BrightStart Sanford are celebrating some graduates this month, a perfect…
  • Makin’ Some Waves at Makinson
    The coolest place to be this summer is with the BrightStart kids – and they made a real splash on their Wet Wednesday field trip…
  • Make ‘m Smile 2019 Video
    Face painting! Stickers! Sunshine! Did we mention face painting? Because there were a lot of painted faces. Here’s what it was like on fast-forward.
  • BrightStart at Make ‘m Smile 2019
    Yes, it’s pretty hot every year on the first Saturday in June – but the coolest kids and their families were at the Make ‘m…
  • Orlando Super Friday 2019
    Super Friday! It’s BrightStart’s annual fun day of comic and movie fun with special guests and it was a cozy mashup of universes. Bringing smiles…
  • Spring Break 2019 Video
    What do pediatric nursing and therapy patients do during Spring Break? Glad you asked – here’s a little peek inside some of our activity at…
  • Spring Break 2019
    Orlando It’s BK Monday! It’s only spring break if there’s a fast food run – so with a busy week ahead, the crew at our…
  • Follow me to BrightStart
    The BrightStart Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care (PPEC) program gets medically fragile infants and children where they need to be, just like a perfect commute: fast,…
  • Holiday Magic: Santa Claus at BrightStart Sanford
    It was a dark and stormy Thursday – outside, anyway. The sun is always shining at BrightStart, but things really lit up when Mr. Kringle…
  • Oh, it’s Santa Claus in Orlando!
    It started like any other Wednesday at BrightStart Orlando … and then Santa Claus showed up. But he didn’t come alone: With a full complement…
  • Santa Claus arrives at BrightStart Winter Garden
    What started as a regular Tuesday of nursing, therapy and love turned into full-blown holiday party.  Just a week away from Christmas we got a…
  • BrightStart Halloween 2018
    Alright, we say this every year – but only because it’s true – a Halloween celebration at BrightStart Pediatrics is so much fun it’s scary.…
  • Little BrightStart Pumpkins on the Loose
    Don’t tell anyone, but it’s very nearly fall in Central Florida, something you wouldn’t know from the weather. But the sunshine is still okay for…
  • Fire Truck Visit at BrightStart Winter Garden
    Even when summer seems to be at its hottest, it’s cool to have our friends from the Winter Garden Fire Department stop by our center…
  • BrightStart Fills Up With Field Trip Fun
    It’s still nursing, therapy and love … on a field trip. With school just around the corner for a few of our little rays of…
  • Easy Math: BrightStart Pediatrics PPEC
    Who needs BrightStart? A newborn with a congenital heart defect. A toddler with complex gastrointestinal issues. A child with a tracheostomy. These children are examples…
  • BrightStart Sanford Crew at the Watering Hole
    Has your PPEC summer fun included feeding a giraffe? It has if you’re a BrightStart patient, and while the therapeutic benefits have not been scientifically…
  • Winter Garden Makes a Splash
    Now that summer is heating up here in Central Florida, what do BrightStart kids do to stay cool? The Winter Garden crew has the answer…
  • BrightStart at the 2018 Make ‘m Smile Event
    The annual Make ‘m Smile event from Nathaniel’s Hope just gets bigger every year. Rain or shine the party celebrating kids with special needs takes…
  • Nursing, Therapy, Superheroes
    You can be sure the summer is almost here with the annual visit of our super friends, the Guardians of Justice. It was a real…
  • Goats and ducks and pigs, oh my!
    The crew at BrightStart Sanford enjoyed a spring break favorite on Wednesday when our friends from Noah’s Landing came to visit. A variety of animals…
  • All Aboard for Spring Break!
    We’re growing at BrightStart Winter Garden! This is our second spring break celebration and our very first spring break field trip for our newest center.…
  • Bouncing Into Spring Break!
    At BrightStart Orlando, a little overcast weather couldn’t dampen a day in the bounce house in the back play area on Monday. The gang actually…
  • Santa’s Sanford Session
    BrightStart Sanford put together a big holiday celebration for patients and families, topped off with a visit from Santa Claus himself! Santa brought gifts, cheer,…
  • Santa Gets a Winter Garden Welcome!
    BrightStart Winter Garden got a Tuesday morning surprise visit from Santa Claus, and a gaggle of his elves, too! We were so glad to welcome…
  • Monday Surprise at Orlando: Santa, Santa, Santa!
    Monday morning got off to a pretty chilly start, the kind that reminds people of Christmas … And wouldn’t you know it, BrightStart Pediatrics Orlando…
  • Sanford’s Trunk-or-Treat
    BrightStart Sanford rolled into the fall spirit with Trunk-or-Treat! A very special thank you goes out to our friends and neighbors in the Brio Business…
  • Winter Garden’s Halloween ’17
    BrightStart Winter Garden hit the downtown area for some trick-or-treat fun on Friday – and it was all treats. Our newest center is growing so…
  • BrightStart Sanford Pumpkin Patch Trip
    Somewhere, it’s fall – when the landscape changes color, and the weather cools down, and the pumpkins come out. Here in Central Florida … the…
  • Winter Garden Super Friday
    BrightStart Winter Garden celebrated their first Super Friday with a surprise visit from Wonder Woman, Rapunzel (in Florida attire) and the Dark Side’s very own…
  • Seminole Towne Center Mall Crawl
    This week at BrightStart, our therapy included getting kids into the wide open spaces of a large retail complex. The Room Four gang from Sanford…
  • A Cool Visit From Frozen Friends!
    What a cool way to celebrate a birthday! Patients from our BrightStart Sanford and Orlando centers got together for a special visit from some very…
  • BrightStart at Make ‘m Smile 2017
    This year’s Make ‘m Smile event, the annual party sponsored by Nathaniel’s Hope, was big fun for everyone! Thanks to everyone who stopped by to…
  • Bat, Cat, Quinn & Kara
    Super-fun, that is! Friday at BrightStart Orlando saw a very special visit from some of our very special friends at the Guardians of Justice. It’s…
  • Go Fly A Kite!
    The crew at BrightStart Orlando had themselves quite a busy day at Kissimmee Lakefront Park on Wednesday. There was plenty of running around, flying kites,…
  • Video: Just Some Bowling Fun
    Sure, Spring Break has been over for a week by now – but video of BrightStart kids bowling and attacking a pizza is basically timeless.…
  • March Madness, Winter Garden Style
    The smaller Spring Breakers at BrightStart Winter Garden had a simple outing Friday – the play area and great weather. We’re sharing some of their…
  • Rolling Out The Good Times in Sanford
    We’re bringing you intermittent reports from Spring Break this year – this time, checking in with BrightStart Sanford again as they staged a full invasion…
  • Field Trip: Green Meadows Petting Farm
    BrightStart Orlando patients got a jump on Spring Break with a field trip to one of our annual favorites: the Green Meadows Petting Farm in…
  • New Year’s Play at BrightStart
    Yes, it’s the middle of January and our ears are still ringing from all the madness of the Christmas and New Year celebrations. The BrightStart…
  • One Last Stop: Santa at BrightStart Sanford!
    In the final leg of a holiday victory lap, Santa Claus visited BrightStart Sanford on Tuesday, delivering plenty of Christmas joy and gifts! This very…
  • Big Fun: Santa at BrightStart Orlando!
    BrightStart is on the “good” list! Late last week we got confirmation that Santa Claus would make a pre-Christmas Eve stop at BrightStart Orlando, and…
  • Holiday Surprise: Santa at BrightStart Winter Garden!
    BrightStart Winter Garden is having its very first holiday celebration this year, and things got a real boost with a visit from Old Saint Nick…
  • We Are BrightStart Pediatrics
    How often do you hear or see something that begins with: We are … ? We. We. We. As often as you hear and see…
  • Boo! BrightStart in Winter Garden!
    BrightStart Winter Garden took to the streets of downtown for our very first Trick or Treat on the west side! Led by Rainbow Dash (who…
  • BrightStart Orlando Scares Up Fun
    BrightStart Pediatrics has so much nursing, therapy and love to go around that we moved the Orlando Trick or Treat celebration ahead a few days.…
  • Little Pumpkins at the Pumpkin Patch
    BrightStart Sanford patients showed their fall colors with a visit to the Pumpkin Patch at Lakeside Fellowship on Tuesday. While this is technically a fall…
  • BrightStart’s Wet Wednesday
    The BrightStart Orlando gang made a splash at the Bob Makinson Aquatic Center in Kissimmee on Wednesday. This is what summer is all about! If…
  • Make ‘m Smile 2016
    It doesn’t matter how many people show up for the annual Make ‘m Smile event sponsored by Nathaniel’s Hope – it was about 40,000 last…
  • BrightStart’s Super Friday
    Not just any Friday – it’s Super Friday! Now something of an annual tradition, superhero friends stop by to visit BrightStart Orlando on their way…
  • May The Fourth Be With You
    BrightStart Pediatrics celebrated May 4th with a little help from some friends! Why May 4th? Well, you may have heard about a little thing called…
  • BrightStart Kids at Bear Creek Park
    Whether they’re in school or not, sometimes the patients at BrightStart have to get out into the open and burn off some of that crazy…