This non-profit children's foundation was founded in 1990 by former #2 tennis player in the world, Andrea Jaeger, and fellow humanitarian Heidi Bookout. Using past tennis earnings and their savings accounts in entirety, they set out to change the world for children suffering from cancer and other diseases, neglect, and poverty. The impact, growth and success of their long term programs has changed the course of how many healthcare professionals and care giver facilities conduct their efforts and programs. The growing world of our Foundation needs your help to maintain and build a better and brighter future filled with lifetime possibilities and opportunities for children, families and caregiver programs and facilities we support.

Provide positive lifetime experiences and a safe haven for children with cancer.
Provide a recreational experience that is equal to or better than that which is available to healthy youngsters.
Provide much needed financial, educational, medical and emotional support for participants.
Help the children acquire the physical and emotional capacity to endure the challenges of the present and future.
Reveal to the participants the recuperative values of sharing experiences and caring for each other, and to help others who are experiencing similar ordeals.
To provide parents with a week's respite from caring for a sick child, with time to focus on themselves and other siblings.
Serve as a year-round resource to the children, their families, and health care professionals.
Inspire and educate the public to further develop opportunities for these special children and their families.
Helping provide food,toys and other basic necessities to children in need around the world.

Little Star Foundation's programs reach thousands of children stricken by disease, neglect and poverty on an annual basis. We support and serve as a year round resource to children, families and health care professionals in hospitals, communities, orphanages and abuse shelters. Outreach efforts include the distribution of medical supplies and equipment, food, clothing and educational supplies worldwide.