{"id":822338,"date":"2026-07-24T04:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T04:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/822338\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T04:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T04:37:11","slug":"disney-showcases-toy-story-5-to-children-in-hospitals-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/822338\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Showcases Toy Story 5 to Children in Hospitals Globally"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWith $957.3 million at the global box office<\/a>, Toy Story 5<\/a> is on track to become the highest-grossing film in the franchise. But the Pixar sequel\u2019s impact<\/a> isn\u2019t just being measured in ticket sales.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThrough Disney\u2019s longtime partnership with Starlight Children\u2019s Foundation, the film\u2019s release is also bringing the magic of Woody, Buzz Lightyear and their friends to hospitalized children around the world.<\/p>\n

\n\tSince 2001, Disney and Starlight Children\u2019s Foundation have collaborated to provide hospitalized children with exclusive screenings, care packages and character-inspired experiences. Through its flagship \u201cDisney Movie Moments\u201d program, the company converted hospital spaces into immersive screening events for patients and their families. <\/p>\n

\n\tAs part of the Toy Story 5 rollout, the film became available to patients in more than 400 children\u2019s hospitals globally, including more than 300 across the United States. Disney says it distributed more than 18,000 Toy Story 5-themed toys and 34,000 character-inspired hospital gowns to children and families across participating hospitals. <\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tWoody and Jessie with a patient in a Toy Story-themed hospital gown.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Disney<\/p>\n

\n\tDisney also introduced a first-of-its-kind red carpet activation at the film\u2019s Los Angeles premiere<\/a>, where cast members and guests stopped at a life-size interactive lily pad to write messages of encouragement for children in hospitals. Tim Allen<\/a>, Greta Lee<\/a>, Tony Hale<\/a>, Conan O\u2019Brien, Joan Cusack<\/a> and other members of the film\u2019s ensemble participated in the activation. Says Hale, \u201cThis is amazing! Disney is sending Toy Story to all these fantastic kids in hospitals around the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe heartfelt messages were shown at hospitals in Washington, D.C., Oakland, and Orlando with another immersive Disney hospital experience. Children were surprised with visits from Woody and Jessie, Toy Story-themed gift packages and drawing sessions led by Pixar animators.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tConan O\u2019Brien (Smarty Pants) and Joan Cusack (who voices Jessie, far right) at the Toy Story 5 L.A. premiere.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmma McIntyre\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cToy Story has always celebrated the connections that bring us together, and the cast, crew and premiere guests carried that spirit onto the red carpet by writing personal messages for children in hospitals before the world even saw the film.\u201d said Disney\u2019s Lisa Haines, senior vp corporate social responsibility. \u201cWhether it\u2019s a beloved character by a child\u2019s side or a note from the voice of Buzz Lightyear, those simple gestures are incredibly powerful and can create moments of comfort and joy for kids when they\u2019re needed most.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With $957.3 million at the global box office, Toy Story 5 is on track to become the highest-grossing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":822339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,287729,46774,3494,75,61829,128612,337,45847,94391,71232,62806],"class_list":["post-822338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-childrens-hospital","tag-conan-obrien","tag-disney","tag-entertainment","tag-greta-lee","tag-joan-cusack","tag-movies","tag-philanthropy","tag-tim-allen","tag-tony-hale","tag-toy-story-5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}