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Winter nights in New York don’t usually come with much in the way of spectacle but, on Sunday, the sky over Brooklyn is about to do some heavy lifting.
At 6:15pm on Sunday, a fleet of 300 synchronized drones will take over the airspace above the Greenpoint waterfront, staging a 12-minute light show that marries an art installation with a civic moment. The event is presented by Marriott Bonvoy and produced in partnership with Children’s Miracle Network.
Instead of fireworks, there will be glowing aerial animations: a children’s hospital, a family, CMN’s iconic balloon logo and a series of storytelling visuals visible from blocks away. The centerpiece of the presentation is CMN’s “Balloon Signal of Support,” the organization’s riff on the bat signal.
The show is celebrating the public launch of CMN’s new $1 billion Health For All Kids Impact Pledge, a two-year fundraising push aimed at helping children’s hospitals navigate a challenging financial landscape as pediatric care becomes more complex and traditional funding sources become increasingly unreliable. Now, unrestricted philanthropy has to fill critical gaps, from lifesaving equipment and breakthrough research to programs that make hospital stays a little less overwhelming for families.
The organization is highlighting the stories of two of its Children’s Champions, whose experiences put real faces to the mission. There’s Coale, a 6-year-old born with brittle bone disease, and Arielle, a teenager who survived a devastating spinal injury known as “internal decapitation.” Their journeys underscore how access to specialized pediatric care can change lives.
If you’re looking for a Sunday night plan that’s more inspiring than another Netflix scroll, stake out a spot along the Greenpoint waterfront and look up.