This month, Starlight ran its annual Movie Month campaign, where Hunter families hosted movie nights.

Together, they raised more than $700,000 for Starlight to transform hospitalised children's experiences.

It is the same service that has improved five-year-old Victoria Robinson's life tenfold.

Diagnosed with a brain tumour in January 2011, she has spent half her young life regularly checking into the John Hunter Children's Hospital.

It was within the first 24 hours after Victoria's initial surgery when Captain Starlight came to visit her in the intensive care unit.

Since then, the medical-free Starlight Express Room and its volunteers have managed to keep a smile on her face.

Mother Wendy Robinson said it has made all the difference.

"They've just brought some fun into an environment that can be quite sterile," she said.

"It's just a bright spot in the day."

Last month, as part of Starlight's Make A Wish program, Victoria's dream to see snow came true when the foundation sent her family on an all-expenses-paid trip to Buller Mountain in Victoria.

■ Movie Month has been extended to October, as Starlight continues to accept donations. To find out more, visit starlight.org.au.