When Tabor Academy student Sammy Davis discovered the Message of Hope Foundation, she decided to support its mission of cheering up hospitalized kids – one bag at a time.

For the past few weeks, Davis has interned at the foundation and organized “The Hope Factory,” an event set for Sunday, May 3 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The community event will be held at Tabor Academy’s Fish Center for Health and Athletics. All are invited to attend and help pack 2,000 “Happy Hope Bags” with coloring books, crayons, stickers, puzzles and games. The bags will be sent to chronically ill children across Massachusetts.

Davis, a Pembroke resident, became aware of the foundation after meeting founder and Director Emi Burke at a community service day last fall.

“I thought what they were doing was really awesome,” Davis said. “It was inspiring.”

A Wareham resident, Burke founded the Message of Hope in 2011 after seeing the experiences of her then 6-year-old son, Conor, and other child patients.

Conor, who has epilepsy and other developmental delays, spent a lot of time in hospitals alongside kids who often had nothing to do, Burke said.

To remind those children that their community cares Burke launched the Happy Hope Bag project. Last year, children in hospitals across the East Coast received 100,000 bags filled with goodies.

In the state, patients at Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital, St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, also in Boston, have received bags.

After meeting Burke, Davis promised to help her and the foundation for her senior project.

At Tabor, all seniors have the option of designing and implementing a project during their final semester. Often time consuming, the projects can be challenging but rewarding.

“The projects allow you to follow your passion and do something different,” Davis said.

As an intern, Davis has visited with children, distributed bags, coordinated Sunday’s event and sat in on meetings with potential donors.

Meeting the children was emotional, said Davis: “It was just overwhelming. It was really great to see the big smiles on kids who got something as simple as stickers.”

For another aspect of her internship Davis was deemed a “celebrity guest.”

Last year, she won a gold medal as a member of the U.S.A. National Team for U-18 Women’s Hockey. During hospital visits she wears her jersey and brings her gold.

“The kids love holding the medal,” she said. “I learned when meeting many Olympians through the National Team how important volunteerism and being a role model was to them.”

Burke said Davis has also been organizing volunteers and securing donations for silent auctions.

In May, Davis and Burke will be spreading more hope in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

At a conference for the delivery company UPS, employees will pack 2,500 bags with plush animals, books and more.

Already, the foundation has received donations of goods from corporations such as Kohl’s and Hasbro.

Burke said she and Davis will speak during a section of the conference devoted to community involvement.

Davis is headed to Boston University where she will join that school’s hockey after graduating from Tabor.

She’s unsure where her future will take her, but she’s certain there will be time to help out the foundation.

“I didn’t know I was going to love it this much,” she said.

For more information on The Message of Hope Foundation, visit www.messageofhopefoundation.org.