SUGGESTED DONATION LIST
The following is a list of suggested items that are appropriate for most young patients.
* * * Please remember that many children can only use items that can be used IN BED
* * * Most hospitals will only accept NEW ITEMS still in their original packaging, not gift-wrapped.
TOYS
Action figures: Spiderman, Power Rangers, Toy Story, Rescue Heroes, Fisher-Price, and Harry Potter
Pop-up toys, musical infant toys, plastic mobiles for infants
- Fisher-Price Little People Fun Sets: (2) Car Wash/Garage
- Fisher-Price animals
- Hot Wheels / Matchbox cars (any small cars)
- All-plastic baby dolls with no hair
- Puzzles: preschoolers to teenagers
- Luna Stix
- Magic Kits
- Musini
- Polly Pockets
- Dinosaurs
- Pretend phones
- Sparkling Symphony
- Animal Families
- Rubik's Snake
- Puzzle Bug
- Fisher-Price Ocean Wonders Aquarium
- Small Lego sets - Harry Potter and Star Wars
- Soccer balls, basketballs, footballs, Nerf balls
- Fisher-Price infant toys
- Dora toys
- Castle sets
- Pirate sets
- Pretend food and dishes
- Camping toys
- Bionicles
- Play computer toys
- Plastic bowling sets
- Nerf basketball and hoop
- Preschool light up/sound toys
- Sweet Street dollhouses and figures
- Thomas the Tank Engine Train and Friends plastic figures, coloring books, action toys, cars, etc.
- Flashing blinky lights
SUPPLIES
- Washable markers
- Crayons
- Gel pens
- Stickers
- Crayons
- White / colored paper
- Children's safety scissors
- Fuzzy posters
- Craft kits
- Coloring books
- Play Doh
- Colored pencils
- Glitter and glitter glue
- Crayola Markers - washable markers in bold and fine tip
- Washable ink for rubber stamps
- Paint sets: acrylic paints, watercolor paints, washable paints
- Paint brushes (all sizes)
- Craft Kits - bead animal kits, friendship bracelets, fuse bead, counted cross-stitch kits, paper mache craft boxes, wooden stools or knickknack shelves to paint, wooden picture frames to decorate, spin art, coloring sheets, scrap booking kits, beaded necklaces and bracelets
- Ceramic and foam shapes for painting
- Glass beads, string, and clasps (for necklaces and bracelets for teens)
- Plastic models (snappable)
- Rubber stamps (with a solid base)
- Collage materials, such as feathers, pipe cleaners, pom-poms, glitter glue, tissue paper, fun foam, foam cut outs, die cuts, gel pens, craft sand, washable paint in squeeze bottles, washable dot paints (do a dot art)
- New plain t-shirts and pillow cases for patients to paint
- Wood shapes (animals, vehicles, flowers, etc.)
- Color Wonder markers, paper (plain and printed), fuzzy pictures all by Crayola
BOOKS
I Spy books
sounds books
board books
lift the flap books
pop-up books
crossword puzzles
bound journals
photo albums
look and find books
word search puzzles
Mad Libs
- Fisher Price plastic toy storybooks
- Read Along storybooks and stories
VIDEOS
New release videos and DVDs
Videos such as: Baby Einstein Series, Wiggles, Disney, Dora the Explorer, Bob the Builder, Caillou, Dragon Tales, SpongeBob, and Barney.
- Spanish videos, DVDs, books and CDs are appreciated.
- Thomas the Tank Engine Train videos and DVDs
MUSIC (TAPES OR CDs)
- Classical music: Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Franz Schubert, Franz Josef Haydn
- Relaxing music: David Lanz, Jim Brickman, also instrumental flute, guitar
- Local artists: Jon Schmidt, Kurt Bestor, and Peter Breinholt, etc.
- Teen music (no parental discretion advisory CDs or tapes)
- Popular Country
- Josh Groban, Norah Jones, Michael Bublé
- Harry Potter books on CD or tape, KidzBop, Radio Disney, Disney Princess
GAMES
- Card games: Hearts, Go Fish, Old Maid, Rook, UNO, Skip-Bo, Phase 10, playing cards (lots)
- Board Games: Apples to Apples, Connect 4, Sorry, Bop It, Dominos, Sequence, Simon, Yahtzee, Chess, Checkers, Catch Phrase, Harry Potter games, Memory, Scooby Doo games, Blues Clues, Guess Who, Bop It games, Mouse Trap, Scene It games, Connect Four, Kids Cranium Games, Don't Break the Ice, Dominoes, Battleship, Ants in Pants, Cootie, board games with PBS characters.
- Adult and teenage board games: Monopoly, Life, Payday, Cranium, etc.
- Electronic games: Hand-held games (Yahtzee, Sorry, Battleship, Wheel of Fortune, Connect 4, etc.)
- Systems, games and/or controllers: Play Station II, Game Cube, Game Boy, X Box, Nintendo, computer games rated "everyone"
- 20 Questions handheld and group size games by Radica Games
MISCELLANEOUS
- Gift certificates to buy books, music and fast food
- Teen and children's posters
- Underwear (boys and girls, sizes 2 years to young adult)
- Lotion, nail polish, lipstick, eyeliner, eye shadow
- Disposable cameras
- Crazy straws
- Bath items
- Rattles
- Sun glasses (school age and younger sizes)
- Tape and CD players (all kinds, medium sizes especially)
- Pretend toys for play kitchen set - washable, non-food items: appliances, plates, pots and pans
- Mobiles - non-cloth, wipeable surfaces
- Plastic characters - Blues Clues, Dora the Explorer, Sesame Street, Scooby Doo, Bob the Builder
HOME-SEWN ITEMS
- Quilts: 72 x 90, 54 x 80, and 45 x 60 (no all-red flannel). Quilted or tied quilts are both okay.
- Medical play dolls - dolls used for patient education and comfort: Dolls made of muslin and stuffed with batting. Doll gowns are also needed. Call for patterns (801) 662-5968.
- Pajama bottoms (ages 8-20)
- Any baby clothes (newborn to 18 months)
- Receiving blankets (36" x 36" or larger)
- Underwear (especially for boys ages 3-12, but also for all boys and girls sizes 2 years to young adult)
Click here for a state-by-state list of children’s hospitals in the US:
http://healthguideusa.org/childrens/childrens_hospitals.htm
Click here for a state-by-state list of hospitals in the US:
http://healthguideusa.org/hospitals/US_hospitals.htm
Click here for a WORLDWIDE list of Children’s Hospice organizations:
http://www.chionline.org/resources/locate.php