"Wish list" of toys

Our greatest need is for toys in the infant and toddler age groups.

Small gifts and prizes are always needed – keeping gifts portable helps us share them with more children in more areas of the hospital. We also list suggestions by age for infants, toddler/preschool, school age and teens.

Keeping kids safe is core to our mission. Before you give, please check with the
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Also, please remember that we can only accept new, unwrapped gifts.

How do we use gifts?

We use your genenrous donations of gifts in multiple ways, all year round. For example, children are often given the chance to pick a prize after a particularly hard day or on a special occasion, such as finishing a round of treatment. In addition, our closed-circuit Skylight TV network hosts several in-house television game shows each week, following the philosophy that "everybody's a winner," creating a daily demand for small prizes.

Suggested small gifts and prizes

Card game decks - Uno, others
Handheld games - 20Q, Yahtzee, others
Jewelry or bead kits
Matchbox cars
Art or craft kits for kids
Cartoon figures - Spongebob, Spiderman, My Little Pony
Bionicles, small Lego kits
Disposable cameras
Small Etch-a-Sketch or DoodlePro

More suggestions, by age: infants (0–18 Months)

Especially needed are infant/toddler crib toys, rattles and teethers

Baby blocks
Books — cardboard or vinyl
Duplo blocks
Music boxes, musical radios
Push toys, carts
Puzzles — simple
Rattles
Shape sorters
Stacking rings, cubes, cups
Strike-A-Ball
Teething rings
Toy telephones

More suggestions, by age: toddler/preschool (18 months–4 years)

Blocks
Books, especially Spanish language
Bubble tumblers (non-spill)
Dressing dolls
Duplos
Farm animals
Infant dolls — all ethnicities, both genders
Linking toys
Little People sets
Musical toys, instruments
Peaceful Aquariums
Play food and kitchen toys
Play medical kit
Pop-up books
Puzzles of 10 pieces or fewer
See'n'Say

More suggestions, by age: school age (5–12 years)

Activity books (Where's Waldo, Eye Spy)
Beads and jewelry making kits
Board games
Books, especially Spanish language
Bubble machines
Cars and trucks
Coloring books — non-violent
Crayons, colored pencils
Dinosaurs Geo Safari and game packs
Handicraft kits Handheld games
Modeling clay (air-drying)
Nerf Ball games
Paints (tempera and watercolor)
Play-doh Fun Factories
Playing card games
Puzzles, 25–100 pieces
Science/nature model/craft kits
Stickers

More suggestions, by age: adolescents (13 years and up)

Back packs, tote bags, coin purses
Books, including Spanish language
Calculators (hand-held battery-operated)
Cameras (35 mm, disposable, instant)
CD players - portable with headphones
Computer games (E rating)
Hand-held game units
Gift cards for music, department stores
Jewelry kits
Key chains
Magazines (teen, fashion, sports)
Magic wands
Make-up starter kits
Model kits — challenging
Painting sets
Picture frames
Playing cards
Posters Puzzles, 300 pieces
Sports paraphernalia — t-shirts, cups, posters
Stationary, diaries, notepads, calendars
Stress squeeze balls
Toiletries (nail care, brushes, combs, pins)

Movies, music and video games

Please note that we do not currently have a need for VHS tapes (videos), but DVDs are welcome.

Gift cards from iTunes.
Latest releases of DVD movies with G or PG13 ratings, nonviolent. Movies for teens are especially needed.
Nonviolent video games for Playstation 2, X Box, X Box 360 and GameCube.