As a way of honoring the hospitals that assist so many children in our area diagnosed with a serious illness or having been victim of a traumatic incident, The Katy Foundation holds an annual Toy Drive. The “toys” and activities, however must be able to be used in a hospital atmosphere.
We have learned that Santa is commonly on vacation in our area during the summer months, so on June 25th (exactly 6 months away from Christmas), Santa will help us deliver the toys and activities to those pediatric care and trauma facilities within our service area. (Lawnwood Regional Medical Center - Pediatrics, FLDOH Fort Pierce Children’s Health Center, Children’s Hospital at St. Mary’s Medical Center)
PROGRAM WISH LIST AND DONATION IDEAS PROVIDED BY OUR FRIENDS AT THE CHILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF THE NICHOLAS HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION AND THE PEDIATRICS DEPARTMENT AT LAWNWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AND HEART INSTITUTE.
LAWNWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
PEDIATRIC UNIT NEEDS FOR CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 0-16YRS
TV/DVD Combined
Gaming Console and games for all age groups
Children’s plastic table and chairs
Small white PVC picket fence to separate the younger children’s’ area
Packs of Crayons
Washable Markers
Colored Pencils
Play doh
Glue and craft items
Colored paper and card
Leap Frog educational toys
Action figures
Washable paint sets
Puzzles
Lego for varying age groups
Board Games for varying age groups
Crib toys, mobiles, musical, light up
Push and pull toys
Fisher Price items
Once again we at Lawnwood thank you for thinking of us and our pediatric patients.
Nicklaus HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION
AT ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL
PROGRAM NEEDS
* Arts & Crafts Supplies
8-24 packs of Crayons
Markers - Washable and Foam
Colored Pencils
Play-doh (the smaller containers & separate tools to go with)
Glue – Craft, Hot Glue Sticks, Foam & Glitter
Glitter
Paper – Construction & Card Stock
Craft Bags for ages 4 and up (Zip lock bags with an art project that includes everything needed to create the craft. For example: Bracelet: String, scissors, beads and instructions or Puppet: paper bag, glue scissors, and construction paper, fabric pieces, etc. to decorate.)
*Batteries (D, C, AA, AAA, 9 Volt)
* DVD’s Disney & Newer Released with the past 5 years (Rated “G”)
*Compact Radios/Boom Boxes
*PSP and games (Rated “E”)
*Video Games (Rated E) for Playstation 2, Game Cube and X-Box
*Gift Cards
-$10-$15 increments for Teen Prizes & Birthday Gifts
-Toys R Us, Baby’s R Us, Target, Wal-Mart, Michaels, etc to purchase games and toys for the playrooms
*Small gifts for treasure chest prizes
IDEAS for Gift Donations
Teen items:
*DVD’s (PG-13 and under please)
*Fuzzy posters to color with markers
*Model kits that snap together or with glue, but please provide glue
(cars, boats, etc. varying difficulties)
*Arts & Crafts Kits – Scrap-booking, Bracelets, Weaving, Sewing kits
*Portable CD Players
*Music CD’s (Radio edited versions)
*Paint by Numbers
* Teen Oriented Magazines (Teen People, Teen Sports Illustrated, Teen Cosmo)
*Sudoku, Word searches /Crossword puzzles, Older Look Find Magazines
*Board and Card Games (UNO Attack, Taboo, Outburst, Catch Phrase, Monopoly, Sorry, Trouble, SkipBo, Sequence, Pictionary, Jenga, Connect Four)
School age:
*Arts and crafts kits- Scrap-booking, Bracelets, Weaving, Sewing kits
*Board and Card Games (UNO Attack, Monopoly, Sorry, Mancala, Trouble, Jenga, Guess Who, Connect Four)
*Kinex
Puzzles (50-100 pieces)
*Action Figures & Transformers
*Legos Sets: Smaller, Bionicles, Exo-force
*Search and Find Books: I Spy, Where’s Waldo
Preschool
*Action figures *Paint sets
*Play-doh Kits *Action Figures
*See and Says *Puzzles (24 & 50 pieces)
*Magna doodle *Coloring Books and Crayons
*Medium Legos *Dinosaurs
*Lift the Flap Playbooks *Match box & Tonka Cars/Toys
*Little People: Small and Large Play Sets
*Board Games (Memory, Cooties,
*View finders and Disks (Especially the new talking ones!)
*Dora the Explorer and Diego toys
Infants and Toddlers
*Crib mirrors and Toys (Sound Soothers & Mobiles – Fish Bowl)
*Push and pull toys *Musical and light up toys
*Rattles *Fisher Price Lift the Flap Playbooks
*Music: Lullaby and kids song’s *Weebles
*Stacking Cups *Sippy Cups
*Peek a Boo Blocks *Baby Einstein CD’s & toys