Thinking of donating a gift to the patients at Shands Children’s Hospital at the University
of Florida? Your contributions make a difference! Our Wish List can make the most of
your donation efforts. Did you know that Shands Children’s Hospital can only accept
donations of brand new toys?
Are you wondering what donations are appropriate and are needed at Shands Children’s
Hospital? We created this Wish List to help you. When shopping for donations, please
remember we cannot accept used or religious items or items that have violent themes.
Patients treated at Shands Children’s Hospital can benefit from generous donations
throughout the year.
Number 1 Wish List Items – GIFT CARDS
Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Best Buy Card, Gas cards, Phone Cards,
American Express, Publix
The beauty of a gift card is that it can become a personalized gift for an individual person
regardless of age. Your donated gift card can help us purchase toys and much needed
diversionary items to benefit our patients all year long. In addition, Social Work Services
will help us direct your donated gift card to a patient’s family dealing with the financial
burden of miscellaneous household expenses (gas, bills, and groceries) during their
child’s hospitalization.
Number 2 Wish List Items – THE SOUND OF MUSIC / ELECTRONICS
CD players, VCR/DVD combo players, portable DVD players, DVD’s rated G / PG /
PG-13, Nintendo Game Boy DS games, Games for PS2, X-Box-360 and games; Nintendo
Wii and games. All Games to be rated –E for everyone. Lap top computers. Disposable
cell phones. Stackable Washer and Dryer set.
Number 3 Wish List Items – GIFT GIVEAWAY TOYS
Small / Medium size Bubble Bottles, Glitter Wands, Pin Wheels, Stickers, small cars and
small dolls, Seek n Find, I Spy, and Where’s Waldo books. Classic board games,
Soduko, Word Searches, and UNO Cards. 24- 100 Large Piece Wooden puzzles,
Duplos (small sets 10-25 pieces), Legos (small set 25-35 pieces).
* Please no action figure toys.
Number 4 Wish List Items- NEWBORNS & INFANTS
All plastic Mobiles (eg. Sassy), Crib Toys, Medicator (medication nipple by Munchkin),
Teethers, Rattles, Lullaby CD’s.
*All items must be easy to clean and disinfect for infection control purposes. Please
avoid cloth material items unless it is removable to be washed in the laundry.
Number 5 Wish List Items – HEALING THROUGH ART
Crayola Crayons, Coloring Books, Crayola Washable Markers, Crayola Washable Water
colors, Construction Paper, Extreme Colors Cardstock, 8 x 10 canvas boards, and Velvet
Visions posters with markers.
*For infection control purposes stuffed toys, cloth items are not acceptable. No latex
balloons (choking hazard). Mylar (foil) balloons are OK.
Please contact Shands at UF Volunteer Services at (352) 265-0360 to make delivery arrangements.
