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Thinking of donating a gift to the patients at Shands Hospital for Children 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 Hospital for Children 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 Hospital for Children 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.

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When you purchase an item from the two above links, make sure you use your CMN VISA Card by CAMPUS USA Credit Union. Don’t have a CMN VISA Card?
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Many of the wish list items directly benefit the Child Life Program at Shands Hospital for Children at UF. To learn more about the program, please visit the Child Life web site.