Gift in Kind

If you would like to donation a Gift in Kind, please fill out this form (PDF) and contact the Foundation at gifts@chp.edu.

Toy Donations

Play experiences can help children to cope and adjust to illness and hospitalization. Play is one way the Child Life and Volunteer Services Department at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh meets the developmental, psychosocial, emotional and educational needs of our patients. You can help by donating new toys, games and other play-time supplies. We cannot accept used stuffed animals. Toy donations are accepted at the information desk in the main lobby 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Here are some recommendations:

Infants, Toddlers or Pre-school
School age children
Teenagers
Arts and Craft Supplies
Games
Higher Priced Equipment*
Miscellaneous
Music

Infants, Toddlers or Preschool

• FISHER PRICE or LITTLE TYKES TOYS
• Activity toys (air table, Kick-n-Play)
• Light and musical toys
• Rattles
• Teethers
• Telephones
• Pop Up Toy
• Busy Box
• Stacking Rings
• Star Stackers (lights up-makes noise)
• Puzzles - Wooden (25-60 pieces)
• Pop Beads
• Mobiles (non cloth)
• Fisher Price Aquariums (attach to cribs)
• Crib mirrors
• Sippy Cups
• Soft vinyl, hard cardboard, pop-up and musical books
• Push toys (popcorn popper, shopping cart, etc.)
• See 'N Says
• Bibs, Infant Clothes (no pink or blue, please send yello, green, etc.)
• Multicultural,  totally vinyl body baby dolls
• Soft plush toys - specifically for age 3 & under (sewn in eyes)
• Non-spill bubble tumblers
• Thomas the Train
• Wooden Trains
• Littlest Pet Shop
• Little People Activity Sets
• Baby Dolls
• V-Tech Toys

School age children

• Matchbox cars & trucks
• Etch-A-Sketch or Mini Etch-A-Sketch
• Magna Doodle or Mini Magna Doodle
• Barbies
• My Little Pony
• Doll House Furniture & People
• Non-violent action figures
• Action structures (house, farm, garage)
• Toy Cash Register
• Play Tools
• Roller Coaster Bead Maze
• Duplos
• Animal, Dinosaurs and People Figures
• Legos
• Pretend food and dishes
• Medical kits
• Keyboards - Children
• Percussion Instruments
• Wooden Puzzles
• 60-500 Piece Puzzles
• Coloring, crossword or word search books
• Play Doh & Play Doh Toys
• Disney Movies (and other G-rated movies) & PG Movies
• Hand held electronic games
• Bedside lap desks (provide writing surface for patient)
• WEBKINS

Teenagers

• $5-$10 gift cards (Best Buy, Toys 'R Us, Borders, Target, Wal-Mart, Sears, Music stores)
• Fast Foos gift certificates
• Snap together model kits for school age and teens
• Scrapbooks (blank)
• Sports equipment (footballs, baseballs, basketballs, soccer balls)
• Polaroid cameras and film
• Velvet posters for coloring
• Journals
• Travel games
• I Spy books
• Nail Polish Sets for Teens
• CD Players with Speakers
• Deodorant
• Teen DVD's - PG 13 (new releases)
• T-shirts (plain white - all sizes)
• Pajama pants - Slippers
• Magazine Subscriptions - i.e. Sports Illustrated, Teen People

ARTS AND CRAFTS

• Michael's Craft gift certificates
• JoAnn Fabric gift certificates
• Fabric paint
• Blank canvas tote bags, bandanas, placemats, hats, aprons...for patients to paint
• Acrylic Paint
• Tacky Glue
• Fiskar scissors and fancy edging scissors
• Glitter Glue
• Fuzzy Felt Pictures for coloring
• Stickers
• Stampers and stamp pads
• Blank note card sets
• Bubbles
• Beads and Lacing
• Pom Poms
• Chenille Stems
• Paint Brushes
• Foam sheets and shapes
• Craft Kits (no glass or candles) foam craft kits
• Crayola Crayons & Books
• Crayola Markers
• Colored Pencils
• Jewelry Making Kits
• Paint by numbers
• Painting Projects: paper mache, wooden, plaster, etc. (nothing glass)
• Plastic Sun Catchers and paints
• Reams of Computer Paper
• Plain Pillowcases (white)
• Wrapping paper (all occasion)
• Wooden crafts (plain)
• Scrapbooking Paper Supplies
• Canvas Boards (for painting)

GAMES

Any age appropriate NEW games

• UNO, UNO Blitzo, UNO Attack
• Decks of playing cards
• Jenga
• Chess
• Yahtzee
• Guess Who - Guess Where
• Clue or Talking Clue
• Life or Electronic Life
• Monopoly
• Electronic Credit Card Monopoly
• Memory
• Connect Four
• Trouble
• Sorry
• Backgammon
• Battleship
• Pictionary
• Scene It (other board DVD games)
  

HIGHER PRICED EQUIPMENT*
*These items must meet hospital specifications. Therefore, the make and models are pre-selected by the CL staff.

• Digital Cameras and photo paper
• Televisions, DVD Players, DVDs (G, PG and PG-13 rated only)
• Portable DVD Players with case
• Playstation II, Xbox, or Nintendo Games
• X-Box 350 - Console, Controls, Games (Rock Band - Guitar &/or Drum, etc.)
• Game Cube systems with nonviolent teen or E rated games
• Gameboy Advance SP with nonviolent teen or E rated games
• Video Games (Nintendo Wii) )(Super Smash Bros. - Wii Fitness)
• Wii Motes & Nunchucks
• Hand Held - Nintendo DH & or Games Boy (Console - Games)
• Computers for the Activity Centers
• Computer games (IBM Windows 95 compatible)
• Lap top computers for patient use at the bedside
• Game Tables (pool, bumper pool)

MISCELLANEOUS
Hard plastic lap trays (2 side pockets)

MUSIC

• Music Plus Systems & Cartridges
• CD Players with radio (plug ins)
• CD's - Lullabies for infants
• Current Artists (Hannah Montana, Jonas Brothers, High School Musical, Music Now - Various Genres)
• ITunes - Gift Cards
• Portable CD Players (Walkmans)

Due to special circumstances, in a hospital setting, remote control, friction powered or used toys CANNOT be accepted.

We appreciate anything you would want to do for our patients. In a hospital setting, safety, age appropriateness and infection control are just a few of our priorities. We will be happy to work with you on projects to benefit our patients.
412-692-5022