Thanks A Lot Alberta Children's Hospital!!

[Bigtime]

I wanted to bump this thread as the fundraising for the Children's Hospital annual Radiothon has begun (February 6, 7, and 8 on Country 105). As I mentioned my sister works for the foundation and has a donation page set up, please feel free to help them out with a donation!

http://www.childrenshospital.ab.ca/goto/Linny

[meanmachine13]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

My girl wants to donate a large chunk of her stuffies and older/younger age toys she has.

Do you know if they take this type of stuff?

I doubt they would take stuffed animals as they hold bacteria within their stuffing and are hard to clean. (or so Ive been told)

[Minnie]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

My girl wants to donate a large chunk of her stuffies and older/younger age toys she has.

Do you know if they take this type of stuff?

They only take new items.

Link

Donations of Toys and Books

Donations of toys, books, crafts and other types of items to the Alberta Children’s Hospital are common, and these are referred to as ‘gifts-in-kind’. Sometimes these donations are from a child wanting to share good fortune with another child; for example, a child may wish to give new, unopened birthday presents he or she received to the hospital. Other times, a grateful former patient or a family member may wish to express gratitude for the care that was received, and want to ‘give back’ particularly during a holiday season such as Christmas. This may take the form of individuals or families making a donation, or it may be a school, organization or business that collects items on a larger scale (e.g. toy drive).


In operating the gift-in-kind program, it is important to consider how best to serve the needs of the children and families of the hospital. Aspects that need to be carefully looked at are whether these donations are truly safe, useful and appreciated. Donations must not only be distributed equitably throughout the areas of the hospital in accordance with the needs of the individual clinic/program areas, but also in a way that honors the wishes of the donor as much as possible.


Please follow the following rules for Gift in Kind donations:

• Only NEW toys and books are accepted due to infection control here at the hospital.
• All toys and books must be free of corporate branding.
• Gently-used DVD movies and computer games/video game console equipment (e.g. Xbox 360) are occasionally accepted as per need, storage, etc.
• Depending on circumstances (e.g. pandemic concerns, as in the recent H1N1 outbreak), it may become necessary to decline all gently-used items in order to maintain infection control.

[rotten42]

My daughter had surgery a week after she was born and then spent a month there. Can't thank those people enough for what they did!