Every Child Counts

Children admitted to Dayton Children’s and their families receive the finest medical treatment, emotional support and loving care available anywhere. But children have other special needs. Your gift of toys, books, games, and activities help brightening a child’s stay. These gift items are used for birthday presents, end of treatment gifts and to stock our play and waiting areas.

2013 Wish List

Top Ten Items Needed

Gift Cards: ITunes, Walmart, Best Buy, Target
Family Gift Cards: Area restaurants, gas cards, phone cards, parking passes for parking garage
Monetary Donations to the child life fund: Let us do the shopping. Funds are used to provide activities, toys and gifts for patients. Monetary donations enable the child life department to purchase items as they are needed, resulting in reduced storage needs and preferred items can be purchased. Click here to make an online gift and specify child life department.
Coloring books and crayons
Small Lego sets
Snap together car models (no glue or paint needed)
Nail polish/Lip gloss
Uno cards, Playing cards, Old Maid, Go Fish
High quality rattles
Matchbox or Hot Wheels cars

These Items did not make our top ten but they are still needed and appreciated:

My Little Pony
Littlest Pet Shop
Gel pens, journals, notebooks
Fun pads, Mad Lib activity pads
Gift set-size shower gel/lotion
Fisher Price Little People and Animals
Fisher Price Telephone
Pop-Up Surprise Box
Culturally diverse dolls
Webkins
New board books for infants & toddlers
Books for teenagers
Transformers/Action figures
Over-the-door Nerf basketball hoops
Etch-A-Sketch
Arts/crafts sets
24 pack Crayola crayons
Word search, crossword puzzle, and Sudoku books
High quality Magna Doodles
Portable DVD player
Radio Flyer or Berlin Flyer wooden wagons
Step 2 Push Around Buggy

Items are also needed for Children's Home Care and the Family Resource Center, a free family library at Dayton Children's. Click on the links to view their wish lists.

Items for child life, Children's Home Care or the Family Resource Center may be dropped off at the main information desk. Please notify the attendants which department items are designated for. You will be asked to complete a short information form for acknowledgment purposes.

If you have any questions, please contact the development office at 937-641-3405.

*Due to infection control and allergies we cannot accept used stuffed animals. We also are not able to accept donations of food or candy for patients because of various dietary restrictions and food labeling requirements.