K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical Center Child Life
Wish List for 2013
K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital is grateful for the generosity of the community that provides
supplies for our playrooms. Donations, including new toys, books and craft materials, are used
throughout the year at K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital. They are used by therapists as part of
a patient’s treatment plan and to comfort and entertain a child during his or her hospital visit.
Donations also allow the patients to select a gift following the completion of a procedure or to
celebrate a significant event such as a birthday, holiday, or the end of treatment. Please call 732776-4626 or 732-776-2541 to arrange a day/time to deliver your donation to the K. Hovnanian
Children’s Hospital, or if you have any questions. Please contact the Jersey Shore University
Medical Center Foundation at 732-751-5134 to make a monetary donation to our program.
Thank you for helping make a difference in the lives of out patients and families!
We appreciate your generosity. To enhance our Child Life program, we gratefully accept the
following items:
Arts and Crafts
Arts and Crafts provide patients with opportunities to be creative and expressive.
 Art Kits
 Beads for jewelry making
 Blank Masks
 Canvas for painting
 Canvas tote bags to decorate
 Coloring posters
 Coloring books
 Construction paper
 Crayola crayons
 Crayola colored pencils
 Crayola markers
 Crayola modeling magic
 Do-A-Dot markers
 Elmer’s Glue
 Fabric markers
 Feathers
 Felt
 Foam shape tub
 Fun fusion beads
 Gel pens
 Glitter glue
 Glitter
 Glue dots
 Glue sticks
 Paint (acrylic and tempera)
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Paint brushes
Playdoh
Pom-poms
Popsicle sticks
Paint pens
Pipe cleaners
Sand art
Scissors
Scrapbook supplies/ paper
Stickers
Stained glass painting kits
Small wooden boxes or paper mache boxes to decorate
Spin art
Sketch pads
Scrap booking materials
Tissue paper
Water color paint
Board Games/ Cards
Patients are able to participate in activities that require less energy but are still able to be
challenged and learn through activities that utilize their minds.
 Puzzles (large floor puzzles, preschool wooden board puzzles, crosswords, word
search, jigsaw)
 Games (Connect Four, Guess Who, Monopoly, Life, Trivial Pursuit, Scrabble,
Operation, Sorry, Trouble, Yahtzee, etc.)
 Playing cards (UNO, Skip-Bo, etc.)
Books/ magazines
 Blank journals
 Books for all ages in English or Spanish
 I Spy and Where’s Waldo books
Magazine subscriptions (Seventeen, Sports Illustrated, Disney Adventures, Teen People, People,
Vogue, Cosmogirl Rolling Stone, Highlights, National Geographic, music, car, fashion, etc.)
Dramatic/ Pretend Play
Pretend play provides an opportunity for patients to learn about being in the hospital, gain a
sense of control over the hospital environment and escape from the routines of the hospital.
 Baby dolls and clothes
 Barbie dolls and clothes
 Blank cloth ‘surgi’ dolls
 Fisher Price doctor kits
 Fisher Price garage and cars
 Fisher Price vehicles (school bus, fire truck, garbage truck, ambulance)
 Kitchen set
 Little Tikes/ Fisher Price people
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Match box cars
Medkin Dolls
Plastic farm animals and dinosaurs
Puppets
Plastic kitchen food and dishes
Play mobile medical hospital sets
Tiaras or crowns
Toy cash register
Work bench
Electronics
 CD boom box/stereo
 CD ROM games for computer
 Digatal Camera/ Camcorders
 Digital camera printer
 Handheld video game systems
 Headphones for CD players
 Ipads
 Ipods
 Ipods and Ipod dock/ speakers
 Kindle/ Kindle Fire
 Portable CD players with AM/FM radio
 Tablet (any brand)
 Video games
 Video game systems
Electronic Toys
 Fake cell phones
 Leapster toys
 Sound books
 Vtech toys
Infant Items
Items that work best are those with few pieces that are easily disinfected (nothing cloth).
 Baby bouncer
 Baby spoons/ forks
 Busy beads
 Busy Boxes
 Crib side mounted toys (washable ones such as Leap pas Dreamscapes Soother)
 Fisher Price items (Ocean wonders aquarium, symphony star stacker, etc.)
 Infant mirrors
 Mobiles (may not have cloth items attached)
 Pop-up toys
 Pounding toys (hammering bench)
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Projectors
Rattles
Shape sorter
Sippy cups
Snap and lock beads
Squeak toys
Stackable rings
Teething rings
Toy telephone
Toys with light and sound
Wind up toys
Movies
Must be DVD’s- English and Spanish- Please no R- rated movies
 G movies (Blues Clues, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Ice Age, A Bugs Life, Spongebob,
Lilo and Stitch, Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Dora the Explorer, The Wiggles,
Cinderella, Snow White, Little Mermaid, Aladdin, etc.)
 PG movies (Cat in the Hat, Cheaper by the Dozen, Daddy Day Care, Freaky Friday,
Monsters Inc., Shrek, Spy Kids, Toy Story, etc.)
 PG-13 movies (13 Going on 30, 50 First Dates, Spiderman, Hunger Games, Avatar,
Twilight, Meet the Parents, Big Daddy, Signs, Grown Ups, Patch Adams, Blades of
Glory, Transformers, etc.)
Music
CD’s only
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Disney songs
Itunes gift card
Lullaby music
Musical instruments
Musical toys- guitars, bongos, drums, etc.
Sing along songs
Spanish music
Teenage: pop, rock, R&B
Miscellaneous Items
 Balls (Soccer balls, footballs, basketball with portable net)
 Bubbles
 Chap stick
 Conditioner
 Etch-a-Sketch
 Gift card for Itunes
 Gift card to The Rag Shop, Michaels, A.C. Moore
 Gift card to Toys R Us
 Gift card to Wal-Mart or Target
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Hair accessories
Lego’s
Magna doodles
Nail polish
Nail polish decals
New Pajamas (from newborn to adult sizes)
New stuffed animals
Shampoo
Slinkees
View master with cartridge
Transportation Toys
 Little Tykes Cozy Coupe
 Little Tykes Push Car with handle
 Little Tykes Wagon
The following are suggestions for group or individual service projects:
 Individual activity bags for children (coloring sheets or books, paper, glue, crayons,
markers, stickers, etc.)
 Individual “ready to make” craft kits- please include the supplies and directions in the
bag (door signs, small crafts, friendship bracelets)
 Seasonal holiday favors that do not include food (Easter baskets, Christmas stockings,
Halloween treats)
 Assembling toiletries in zip lock bags for family members (small bottles of shampoo,
conditioner, body soap, toothpaste, Chap Stick, brushes—NO RAZORS please!)
 Help keep our Treasure Chest full. The treasure Chest is used when a child has
undergone any type of procedure of test. Its purpose is to reward the child for getting
through the procedure. Suggestions for smaller toys for patients ages 2-18 include:
action figures, new books, hand-held electronic games, small games or puzzles,
Matchbox cards, dolls, Barbie dolls, new stuffed animals, beanie babies, etc.
 DVD drive (English and Spanish- No R rated movies)
 Video game drive
 Sticker drive (creative and kid friendly)
Fundraising Wish List
Wish List (items and their values)
Capital
Supplies
Fundraising Ideas
You may wish to consider fundraising through your school, family and friends, church or civic
organization. Here are some ideas that may help you get started:
 Donate the monthly dues from your organization to K. Hovnanian Children’s
Hospital
 Host a small fundraising event: bake sale, car wash, penny war
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Engage your corporate giving program
In lieu of holiday gifts, make a donation to K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital
Sponsor an event
To donate toys, gifts or other items to K.
Hovnanian Children’s Hospital:
Sara Auerbach
Certified Child Life Specialist
Child Life Department
Phone: 732-776-2541
Email: [email protected]
Please Contact Michele Taylor
Recreational Therapist
Child Life Department
Phone: 732-776-4626
Email: [email protected]
Luiza Oganesian
Certified Child Life Specialist
Child Life Department
Phone: 732-776-2541
Email: [email protected]
K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital At Jersey
Shore University Medical Center
1945 State Route 33
Neptune, 07754
To make a financial donation or to host a
fundraising activity in support of K.
Hovnanian Children’s Hospital:
Please contact Amy Delaney
Development Officer
K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Foundation
Phone: 732-751-5134
Fax: 732-751-5120
Email:[email protected]
1945 State Route 33
PO Box 1064
Neptune, NJ 07754