Your donations make a difference. See below how your contributions make a lifelong impact on the lives of children in pediatric hospitals.
Thank you for helping us be kids.
Thank you for helping us play.
Thank you for helping us heal.
“When we couldn't be there with him, two things the hospital had available got his mind off the situation: Nintendo and movies...”
“I’m knitting this scarf for my daughter, for my son, for Minecraft, for Child’s Play, and for every parent who’s had to sit and watch their child suffer through illnesses...”
“As has happened so often during my son's treatment, I am astounded by the generosity of people. Thank you and your readers so much for Child's Play...”
“The game systems and games provide such an important source of distraction as well as a familiarity in a place that is often unknown to children...”
“Part of the way through the day a volunteer from the hospital wheeled in a cart with a TV, a Nintendo and several games, and a DVD player. I can’t tell you how much it helped to get us through that day having the simple distraction of some video games...”
“...I found myself in a brightly-colored, brightly-lit room with three or four un-inhabited stretchers and a clutch of children in hospital gowns playing Playstation...”