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.
“As part of our coping plan, the patient played the DS (which was generously donated by Child's Play) while getting stitches.”
“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...”
“Video games didn't save my life, and I didn't have a terminal disease, but they took what could have been one of the worst experiences of my life and made it my most positive hospital-related experience to date.”
“The gaming systems encourage cooperative play among patients/siblings and socialization... ”
“Hospitals can be scary places, and things like movies and video games give the children a sense of normalcy in what is not a normal situation for them...”
“Thank you so much to Child’s Play for making us, as Child Life Specialists, look like the coolest people in the hospital!”