Forward Friday – 10/26/2018

Happy Friday!!

This week’s Forward Friday highlight goes out to Blank Children’s Hospital Child Life Department. Ava always came home with something, whether it was a new blanket when admitted for an overnight or a craft made while waiting for lab results at the clinic. She loved and cherished the gifts and activities. They always made the stays bearable and the smiles were priceless.

This season please consider Blank Children’s Child Life in your charitable giving’s. This is just a highlight, so be sure to check out the links below to ensure you have all the details. The hospital can be very scary and boring at times too. Activities help pass the time and manage fear with distraction. Ava made every craft available and I still tear up with I go to Michael’s or Joann’s and see some of the craft kits that she would have enjoyed.

Some ideas would be gift bags, blankets, purchasing items off a wish list, monetary donations or a book drive. They take party and gift supplies too, for birthday’s inpatient and end of chemo parties.

The hospital can only take new items, but if you are doing a fall clean, up you can donate items to the Not New Shop and they use the proceeds earned to fund hospital programs like Child Life. The wish list is nice because it includes some very specific items if you’re not sure what to donate or if your an Amazon shopper click here to access their Amazon registry page.

Watch this cute video on Facebook from more information about holiday giving.

To access the detailed Wish List page on what to donate and what not to donate click here.

Be sure to review the helpful Giving FAQ for more details here, for what not to bring, where to drop off donations and much more.

You will need to fill out a donation form and bring it with you when you drop off donations. Click here for the individual form.

For more information about group projects and the group, donation form click this link here.

Ava benefited from it all, trikes, games, crafts, toys, coloring, reading, movies, sensory/therapy items, music therapy, gift cards to her favorite stores, gifts on special occasions, parties on special days and I could go on. Your support is greatly appreciated!