We're doing lots of prep as a club (join us!) for the CV RELAY FOR LIFE this summer!

Hey everyone. Here is some information about the Item Drive we are having with Children's Hospital of Oakland. Oh yes, by the way, we are not going to be accepting toys that are manufactured by the brand of Mattel because of the toy recall that occured a few months ago.

Here is a link for more information.



IN-KIND DONATIONS
Your donations of toys and supplies help supplement the activities and entertainment we provide the patients of Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland. While our patients range in age from newborns to teens, we especially need items for teens and babies.
Please read our instructions below for scheduling your donation delivery, special holiday information and a list of items that we cannot accept.
We’ve also created lists of things we always need and unusual items we especially appreciate.
Thank you for thinking of the patients at Children's Hospital.

Scheduling donation delivery
To schedule your donation delivery in advance, please call the Volunteer Office at (510) 428-3471, Ext. 2. Please be prepared to carry your donations to our sorting area. We'll provide a cart and will escort you. All donations must be brand new and in their original packaging or with the original tags on.

Special holiday information
Please deliver holiday donations by the first week of December so they'll be ready in time for holiday parties. Please leave toys unwrapped and in their original packaging.
Items we do not accept
We do not accept or distribute food, candy or latex balloons. We do not accept donations of clothing, except for brand new sweatpants, T-shirts and underwear. Books and toys with violent themes will not be distributed.
Items we always need
Items in bold are high-volume requests.

* Art and craft supplies such as:
- Popsicle sticks, felt, foam balls, googly eyes, colored pipe cleaners, colorful feathers, glitter, glitter glue, colored pencils, children's safety scissors, colorful tissue paper, bleached muslin by the yard, ZIG permanent markers, fabric paint or dye, and origami paper.
- New white cotton T-shirts, all sizes, for children and adults.
- New picture frames suitable for decorating projects or for displaying children's artwork (plexi inserts only; no glass please).

* Baby items: plastic rattles, teething devices, wrist rattles, cloth books
* Balls — baseballs, footballs, soccer balls, gym balls all sizes
* Beading kits
* Beanie Babies
* Bionicles
* Books, new or gently used, especially picture books

* Character toys, such as Dora, Spiderman and Sesame Street
* Children's books in Spanish
* Coloring Books — especially Dover brand coloring books
* Crayons and colored pencils
* Crib mobiles and crib activity boxes
* Crossword puzzle books for both kids and parents

* Dolls (especially African-American, Asian and Hispanic dolls and Barbies)

* Games such as Monopoly, Clue, Scrabble, Battleship, Chutes and Ladders, Yahtzee, Life, chess, checkers, Boggle, Trouble, Connect Four and memory games

* Hair supplies such as combs, barrettes and scrunchies
* Hand-held games
* Hot Wheels, small cars and trucks

* Infant and toddler toys such as those made by Fisher-Price and Playskool, stacking rings and blocks

* Journals, blank books, notebooks

* Mad Libs
* Magazines for all ages, including magazines in Spanish
* Magic Markers and gel pens
* Mini needlepoint kits
* Model car kits
* Mylar Balloons (not inflated), balloon weights and curling ribbon: Balloons are used for birthdays and special events and should have positive kid-friendly messages for boys and girls ages 0-teens (such as Get Well, Happy Birthday/Feliz Cumpleanos, Smiley Face, You're #1, You're Special, To Cheer You, etc. Characters such as Spiderman, Dora, Disney characters, butterflies, fish, are also popular.)

* Play Dough and Silly Putty
* Playing cards including UNO, Old Maid, Crazy Eights
* Portable CD players with headphone and batteries
* Puzzles
* Rattles
* Safety Scissors
* Scrapbook supplies
* Spanish language books, magazines and games
* Stationary sets
* Stickers

* Teddy Bears and stuffed animals in small sizes (ten inches and under, please)

Unusual items we appreciate getting
* Electric toothbrushes (Craniofacial Department)
* Gift certificates: Safeway or Albertson’s grocery stores, or Target stores
* Knitting yarn and knitting needles (all sizes) — (Family Resource & Information Center)
* Crochet hooks (Family Resource & Information Center)
* Magazine subscriptions — People, People en Espanol, Readers Digest in Espanol, Jet, Teen People, Teen Vogue, Teen Voices, American Girl Magazine, Oprah (Family Resource & Information Center)
* Infant socks (Intensive Care Nursery)
* Measuring Cups (Endocrinology Department)
* Sweatpants, T-shirts and underwear. All clothing items must be new and unused. (Emergency Department)
* Telephone cards for long-distance phone calls
* Travel-size shampoo, deodorant, toothbrushes and toothpaste, shaving items for parents