Donate Toys and Games to Valley Children's

Child Life Services helps children understand and cope with hospitalization. Playing with toys and enjoying age-appropriate activities helps a child’s recovery and allows them to continue being a kid. The Child Life Department at Valley Children’s appreciates donations of toys, craft items and board games. As a result of the Central Valley’s generosity, we are able to provide toys, games and other gifts for our patients throughout the year. 

How do I donate toys to Valley Children's Hospital?

For your convenience, there are three easy ways to donate toys to Valley Children’s Hospital:

• Option 1: Amazon wish list: Child Life Services has established an Amazon Wish List for patients that identifies our patients’ most sought-after items.
• Option 2: Donate funds to Child Life: You can make a monetary donation today that would be used by our Child Life Services’ team of trained specialists to purchase toys for kids in the hospital. 100% of your gift would be used to purchase items for children.
• Option 3: Contactless drop-off: If you have already purchased brand new items that are unwrapped and still in the original packaging, you can bring those items directly to: 
  Valley Children’s Hospital
  9300 Valley Children's Place
  Madera, CA 93636

A drop-off bin is available at the main entrance. For large donations, please call ahead to Child Life Services at 559-353-5882 to schedule a time to drop off your donation. Our team will meet you at the main entrance, unload your vehicle, and provide a pre-printed donation form for your convenience. 

Donation Guidelines

We appreciate every donation! As we hope you can understand, in order to keep our patients safe, used or even gently used items cannot be accepted. Pediatric patients need special considerations when they are given items due to their immune systems. Their health is our highest concern, and we appreciate your understanding and support to provide only new items. Due to the sensitive nature of our patient population, all donations must come from a smoke-free environment. 

Please note that we are unable to accept handmade cards for patients. We are also unable to accept donated items that have photos, written stories or other personal information attached to them.

Due to infection control and privacy policies, you will not be able to deliver your gifts to patients directly. Donations are distributed to children by hospital staff.  

Questions

If you have any questions about donations or are considering a fundraising event or soliciting items for the hospital toward a donation, contact the Foundation department at 559-353-7100 or Child Life Services at 559- 353-5882 for more information.