Child Life Fund

Thank you for considering a gift to ProMedica Russell J. Ebeid Children’s Hospital’s Child Life Fund! Please learn more about items we accept and fill out our online donation form before sending or delivering any donation items.

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Help bring comfort, joy, and healing to our patients and their families.
Whether it’s an educational toy or game or comfort items to brighten a tough day, your gift can make a world of difference. Each donated item brings a smile, eases anxiety, and helps kids and families feel supported during their hospital stay.

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Amazon Wish Lists
You can shop directly from our Amazon Wish Lists and have items sent straight to ProMedica Russell J. Ebeid Children’s Hospital.

Infant to Toddler

Elementary to Middle School

Junior High to High School


Prefer to give a monetary gift? Your donation allows our Child Life and Clinical Specialists to thoughtfully choose what’s needed most — from therapeutic tools to meaningful distractions. Click here

Thank you for caring in such a special way!


Items We Accept
Our needs vary from month to month, but our greatest consistent needs are:
  • Sound machines
  • Board books
  • Infant musical toys
  • Play Doh (not Dollar Store brand)
  • Hot Wheels cars and medium size cars
  • 12” SQUISHMALLOWS
  • Orbeez squish balls
  • Baby dolls
  • Colored pencils
  • Teen craft kits

Items We Are Unable to Accept
Due to Infection Control, here are some guidelines for donations:

  • No Dollar Store/Dollar Tree items
  • No fragrant items or items with exposure to cigarette smoke
  • No items stored in damp basements/storage areas
  • No used books or used toys
  • No items with religious reference
  • No food
  • No violent items such as violent action figures, guns or knives.
  • No toys with latex
  • No toys with wrapping paper
  • No toys that produce an electrical spark or work by friction (i.e., pull back cars) due to use of oxygen

Due to a great supply:

  • No stuffed toys.
  • No blanket
  • No crayons

*For a full list of items that we are able to accept, please click on the donation guidelines link below. Fill out our online donation form before sending or delivering any donation items.
 
All toys coming in will be placed in a storage area for five days as a precautionary measure. 

Alternatively, you may prefer to ship toys directly to our unit at this address:

Russell J. Ebeid Children's Hospital
Child Life Office 4N Expansion
2142 N. Cove Blvd
Toledo, OH 43606

If you have toys to donate, please fill out the donation intake form below and a member of the Child Life Department will contact you upon receiving. View the Child Life Donation Guidelines here for further guidancePDF documentOpens in new tab or window.

Please feel free to contact the Child Life Department at childlife@promedica.org with any questions.