Toy Room Wishlist

4/30/24

Top needs:

Crayola Colored pencils, Play Packs, Infant/toddler toys, Craft Kits

PLEASE REMEMBER, DONATION DELIVERIES ARE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY!

NO DROP OFFS AT THE INFORMATION DESKS!

Online Donations keep everyone safe

The easiest and safest way to donate toys this year is to click on one of the provided wishlists to have items shipped directly to the Riley Cheer Guild Toy Room. These items support children and families at ALL Riley Children’s Health locations including Riley Hospital for Children downtown, Riley Newborn and Maternal Health at Methodist, and Riley at IU North. We also support adult patients at the downtown hospitals.

HOW ITEMS ARE USED

These donations are used for holidays, birthdays, and other special milestones children, adults, and families may be missing due to chronic illnesses or lengthy hospitalizations. Riley Cheer Guild staff safety check and organize all donated items so clinicians like child life specialists, creative arts therapists, rehab therapists, social workers, chaplains, nurses, and physicians can quickly find the perfect item to enhance their patient’s treatment and experience.

Click the images below to go directly to online wishlists!

SAFetY

Toys and other items used in the hospital have to meet high standards to protect fragile patients and their families, especially during this time of a healthcare pandemic. Items must be separate, new, and in their original packaging. Our team has to manually inspect every item for age, developmental level, non-toxicity, and manufacturing information. The following items or items containing any of the following cannot be used in the hospital setting.

PLEASE AVOID

For more information about these guidelines, please click here.

• latex

• glitter

• wrapped items

• used items

• handmade items

• cards, letters, notes

• items removed from their original packaging

• food or candy

• care packages, filled stockings, gift baskets

• political or religious messages or solicitations

Appointments

There are NO DONATION DROP OFF HOURS at Riley downtown or at North. If you already have physical items that meet the criteria and are wishlist items, please call us at (317) 944-8705 to discuss your donation and make specific arrangements with our team members. You can also email us at RileyCheerGuild@iuhealth.org

financial donations

Click here to make a toy room designated financial donation used to purchase needed items throughout the year.

DONATION FORM

Click here to download a copy of our donation form for tax and acknowledgement purposes.

DONOR POSTER

Click here to download a copy of a “Riley Cheer Guild Toy Room Donor” poster to take photos of you with your donation safely at home before shipping or scheduling an appointment.

top needs

Ages birth to 3 years:    

Electronic light-up/musical toys | Fisher Price plastic crib toys (i.e. crib mirrors, toys, mobiles, projectors, etc.) | Rattles | Board Books      

Ages 4-9:

Plastic Fisher Price toys | Fisher Price Little People items and Little People animals | Cars/trucks | Doctors kits | I Spy Books/Look & Find books | Lego kits | Barbie dolls & Baby Dolls (all ethnicities) | Action Figures

Ages 10 and up:

Adult coloring books | Advanced Lego kits | Journals & Sketchbooks | Nail Polish (NO GLITTER) | Board Games | Ear buds/headphones | Nintendo Wii Games (rated E for Everyone)

Miscellaneous:

Grab N Go PlayPacks | Lego kits | Small denomination gift cards ($5-$25), especially Target and Walmart | Lipsmackers/Chapstick | Paw Patrol, Disney, Shopkins, Thomas the Train, LOL | Nail Polish (individual bottles) | Latex-Free and Antibacterial-Free Character bandages

Race Medal Donations: Medals 4 Mettle

Are you ready to redistribute your hard-won race medals? Medals 4 Mettle takes medals, cleans them, adds a new ribbon, and distributes to children’s hospitals. Riley cannot accept the medals directly…click Medals4Mettle to learn more!

Area Specific Donation Wish Lists

Riley School Program General Wish List

Riley School Program book wish list

Pathways to Hope Bereavement Program

Riley Family Library Wish List

CReative Arts Therapy Wish Lists:

Art Therapy

Dance Therapy

Music Therapy