Extraordinary Kids Fund

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Hennepin County Medical Center provides serviceswithout regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex,disability, marital status, sexual orientation, genderidentity, public assistance or national origin.

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Electronics (School age and up)• Portable DVD players to use

at bedside• Laptops (new or used with WiFi

capability)• Xbox 360 games• Playstation 3 games• Wii games• Wii remotes• itune gift cards• DVDs• CD players• CDs: Relaxation music/lullabies/

current music of all genres

Distraction (all ages)

• Light spinners• Bubbles• Stress balls• Pinwheels• Rainsticks• Sound tubes• Vibrating snake sensory toy• Hoberman Spheres• Sensory balls

Please note: Infections are always a risk in a hospital setting. In order to protect our patients, all donated items must be new.

Donation Information Please contact HCMC’s Child Life Specialists with any questions or to discuss your pending donation.Alyson Weiss or Katie O’HearnChild Life SpecialistsHennepin County Medical Center(612) 873-3355childlife@hcmed.org

In-Kind Donation Drop off LocationHennepin Health Foundation700 10th Avenue SouthMinneapolis, MN 55415612-873-6090

Online Cash Donationwww.hcmc.org/foundationClick on donate and select the Extaordinary Kids Fund from the designation drop down menu.

Mailing Address for Cash DonationHennepin Health Foundation701 Park Avenue, LSB3Minneapolis, MN 55415Please note Extraordinary Kids Fund withyour contribution

Hennepin Health Foundation is a nonprofitconnecting the generosity of the communitywith HCMC’s hospital and clinics. Our uniqueposition of being Minnesota’s largest safetynet and public teaching hospital offers youinnovative ways to make an impact withyour philanthropy.

Learn more at: www.hcmc.org/foundationor by calling 612-872-6090.

www.hcmc.org/foundation

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Books, Games & Puzzles(all ages)

• Board games and card games for all age groups (Memory, Candy Land, Chutes & Ladders, Sorry, Trouble, Jenga, Monopoly, Connect Four, I’ve Never, Cranium, Uno, Blink, Apples to Apples, Taboo, Operation, Scattegories, playing cards, Skip-Bo, Phase 10, etc.)

• Board books• Wooden puzzles• Puzzles of all #s of piece varieties

Environment/Playroom• Medical play supplies (furniture

housing, teaching doll with appropriate modifications for HCMC population, doctor kits, model of CT/MRI scanner)

• Pediatric sized furniture• Vinyl bean bag chairs• Dishwasher• Cooking supplies (measuring cups,

measuring spoons, spatulas, mixing bowls, microwave)

Art Supplies (all ages)

• Tempera paint• Construction paper• Drawing pads• Watercolor paper• Watercolors• Play-Doh and Play-Doh tools• Glitter• Pom poms• Foam stickers & Shapes• Oriental trading craft kits and

sticker packs• Sharpies• Pillowcases• Canvas backpacks, hats, etc. to

paint/decorate• Fabric markers• Ceramic figures to paint• Teen friendly craft projects• Scrapbooking supplies• Glue dots• Glue sticks• Glue (individual small bottles)• Poster board• Coloring books• Pipe cleaners• Friendship bracelet string• Key chain rings• Kid-friendly safety scissors• Oil Pastels• Erasers• Model Magic• Sculpey• Felt puppets• Journals

Child’s PlayHCMC recognizes that illness and hospitalization are stressful events in thelives of children and their families. Westrive to offer a child and family-centered environment in all areas our hospital. By providing age-appropriate activities, wehope to minimize stress and help childrenand their families cope positively withtheir healthcare experience.

The Extraordinary Kids Fund was createdto inspire support from the community tobring joy to pediatric patients at HCMC.

You can help our patients by making a donation of new toys, games, and othersupplies. We also welcome cash and giftcards for staff to purchase items mostneeded for our current patients.

Offering joy anywhere a child is servedBurn UnitEmergency RoomNewborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU)Pediatric ClinicPediatric Inpatient UnitPediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)Sexual Assault Resource Center (SARS)Radiology

WISH LISTInfant/Toddler• Musical/light-up toys• Crib mobiles/aquariums (non-cloth)• Clip-on crib musical toys (all plastic)• Board books• Lullaby CDs

Preschool • Wooden puzzles with 4-20 pieces• Play kitchen/food/cooking utensils• Train table/Thomas trains• Duplos• Dollhouse and dollhouse people of

all cultures/skin colors• Doctor kits

School Age• Lego kits of all sizes/age ranges• Hospital/ambulance related toys

(Playmobil hospital, ambulance, fire truck, etc.)

• Matchbox cars• Multi-racial Barbies/Barbie

accessories • Etch-a-sketch

Teens• Lego kits of all sizes/age ranges• Playing cards/Uno/Skip-Bo/Phase

10/Blink• Teen friendly crafts projects• Teen/Mature rated Xbox and

Playstation 3 Games

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