Fulfill our wish list
Each year, hundreds of patients from the Children's Cancer Hospital participate in a variety of programs such as the in-hospital school, camp, Arts in Medicine, Child Life events, ski trip and more. You can help the Children's Cancer Hospital by donating new items and supplies for patients to use during their stay. If you prefer to donate money instead, you'll find some examples below of what your money can go toward to purchase items for our patients. The Children's Cancer Hospital thanks you for your generosity!
Due to the health status of our patients, all donated items must be new. To make a donation, please contact Kate Shamszad at 713-745-0445, kdshamszad@mdanderson.org, or Catherine Caverly at 713-792-7180, ccaverly@mdanderson.org.
Our wish list
Child Life Program
2011-2012 Holiday Wish List (PDF)
Other items:
- Lego sets
- Coloring books
- Wooden and ceramic objects to paint
- Crayola markers, crayons and color pencils
- Bead/jewelry making kits
- Art kits- watercolor, etc.
- Paint brushes
- Scrapbook supplies
- DVDs (PG-13 or lower rating) -- also children's movies in Spanish or Arabic
- Word find, Sudoku, and Crossword puzzle books
- Video games for Wii, Playstation 3, X-Box 360 and Nintendo DS
- Target, Toys R Us, Blockbuster and Wal-Mart gift cards ($10-$20)
- iTunes gift cards ($10-$20)
- Disposable cameras
- Batteries (AA and AAA)
- Play dough
- Toy cars
Education and Creative Arts Program
- Items for $25
- Bookstore and bookfair purchases
- Basic school supply kit for elementary school patient
- Backpack/bookbag
- Downloadable books and magazines for electronic readers
- Audio books to accompany printed books (for visually impaired)
- Magnifiers (for visually impaired)
- Tape recorder
- Items for $50
- Basic school supply kit for middle and/or high school patient
- Computer software for classroom computers and mobile laptops
- Monthly subscription to magazines and newspapers
- Items for $100
- One hour of creative writing for patients
- One hour of hands on science experiments for patients
- One hour of recreational therapy and physical education for patients
- Ink pen with built-in recording device (Smart Pen/Livescribe)
- Special paper for use with Smart Pen/Livescribe
- Graphing calculator
- Items for $250
- Textbooks and resources for pre-school programming
- Textbooks and resources for English as a Second Language (ESL) programming
- Web camera and mobile cart
- Electronic reader
- Items for $500
- Laptop
- iPad device
- Technology programming packages
- Distance learning opportunities
Summer Camps and Rehabilitation Ski Trip
- Sponsor a patient on the ski trip - $2,000
- Six adult size ski jackets - $80 each
- Six child size ski jackets - $40 each
- Ski bibs - $30 - $40 each
- Ski trip equipment rental - $105 per participant
- Sponsor a teen for Camp A.O.K. - $860
- Sponsor a child for Camp Star Trails - $450
- Four tennis rackets - $30 each
- Eight containers of tennis balls- $11 each
- Four Spalding basketballs - $13 each
- Six Zebco 33 fishing reels - $30 each
