Donating Items

 

How Donated Items are Used

Donated items to The Cheer Guild are used within the Toy Room, where over 14,000 items are distributed each month to patients. These items are distributed as gifts for the patients to keep. These gifts help to aid in minimizing stress by offering some distraction to the current situation. Toys can help to pass the time or can be used to distract a child during a painful procedure, while blankets can add color to hospital room. The Cheer Guild has a wish list of items that are frequently requested by patients. If purchasing toys, we encourage donors to purchase from the wish list. If making handmade items, we encourage donors to call The Cheer Guild to request a pattern packet and ask for a list of the most current needs for handmade items.

Updated 11/2011: Download the current Wish List (pdf)

Please review our 2011 Guidelines for Donation (pdf)

 

Pattern Information

The Cheer Guild is in need of many different kinds of handmade items to be distributed to patients as gifts that they can keep. Prior to making handmade items, we encourage donors to call The Cheer Guild to ask for a list of the most current needs for these items, as this list continuously changes due to daily donations. The Cheer Guild has a pattern packet, which includes all the handmade items we accept (puppy pillows, pinafores, no-sew blankets, quilts, tote bags, etc). Due to different printing capabilities on individual printers, we ask that donors contact The Cheer Guild to request a pattern packet to ensure that patterns do not get skewed in any way. You may request a pattern packet by phone (317) 944-8705 or by email with your mailing address toTeresa Harper at tharper@iuhealth.org.

 

Current Items Needed

  • Beanie Babies
  • Single layer fleece blankets
  • Character coloring & activity books
  • Lego sets, including Bionicles
  • All-inclusive craft kits
  • Nintendo Wii games (rated E for Everyone)
  • DVDs(G , PG & PG-13 rated, new releases preferred)
  • Models—car, plane or truck (especially level 1, snap together)
  • Fisher Price medical kits
  • Small Stuffed Animals (Newborn +)

Due to the loss of storage space and the amount of toys that are donated during the holiday season, The Cheer Guild is asking that all other homemade items be held until the 1st of February, 2012. Thank you so much for understanding.

New Toys Needed

Intant/Toddler

Baby Einstein Baby Neptune Soother, Wrist Rattles, Small Musical Toys, Bright Starts Teether Books, Leap Frog My First Book, Precious Plant Soothers Fisher Price, Small Stuffed Animals (Newborn +), Brilliant Basic Stack & Roll Cups, Play Skool Toys, Fisher Price Classical Stackers, Learning Links

Preschool/Schoolages

Barbie Dolls, Crayola Color Wonders, Models (Cars/Planes/Trucks), Sesame Street Elmo, Stuffed Animals, Art Drawing Pads, Paint with numbers books

Teens

Pottery Craft Kits (Cups & Banks), Colts & Pacers Hats & Shirts, Uno Games, Wal Mart/Target/Meijer, Inc. Gift Cards, Bionicles (Large & Small), legos, Sun Catchers with paint