Children's Hospital Boston 300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 355-6000
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For Patients & Families:
Toy and book donations
Image Gifts to Children's Hospital Boston are deeply appreciated. Please note that we receive many gifts during the holiday season. Your toy donations at other times throughout the year will help brighten children year-round.

Unacceptable items (please do not donate):

  • NO USED toys of any kind due to infection control guidelines, as they could be harmful to sick children. This includes NO USED stuffed animals.
  • No computers
  • No tiny chokeable toys
  • No artwork (for display)
  • No hair donations
  • No wrapped toys; all items must be checked before given to a child
Children's Ages Acceptable Toys
(Donations are welcomed)
1-3 No-spill bubbles, blocks, water toys, plastic rings, dolls, busyboxes, mobiles, cradle gyms, music boxes, crayons, soft animals, Fisher Price toys, V-Tech toys, telephones, trucks, sight and sound books, pop-up books and See N' Says, sort shapers, Nerf toys, puzzles, musical and/or light-up toys.
4-8 Play kitchen set dishes, cars, trucks, paint sets, play doctor kits, play cash registers, friendly puppets, Magna Doodle, board games such as: Candyland, Chutes & Ladders, Connect Four, Guess Who, Playdoh, HiHo Cherio, Memory, Old Maid, Go Fish.
8-12 Art supplies and craft kits, Matchbox cars, puzzles, models, Construct toys, Viewmaster, books on tape / CD, superheroes, play/action figures, Game Systems and Games: N64, PlayStation, Playstation II, Gamecube, Gameboys, Board games such as: Guess Who, Monopoly Junior, Masterpiece, Junior Scrabble, Uno, Trouble, Sorry, Boggle, Playing Cards, New Videos: G or PG rated.
13-Adult Art supplies and craft kits, nail polish sets, makeup kits, toiletries, Jenga, Pictionary, Life, word search, clue trivia games, board games such as: Monopoly, Scrabble, backgammon, chess, checkers, Boggle, Othello, cribbage, CDs, cassettes, hand-held games, Walkmans, Portable CD players, New Videos: PG-13 rated.
How to deliver toy donations:
  • Please contact Child Life Services at 617-355-6551 to make donation delivery arrangements. Due to traffic control and security issues, we request that donations be dropped off on Mondays and Fridays.

  • Small items may be brought to the front desk at the main entrance in the lobby on Mondays and Fridays. Please fill out a donation slip with your name and address so we can send an acknowledgment.

  • Larger donations should be brought to the receiving dock. Pass the main entrance and take your first right onto Meadow Lane. Please indicate that items are to go to "CHILD LIFE" and be sure to include your name and address on the package/items so we can send an acknowledgement.

  • Items can also be mailed to:

    Children's Hospital Boston
    ATTN: Child Life Services
    300 Longwood Avenue
    Boston, MA 02115
Book Donations
Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a national program designed to promote school readiness and early literacy skills among children who are at increased risk for reading failure. At each check-up between the ages of 6 months to 5 years, children are given their own brand new, developmentally and culturally appropriate book. ROR accepts new and gently used donations of children's books. We are also in need of books written in a variety of languages, especially Spanish.

Find out more about Reach Out and Read

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