Holiday Giving

Making a donation to Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) or Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital (YNHCH), is a wonderful way to capture the true meaning of the holiday season. With your help, we can provide patients with all of the ingredients for a happier holiday.

The information below provides opportunities for individuals or groups to donate items on the Wish List or make a monetary donation.

How to be a part of holiday giving at YNHH or YNHCH

There are a number of ways you can be a part of holiday giving at YNHH or YNHCH:

• Make a monetary donation
• Donate items on the Wish List

Monetary Donations

Monetary donations can be made the following ways:

• Online
• Download the Holiday Giving Form and fax the form to 203.688.8338
• Download the Holiday Giving Form and mail to the following address:

  Office of Development
  Yale-New Haven Hospital
  P.O. Box 1849
  New Haven, CT 06508-1849

  Please call 203.688.6437, or contact giving@ynhh.org, if you have any questions about completing this form.

Wish List Donations

Wish List items can be donated by following these simple steps:

• Print the Donation Form
• Complete all requested information on the donation form
• Be sure you followed the Wish List Guidelines
• Bring the completed donation form with you at your designated drop off time and location to YNHH or YNHCH with your donation
• All donated items must be new and unwrapped

YNHH Wish List

Print the YNHH list

• Playing Cards
• Special playing card decks such as UNO
• Crossword Puzzle or Word Search Books
• Sudoku Books
• New Books – Fiction and Nonfiction (New York Times Best Seller List)
• Magazine subscriptions
  

  Subscriptions can be made to the following:

  Volunteer Services
  EP 1-612
  Yale-New Haven Hospital
  20 York Street
  New Haven, CT 06510

• Board games (Scrabble, Monopoly, etc.)
• Handmade items (blankets, lap blankets, hats, scarves, etc.)
• Jigsaw puzzles
• New yarn
• Large print books, magazines and puzzle books

YNHCH Wish List

Print the YNHCH list

• Infant Mobiles that are plastic or non-plush
• Infant bouncy seats
• Infant swings
• "Fascination" Stations
• Infant toys including wrist & foot rattles
• Shatter proof mirrors that can attach to cribs
• Toddler clothing sizes 18-24 months
• CDs of lullaby and children's songs
• CD Players (for play groups)
• DVDs (Baby Einstein, Sesame Street, Elmo, etc.)
• Kick start gym, busy boxes
• Musical instruments and musical toys that light up
• Tactile mats and tactile stimulation toys
• V-tech toys
• Board books and pop-up books
• Big wooden puzzles with handles
• Toy cars and trucks

• Coloring books, markers and crayons
• Pre-packaged sets of bead jewelry or arts and craft kits for appropriate ages
• Bubble tumblers
• Rolls of stickers
• Large tubs of Crayola Model Magic modeling compound and Play-Doh
• Board games (Candy Land, Monopoly Junior, Checkers, Memory, Sorry, etc.)
• Card games such as UNO, Skip-Bo, etc.
• Small doll house sets, doll house furniture and people (Fisher-Price Little People, Playskool Weebles, etc.)
• Toy cars (Hot Wheels, Matchbox, etc.)
• Washable toys, with little or no detachable parts (Magna Doodle, See 'N Say, etc.)
• DVDs — current age-appropriate movies (must be closed captioned); Nick Jr. cartoons, Dora the Explorer, Diego, Mickey Mouse, etc.
• CD player and CDs
• Books (I Spy, Where’s Waldo, pop-up books, board books, picture books and other age appropriate books)
• Light up toys for distraction

• Hand-held gaming system, controllers and games for all ages (Leapster, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation, Xbox, Game Boy)
• Laptop computers and software
• Computer games for PCs
• CD player and CDs
• Stationary or portable DVD players, Video Now
• Current adolescent DVD movies, age appropriate (must be closed captioned)
• Journals, black paper with gel pens
• Arts and Crafts Supplies (beading, etc.)
• Individual arts and crafts kits
• Scrapbooks and scrapbooking materials
• Lotions and body splash
• Picture frames
• Teen board games (Scattegories, Monopoly, etc.)
• Card games (UNO, SETGAME, Skip-Bo, etc.)
• Gift certificates to: GAP, Barnes & Noble, Foot Locker, Old Navy, Aeropostale, Kohl's, iTunes, FYE, Target, etc.

• Playing cards
• Special playing card decks such as UNO, SETGAME and Skip-Bo
• Seasonal stickers
• Individual crayon boxes and coloring books
• Crossword puzzle books
• Hidden picture books
• Small bottles of bubbles
• Gift-wrapping supplies: wrapping paper, gift bags, tissue paper, ribbon, etc.

Wish List Guidelines

Print the guidelines

Following infection control guidelines is critical in a hospital setting. To protect our patients, we can only accept new items. When purchasing for our patients, please be aware that we cannot accept the following:

• Used toys and stuffed animals
• Toys stuffed with shredded foam, small pellets or beans. Look for items with fabric or solid foam
• Toys with small or detachable parts (such as button eyes) that could be removed and swallowed or inhaled
• Electrical, spark-producing or friction-producing toys
• Video tapes in VHS format
• Music tapes/cassettes
• Fragile toys that can break into small pieces with sharp edges
• Toys made of glass or brittle plastic
• Toys with sharp edges or protrusions
• Toys or craft kits with toxic or lead-based paints, latex or glues
• Toys with parts that can pinch fingers or pull hair
• Humorous medical toys and games (such as Operation), as these may arouse fear and cause misconceptions
• Toy guns, WWE or WWF products (wrestling) and other violent toys
• Latex or rubber balloons or toys that are made of these substances

Please note: We do accept Mylar™ balloons.

All donated items must be new and unwrapped.

Schedule a Donation Drop-off

To arrange for a date and time when you may bring your donation to the hospital, or if you should have any questions, please contact the Office of Development at 203.688.6437, or by email at giving@ynhh.org.

Your thoughtfulness and generosity are much appreciated.
Thank you for donating to Yale-New Haven Hospital
and
Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital.