Annual Christmas in July Toy Drive for Children's Memorial Hospital
Helping children be children while they are in the hospital. You can help us put a smile on the faces of all the children who have cancer. Donate brand new unwrapped toys. Our toy drive collection is every year in July, if you have toys you would like to donate at any time of the year, please email info@ryanlf.org or send to
Ryan Lamantia Foundation
4525 Heron Drive
Lake in the Hills, IL 60156
Items sure to make a kid smile
Card game decks - Uno, others
Handheld games - 20Q, Yahtzee, others
Jewelry or bead kits
Matchbox cars
Art or craft kits for kids
Cartoon figures - Spongebob, Spiderman, My Little Pony
Bionicles, small Lego kits
Disposable Cameras
Small Etch-a-Sketch or DoodlePro
Hand held games
Infants (0–18 Months)
Baby blocks
Books — cardboard or vinyl
Duplo blocks
Music boxes, musical radios
Push toys, carts
Rattles
Shape sorters
Stacking rings, cubes, cups
Teething rings
Toy telephones
Toddler/Preschool (18 months–4 years)
Blocks
Dressing dolls
Farm animals
Infant dolls
Linking toys
Little People sets
Musical toys, instruments
Peaceful Aquariums
Play food and kitchen toys
Play medical kit
Pop-up books
Puzzles of 10 pieces or fewer
See'n'Say
School age (5–12 years)
Beads and jewelry making kits
Board games
Bubble machines
Cars and trucks
Coloring books — non-violent
Crayons, colored pencils
Dinosaurs Geo Safari and game packs
Handicraft kits
Handheld games
Modeling clay (air-drying)
Nerf Ball games
Paints (tempera and watercolor)
Play-doh Fun Factories
Playing card games
Puzzles, 25–100 pieces
Science/nature model/craft kits
Stickers
Adolescents (13 years and up)
Back packs, tote bags
Books
Calculators
Cameras
CD players - portable with headphones
Computer games (E rating)
Hand-held game units
Gift cards for music, department stores
Jewelry kits
Make-up starter kits
Model kits — challenging
Painting sets
Picture frames
Playing cards
Posters Puzzles, 300 pieces
Sports paraphernalia — t-shirts, cups, posters
Stationary, diaries, notepads, calendars
Stress squeeze balls
Toiletries (nail care, brushes, combs, pins)
Movies/Music/Video Games
Please note that we do not currently have a need for VHS tapes (videos) in the hospital, but DVDs are welcome.
Gift cards from iTunes
Latest releases of DVD movies with G or PG13 ratings, nonviolent. Movies for teens are especially needed.
Nonviolent video games for Playstation 2, X Box, X Box 360 and GameCube.
Items needed for the playrooms
Especially needed are small 2 oz. containers of play-doh, and small arts & crafts kits for kids
Art Kits
Glitter pens
Craft sticks
Pipe cleaners
Glitter/sequins
Self-drying art clay
Stickers
Watercolors
Play-doh
Markers
Paints/brushes
Safety scissors
Beads