Our Wish List for Item Donations
Purchase our most-needed items from the list below and schedule a drop-off time, or visit our Amazon WishList and have your donation delivered directly to Norton Children’s Hospital. A detailed wish list by unit or playroom is available by request. Call the foundation at (502) 629-8060 or email foundations@nortonhealthcare.org for more information.
- Gift cards
- Restaurants: Panera, Jimmy John’s, Starbucks, pizza
- Entertainment: Amazon, iTunes
- Basic needs: gas stations, Target, Walmart, Walgreens, Kroger
- Plastic infant/toddler toys
- Rattles
- Teethers
- Light-up/musical toys
- Links
- Oball toys
- Sound machines and crib soothers
- Star projector
- Card games:
- Playing cards
- Phase 10
- Uno
- Skip-Bo
- Legos
- Matchbox cars
- Play-Doh and tools
- Crayola brand markers, crayons, colored pencils and small sharpeners
- Elmer’s brand liquid school glue
- School/craft scissors
- Pretend doctor and medical kits
- Bubbles
- Video games and accessories
- No mature-rated games
- xBox 360, no Kinect games
- xBox One games
- xBox One controllers
- Nerf
- Storage containers
- Sterilite 6-quart clear storage box with lid
- Sterilite 16-quart clear storage box with lid
- Scrapbooking supplies
- 12-by-12-inch scrapbooks
- Stickers, especially baby boy, baby girl and doctor/medical
- Specialty scrapbook paper, especially baby boy, baby girl and doctor/medical
- Strathmore drawing pads
- Artist canvases
- Adult coloring books
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