Donate Toys

Through the generosity of our community supporters, approximately 500 toys per week are given to patients, based on the guidelines below:

• One toy per week that a patient is in the hospital

• One toy for a procedure or surgery

• One toy for a birthday

• Additional toys may be given if children cannot bring toys from home

What Kind of Toys We Accept
Our hospital's volunteer department accepts new toys in their original packaging. 

Due to the acute nature of the illness of our patients, we cannot accept toys that are not in brand new condition.  

A New Type of Toy Drive

We are extremely grateful for the toy drives that our community members hold to supply us with toys and small gifts for our patients to assist them with their recovery.

Because space in our hospital to store all of these lovely toys and gifts is now at a premium, you can really help us by holding a “Gift Card Drive” for our patients, instead of a traditional toy drive.

Gift cards allow us to maximize your gift to our patients because they provide our staff with the flexibility to make “on-demand” toy purchases as they are needed by our patients. If a particular patient would benefit less from a toy and more from an educational game or book, we might be able to distribute a gift card to that patient as a gift from you to them during their recovery.

In addition, a kid-friendly gift card can be combined with a homemade greeting card.

I’ve Got Gift Cards – What Do I Do With Them?

We offer two ways of delivering your gift cards to our volunteer office:

1. Schedule an appointment with our volunteers to drop-off your gift cards (323.361.2371)
2. Mail your gift cards to us at:

               Volunteer Resources Department
               Children's Hospital Los Angeles
               4650 Sunset Blvd #64
               Los Angeles, CA  90027