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CHRISTMAS IS FOR KIDS!

December 2nd, 2008 at Pietros in Milwaukie, Oregon!

Everyone is welcome! This is the event of the year for ifish!
Bring NEW toys and Join us!
Or bring nothing and join in the cheer!

2004 gallery of pictures

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Credit Card Donations can be called into Lynn at 503.413.4141
If you would like to make a donation to the Ifish Holiday Toy Drive, please make your check payable to Emanuel Children’s Hospital Child Life Fund and send it to PO Box 4484, Portland, OR 97208. We will send you a receipt for your gift. Thank you!

www.ifish.net. It's members and friends are getting together to celebrate Christmas the way it should be!
For kids!

We are all going to eat too much pizza and bring gifts to benefit the children who will be staying at
Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital.
The event will be held at Pietro's Pizza Parlor in Milwaukie, Oregon. Pietro's has extended an offer for all of us,
for 20% off of our orders for pizza.

Each person is asked to bring an unwrapped gift from the choices below.
Thank you, and God Bless You! We are going to have a blast! I hope you can join us! See you there!
Jen

2008-2009 Holiday Toy and
Child Life Program Wish List

This wish list consists of toys and supplies that can be enjoyed by hospitalized patients throughout the year (we kindly request no holiday-themed or packaged gifts). This list includes games and supplies that are needed for group activities, as well as items for patients to use in their hospital rooms. Please note that for health and safety reasons, we are only able to accept new and unwrapped items in their original packaging.

General Needs:

Activities in a box (for boys/girls of various ages)
Hand-held squishy balls
Coloring books/Crayola Crayons
DVDs of children’s/family films (PG13) & family friendly TV series
Nintendo DS games
Books on CD
Klutz Activities
Medical play kits
Card games/board games for all ages
Gift certificates to Target, Fred Meyer, I Tunes, Babies R Us
Nerf Basketball Hoops
Puzzles for all ages
Velvet Posters
Handheld electronic/video games
Character Band-Aids
Clothing, especially new socks and underwear (children through teens)

Additional age-specific items include:

Infant/Toddler: newborns through 2 years

Stacking/shape toys
Push toys; Poppers
Small stuffed animals / beanie babies
Hand-made quilts (soft cloth or flannel)
Plastic rattles
Crib aquariums, mobiles for cribs, activity
centers for cribs
Chubby board books & picture books
Xylophone/Piano (Fisher Price or Little Tykes)
Musical toys
Fisher Price/Little People toys
Aqua Doodles
Chunky cars & trucks

Pre-School: 3 – 5 years of age

Action figures & Rescue Heroes
Nerf balls (soft balls that can be used indoors)
Magna Doodle or Etch-a-Sketch
Color Wonder products
Kid K’nex
Dress-up clothes
Mega Blocks/Duplos
Mr. Potato Head
Individual baby dolls & clothes
Tonka Trucks
Brio-style trains

Young School Age Group: 6 – 10 years

I Spy Books
K’nex
Imaginative Play (dinosaurs, bugs, animals, knights,
etc.; no army guys)
Barbies/Polly Pocket/My Little Pony/Littlest
Pet Shop
Snap Together Model Cars
Action figures (Superheros, Star Wars,
Transformers, etc.)
Smaller Lego sets/Bionicles
Small Dollhouse sets (closable & carryable)

Teens: 11 – 18 years of age

Model cars including necessary non-toxic glue
Nail polish and make-up sets/manicure sets
Beading or jewelry making kits
Origami
Remote control cars
Paint by numbers
Crocheting & Knitting Kits
Roll-Up puzzle mats
Interactive DVD games
20Q (various themes)

Instructions for Delivering Gifts to
Emanuel Children’s Hospital Foundation

Delivery location: Emanuel Children’s Hospital,
2801 N Gantenbein Avenue, Portland, OR 97227.

Drop-off times are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Please call Sally Kirchoff at 503-413-4322 to let us know when you are coming so we will be available to meet you.

We will ask you for your (or your group’s) name, address, a brief description of the gift and estimated value. You or your group will receive a receipt from the Foundation for your generosity and thoughtfulness in a week to ten days.

Letter from Sally

Dear Ifishers,

The holiday season is a special time, filled with love, laughter and celebration. For a child spending the holidays in the hospital, this time of year can be difficult. At Legacy Emanuel Children’s Hospital, we make sure to remember every child with a special gift during the holidays. A new toy brightens any child’s day, but it can also have therapeutic powers. Consider the following story:

“Jeremy” was a 17-year-old patient who had suffered severe head injuries in a car accident. He was in a coma for two months and when he emerged, he was not the same boy. He could perform basic functions, but his eyes did not focus on anyone and he had not spoken since before the accident.

We were handing out toys in the Children’s Hospital, and one of our nurses showed Jeremy a hand-held electronic game that could spell out words and numbers. At first he did not want to take it, but then he hesitantly raised his hand to accept the gift. As his parents and nurses watched, he slowly typed out his name, then turned and handed the toy to his father.

From then on, Jeremy rapidly improved. Something about the game had caused his brain to re-engage and he became more communicative, eventually regaining his power of speech. His story, though truly amazing, is just one example of the healing power of toys and play. Emanuel Children’s Hospital uses the toys we receive at the holidays throughout the year to help stimulate and engage young patients undergoing treatment and rehabilitation.

As you can imagine, the number of toys we need is great, and this is where you come in! We invite you to help Legacy Emanuel Children’s Hospital make this holiday and all year long a special time for children like Jeremy by providing toys and other items from the enclosed wish list. With support from the community, we can be sure to give every child a gift at our holiday party and keep our shelves stocked with the supplies Child Life and our other pediatric therapy programs need.

For health and safety reasons, we are only able to accept new and unwrapped items in their original packaging. We greatly appreciate gift sets that are “ready for play” – paints plus paper and brushes, crayons with coloring books, Game Boys with batteries, etc. We want to make things as easy as possible for the children and their parents. We especially need toys for infants and teenagers.

If you do not have time to shop for items on our wish list but still want to remember our kids at this special time of year, please consider making a cash donation in support of our Child Life Program. Your check may be made payable to Emanuel Children’s Hospital Foundation’s Child Life Fund and can be mailed to the address below.

[Addresse], gifts provided by friends of the hospital like you are truly appreciated by our children and their families. If you have any questions or would like to schedule a drop-off, please call me at 503-413-4322. Thank you greatly for helping brighten our young patients’ world at the holidays and all year long!

Best wishes,

Sally Kirchoff
Toy Drive Coordinator
Child Life Program

If you would like to make a donation to the Ifish Holiday Toy Drive, please make your check payable to Emanuel Children’s Hospital Child Life Fund and send it to PO Box 4484, Portland, OR 97208. We will send you a receipt for your gift. Thank you!

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