Testimonials

Your donations make a difference. See below how your contributions make a lifelong impact on the lives of children in pediatric hospitals.

Children’s Hospital of Colorado thanks Child’s Play and its donors

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Thank you for helping us be kids.
Thank you for helping us play.
Thank you for helping us heal.

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Vicky Sherrouse

“...I found myself in a brightly-colored, brightly-lit room with three or four un-inhabited stretchers and a clutch of children in hospital gowns playing Playstation...”

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Alfred Dupont Nemours Health

“With Child's Play funds, we were able to install wall mounts, a security tether, and control in each room. We were also able to purchase additional controllers for when family members want to play along with the patient. ”

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Jessica

“It was frightening and painful, and nobody wanted to explain anything to a 5-year old. The thing that changed me forever, though, wasn't the surgery, it was the game cart.”

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Wilder Heath

“It has been an asset for CoRe participants to have access to their own mobile gaming center each session and be able to play video games while acquiring important life skills and making new and positive friends.”

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Winnipeg Child Life Specialist

“Thank you so much to Child’s Play for making us, as Child Life Specialists, look like the coolest people in the hospital!”

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David

“Video games didn't save my life, and I didn't have a terminal disease, but they took what could have been one of the worst experiences of my life and made it my most positive hospital-related experience to date.”

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