Your donations make a difference. See below how your contributions make a lifelong impact on the lives of children in pediatric hospitals.
Thank you for helping us be kids.
Thank you for helping us play.
Thank you for helping us heal.
“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.”
“They had an old pong machine, with the roller ball and dual screen. It is my first memory in the world of gaming, and one of the few, but very special, good memories I have from that ordeal.”
“The work that you do in providing entertainment for Children's Hospitals is nothing short of amazing, and the benefit to the mental well-being of the patients is enormous...”
“Hospitals can be scary places, and things like movies and video games give the children a sense of normalcy in what is not a normal situation for them...”
“As has happened so often during my son's treatment, I am astounded by the generosity of people. Thank you and your readers so much for Child's Play...”
“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.”