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

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


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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Robert W.

“What an unexpected and welcome surprise! The Apple products will help us support children through stressful procedures and provide recreation during long waits...”

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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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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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Lemonade Stand Donor

“Cute lemonade stand donation message. Came in the mail with $18 cash.”

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Winnipeg Child Life Specialist

“The game systems and games provide such an important source of distraction as well as a familiarity in a place that is often unknown to children...”

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