Child Life Department Donation Wish List

We appreciate your interest in Ochsner Medical Center for Children. Below, please find a listing of items that can be accepted as donations to our department for patients from infants to adolescents.

For information about group visits to Ochsner Medical Center for Children, click here.


Infants

  • Crib mobiles (capable of being sanitized)
  • High chairs
  • Swings
  • Bouncy seats
  • Rattles
  • Bumbo seat and tray
  • Leapfrog toys
  • V-Tech Toys
  • Musical toys
  • Crib toys
  • Teethers
  • Crib aquariums
  • Musical/board books
  • Infant clothes
  • Infant-safe stuffed animals (musical, lights, etc.)

Toddlers

  • Musical toys
  • Large cars and trucks with buttons and sound
  • DVDs (Wiggles, Dora the Explorer, Elmo, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Sesame Street, Caillou, Handy Manny, Curious George)
  • Leapfrog toys
  • V-tech toys
  • Baby dolls (all plastic)
  • Sippy cups

School Age

Sean Payton

  • Paints
  • Play-dough
  • Art kits
  • Etch-a-sketch
  • Magnadoodle
  • Any board games 
  • Card games (UNO, Skip-bo, Go Fish, Old Maid)
  • Movies (any Disney or Nickelodeon)
  • Barbie Dolls
  • Action Figures
  • Popular books 
  • Handheld games
  • Hair accessories
  • Diaries
  • Sports games, balls, etc.
  • Lego kits, such as Star Wars

Adolescents

  • Nintendo DS games
  • Play station 2 or 3 games
  • X-box 360 games
  • Wii games
  • DVDs (comedy movies and action rated PG or PG-13)
  • Art materials (sketch pads, colored pencils, etc.)
  • Journals/diaries
  • Cards
  • Older board games 
  • DVDs players
  • CDs
  • Bath soap, lotions
  • Watches
  • Jewelry
  • Magazines (teen, sports)
  • Wallets
  • Cologne
  • Blankets
  • Socks (girls)
  • Purses
  • Nail polish
  • Athletic gear (Saint's, LSU)
  • Teen board games (Apples to Apples, Taboo, Mad Gab, Catch Phrase)
  • 3-D puzzles
  • Scarves
  • Hats
  • Picture frames
  • Photo albums
  • Scrapbooks and accessories

Gift certificates

  • Toy stores
    • Toys R US
    • Learning Express
  • Craft stores
    • Michael's 
    • Scrapbook stores
  • Book stores
    • Borders
    • Barnes and Noble
  • Electronic stores
    • Best Buy
    • Radio Shack
  • Itunes
  • Sporting goods stores:
    • Academy
    • Sports Authority
  • Video stores
    • Blockbuster
  • Large retailers
    • Target
    • Wal-mart/Sam's

If you have questions about donating items to the Child Life Department, please contact the department at (504) 842-2032.