11/11/2025
Shriner Christmas Drive: We are collecting items for Shriners Christmas presents. Anyone that wants to donate something, please let me know, this includes my co-workers at St. Francis Cabrini Hospital as well.
Here is the list of items that they could always use at the Shriner hospitals.
Contact Kevin Ray Jones, Leven LaCroix, or myself for toy drop offs.
Markers
Colored pencils
Adult color books
Any individual, pre-packaged craft activities that can be passed out individually to kids during a busy clinic
Nerf balls~ basketball, soccer, football- especially the mid & regular sized basketballs so they can play basketball inside
Activities that can be used in the toy closet:
Board games- Connect Four, Battle Ship, Monopoly, Checkers, Rumi Cube, Yahtzee
Card games- Uno, Skipbo, phase 10, etc.
We tend to get a lot of Candy Land because they are so cheap
**For our kids who are anxious or autistic- These toys can also be used in the cast room. Would love fidget toys & mermaid-sequined pillows, mermaid sequined stuffed animals/ blankets- These are not “mermaids” but as you rub the sequins, they change colors.
Fatbrain toys- you can search the website by age or diagnosis. We love these toys & cannot have enough of them. We would love multiples of any or every one of these toys.
Some of our favorites are: “dimpl digits”, “simpl dimpl”, “dimpl”, “whirly squigs”, “Mozart magic cube”, “giant tangle”, “spinny pins”, “dimpl duo”, “pop & slide shelly”, “easy grip massaging fruit teethers”, “winkel”, “bolli”, “poppin peepers”, “fun water game”, “tangle relax therapy”, “klickity”
Toy closet-
These items are used for birthday presents, Santa, tooth fairy, incentives for hard work, etc:
We are always in need of things for teens & for babies (birth to 18 months); we tend to get many donations for the middle age group
Teens ~ Guys & Girls:
Smell good stuff, adult color books, Water bottles
Higher level/ more difficult type board games blue tooth speakers, Beanie hats Fuzzy blankets, small denomination gift cards to fast food restaurants ($10-15) Word- find books, Sudoku, watches, Backpacks, Uno, Skipbo, etc.
Girls-
Finger nail polish, lip-gloss, Funky jewelry, Small purses, fun socks Journals, neat pens, small makeup bags, cute/funky things for hair
Guys-
Wallets
Baseball hats (local, college, professional) from our 6 state area that come here- LA, TX, AR, OK, AL, MS
Sports related inside games- like the basketball net that hangs on your door, dartboards
Anything older teens might like- small tool sets, drones, shave kits, sleep pants, beanie hats
Baby/ toddler stuff-
Most anything for the toy closet ~ we run out of things for newborns to 3 years old pretty quickly! Soft, cozy blankets, musical light up toys, cause & effect toys, rattles, etc.
We could also use some pacifiers for babies whose pacifier is lost or forgotten. We prefer the pacifier called “Soothie”.
For our delayed children
Toys & things that vibrate like toothbrushes, hand massagers, massage pillows…
musical light up toys, those travel pillows that are shaped like a U to help hold the child’s head up blue tooth speakers or headphones back packs, fuzzy blankets
Brent Humphries, PM
Michael Dempsey No. 327 - Secretary
