You can brighten a child’s life during these
dark times. Please join us as we make this holiday
season joyous and memorable for families struggling to meet the everyday costs
of living in and around Boston.
Each year at this time, we turn our attention to our Toy and Supplies
Drive benefitting the patients and families of the Growth and Development
Program. With your donations and support, we ensure that the annual drive
reaches as many children as possible. We strive to find gifts not only
for the Grow Clinic patient but for all their brothers and sisters, to help the
whole family thrive. Please review the donation information below.
Here is some important information to help you
plan your donation:
Please do not wrap toys.
Donations are accepted by a team representative
at Crosstown, Room 320
Donations are also accepted by a
team representative at our Boston
Medical Center
office suite Monday through Friday from 8:30am - 5:00pm. We are located at 725 Massachusetts Ave.,
Mezzanine Level, SW. We are located across the street from the Yawkey Ambulatory Care
Center.
Members of our team will be on hand to assist you through our
locked exterior door when you visit and can be reached at 617-414-5251
or by email
Deborah A. Frank, MD,
Director -
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Ellen Church, Associate
Administrative Director-
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Lucy Ellis, Northeastern
University Co-Op Student -
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DEADLINE
Preferred
drop-off time is early December (preferably by December
8th in time for us to organize)
Holiday Toy and Gift
Wish List
Please do not donate:
·
Any war toys, guns, or military theme toys
·
Jewelry made in China
·
Second-hand toys manufactured in China before 2008
**Babies and
Toddlers (0-4):
Educational
preschool toys (i.e. sing a-longs, numbers, alphabet and shapes)
Wooden
puzzles/puzzles marked with appropriate age groups, including educational
puzzles dealing with counting, shapes, animals, and the alphabet)
Building
blocks
Push
and pull toys
Playskool
toys
MegaBloks
Soft,
bouncing balls
Tonka
Junior trucks
Fisher
Price play sets
Toy
telephones
Fisher
Price toy medical kit
Play
Dough
Soft
books / board books
School-aged Kids (5-10):
Interactive
flipbooks that teach phonetics to young children (i.e. Leap Frog)
-Establishing and
maintaining a dialogue between students and OSFS
-Representing the
concerns of your classmates
-Working to develop customer service
initiatives by identifying ways to enhance customer service experiences
-Promoting upcoming financial programs
-Redefining content and delivery
methods for surveys and evaluations
-Assisting with implementation of
focus groups
**This group will meet roughly once a month**
If
you would like to serve on this committee, please send us a short blurb to tell
us why you think you could do a good job representing your student body on these
issues. This is a new committee and a great opportunity for students to have a
leadership role in its formation. By joining the committee you can help improve
financial aid services at SPH .
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