Donate Items to Monroe Carell
Age-appropriate toys, activities, and comfort items help to increase normalcy and ease stress during a child’s hospital visit. Our Patient and Family Centered Care team utilizes these items to facilitate therapeutic interventions with children of all ages to increase coping. Donating needed items has a direct and meaningful impact on our patients and their families. Thank you for your support!
What can I donate?
Keeping our patients safe is our primary concern! We can only accept brand new items in the original packaging. Please review our wish list to see our most needed toys and activities.
Interested in donating activity kits or handmade items? Please check with our team first to learn about our highest needs and specific guidelines for these donations.
Contact Volunteer Services by emailing champstoychest@vumc.org or call (615) 322-2379.
We cannot accept:
- Used items
- Donations that are gift wrapped or inside gift bags
- Toy weapons
- Latex balloons
- Hats, booties, or blankets for infants
- Get well cards
- Item with religious or politically themed messages or themes
How do I donate items?
- 1. Shop our online wish lists!
Our team updates these lists regularly to reflect our highest needs. Items purchased from an online wish list will be mailed directly to our hospital.
- 2. Shop other retailers or host a donation drive to collect needed items for our patients.
Please use our wish lists as a guide as they show our highest needs and most used items.
Contact Volunteer Services to schedule your donation drop-appointment. Our donation hours are 9:00am-4:00, Monday-Friday and appointments are required!
To schedule a donation appointment or inquire about our highest needs, please email champstoychest@vumc.org or call (615) 322-2379.
- 3. Mail your donation to the hospital:
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Attn: Champ’s Toy Chest Donations
2200 Children’s Way
Suite 2125
Nashville, TN 37232
Due to strict privacy and infection control policies, all donations will be accepted and processed by members of the Patient and Family Centered Care team and provided to patients and families in the most appropriate way. We are unable to offer opportunities for donors to hand out items directly to patients.