Snowflake Station

Snowflake Station is a yearly event the Child Life Department puts together for patients and families during the holidays. Thanks to donors like you, families are able to shop for their hospitalized child and siblings.

There are two ways to donate.

1. You can contact the Child Life Department to schedule an in-person donation during the week of December 8th, 2025. All in-person donations must be pre-scheduled. Please call Child Life at 410-955-6276 or email [email protected] to schedule your appointment.
2. You can ship items directly to the Child Life office via our Registry.

View This Year's Wish List

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Thank you so much for your generosity!

Donations

All sorts of donations can improve a child’s hospital stay by promoting health and even bringing some fun:

1. A cash or gift card donation will allow staff to purchase items most needed for our patients. Checks should be made payable to Johns Hopkins Child Life and mailed to the address below. Gift cards can be sent to the same address.

Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
Child Life Department
Bloomberg 7217
1800 Orleans Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
410-955-6276

2. Your donation helps bring healing to our patients and hope to their families. That’s why we’ve carefully curated our wish lists to maximize your generosity’s impact:

• Department Wishlist: Wishlist for helping patients and families during hospitalization.
• Many donors find it easier to purchase these items through our Keep up the Caring gift registry.
• Please Note: In accordance with infection control regulations, we accept only new toys and gifts. Please understand, donors are not able to deliver gifts directly to patients. For more information, contact the Department of Child Life at 410-955-6276 or email [email protected].

3. When making any donation, you can specify a Child Life specialist for use on a specific unit of the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. Contact the Department of Child Life at 410-955-6276 or email [email protected].

4. Funds (and endowments) can be created and fundraisers held to benefit the Department of Child Life. For more information, contact the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Office of Development.

Keep Up the Caring

Please consider helping patients and families throughout the year by donating new, unused items to the Child Life Department! The Child Life Department provides play and preparations for medical procedures, and donations help provide support and comfort for our pediatric patients. Through play, child life specialists help children and parents understand what is happening and create effective ways to help cope with hospitalization. You can find our most requested items by following this link: https://www.myregistry.com/giftlist/keepupthecaring

All donations must be pre-scheduled. Please call the main Child Life Department office line at 410-955-6276 or email [email protected] to schedule a drop off.