Support Children's Hospital this Holiday Season

As I stated in my last post, the holidays are a great time to help people and also to give to children in need and less fortunate than ourselves. So, in addition to all of the great ways to share our wealth with those who aren't as lucky as ourselves, we should also think about those who cannot be at home for the holidays, especially those children who are sick. It is sad to think that so many people will not be able to spend this special time in their homes in a comfortable environment happy with their families. So, for all of those children who have to stay in the hospital this holiday season, we should try to help make it a happier time for them. Also we can find many ways to support hospitals during this time in finding cures and just raising money for all of the tools and equipment the hospital needs to take care of the kids.

One way this can be done is through Children's hospital's special holiday card project to benefit them, which can be found at http://www.stlouischildrens.org/tabid/62/itemid/1703/2007-Holiday-Cards-to-Benefit-Childrens-Hospital.aspx. These holiday cards were designed by children at the hospital. The website shows the different designs, the kids names who designed them and the ways it benefits the hospital. The particular web page i looked at benefitted St. Louis Children's Hospital with the slogan: "Friends of St. Louis Children's Hospital invite you to share in the true spirit of the holidays!" This is a great way for anyone who wants to show that they care by donating to the hospital through their purpchase of the children designed holiday cards, which show everyone they send it to the wonderful message as well.

Another Children's Hospital website I found was one from East Tennessee, who this year are celebrating with the Fantasy of Trees. They have the Giving Tree which provides a way for families to celebrate the spirit of giving during the holidays through helping give the hospital small items like Popsicles for Emergency Department patients, diapers for premature infants, disposable medical supplies used hospital-wide to aid in keeping germs from spreading, and batteries for toys in Children's Hospital playrooms. In return the donator receives a recognition ornament for their tree at home to signify their holiday contribution. With the assistance of sponsor Regions Bank, this new area will allow Fantasy of Trees visitors an easy way to directly support children who are patients at Children's Hospital with small things that are needed for their recovery—and have a reminder of their contribution to take to their home for the holidays. The website breaks down the gift categories into $5, $10 and $25 areas and shows exactly what you will helping give the hospital with each of the monetary values. For more information visit http://www.etch.com/fantasyss.cfm.

There are so many ways to benefit Children's hospital for the holidays. Their calendar of events found at http://www.seattlechildrens.org/home/about_childrens/calendar.asp shows the dates of all of the specials throughout this holiday season that supports the hospital, such as: The 2007 limited edition of the Aflac Holiday Duck is dressed in holiday-themed attire, complete with a night shirt, night cap, fuzzy slippers and holding a candle, which can be purchased at any Aflac or Macys on December 1st and 100% percent of the proceeds from in-store and online sales from our area will benefit Children’s. In addition to events for the holiday season, this online event calendar also has events listed for next year as well.

Helping support Children's Hospital during this time of giving is a great way to make the holidays even brighter than they already are. It is a way to make these children's holiday happier for them and their families and to help give the hospital what they need to make sure the children get better as quickly as possible.