Child's Play Charity

Child's Play can't donate used gear directly to the hospitals. But you can sell it on eBay and then have the proceeds designated to go to Child's Play since Child's Play is a registered eBay GivingWorks charity. They then use the funds to buy new gear or to offset the costs of sending that $200,000 worth of games and gears out to the hospitals.

Check out what's for sale right now on eBay to benefit Child's Play!!
Child's Play

So how do you know what your local children's hospital wants? Child's Play has partnered with Amazon to make it easier not only for you to buy the items the hospitals actually want, but also make it easier to get everything to the hospitals in a timely fashion. You can check out the map on the Child's Play home page or head to the wishlists page at Amazon.

(Note that the link takes you my local children's hospital - Children's Medical Center of Dallas - but you can scroll through the list of hospitals down the left side of the page to find yours. Or buy for mine. Whatever. :-) Pick what you want to buy off the list, and Amazon takes care of the rest.

The wishlists include lots of video games and movies, but if you're after something a little more virtuous, keep scrolling. You'll find toys, board games and books on the lists as well.