A Thunder Bay family holds a toy drive for the hospital paediatrics unit
THUNDER BAY — A Thunder Bay mom whose daughter has spent considerable time in the paediatric unit of Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre wants to give back to the hospital by helping other children.She says the last time six-year-old Abigail was in the hospital, last month, she stayed there for a week.
A staff member told her "they were running low on toys, and on activities. Because there's been a really high caseload of sick kids this past year, they've basically stretched their budget as much as they can." In an interview, Letourneau added "I know a lot of people give to Ronald McDonald House in Toronto, but I think it's [also] important to support our home town. We do frequent Sick Kids in London and Toronto, but I do think it's important to help here first."The central dropoff location is Alder & Ivy at 16 Cumberland St. S.
The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre Foundation will arrange to have the toys picked up and taken to the hospital.Needed items include stuffies, play-doh, decks of cards, card games , Hot Wheels, small Lego sets, plastic baby rattles, activity books, colouring books, markers, pencil crayons, Little People toys, dinosaur or other animal figure toys, under-100-piece puzzles, DVDs, painting canvas, acrylic paints, craft kits and journal books.
"Your kid is stuck in isolation for 24 hours a day, not allowed to leave, can't go outside and play, so having the toys really helps to break up the day from just sitting on an iPad or something all day. It helps keep up their spirits.""We would love to see our friends, family and community come together for this very near-to-our-heart cause," Letourneau said in a Facebook post.
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