Miracle Treat Day at Dairy Queen is July 27th, 2023
July 24, 2023Santa’s Toy Box Donations for St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital
This holiday season, our 7 Dairy Queen locations across the Treasure Valley are proud to support families at St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital in Boise, ID. Your generous donation to Santa’s Toy Box can make a world of difference to a family facing the stress of having a child in the hospital during the holidays.
What is Santa’s Toy Box?
Santa’s Toy Box is a special shopping area at St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital where parents of hospitalized children can select gifts for all their children—free of charge. The area is beautifully decorated with holiday cheer, thanks to your donations of toys, books, gift cards, and more!
Drop-off Locations:
Visit any of our 7 Dairy Queen locations in the Treasure Valley to drop off your donation!
Items We Need
- Gift cards from Target, Walmart, iTunes, and more
- New toys, books, and games
- Art supplies and craft kits
- Video games (rated Everyone to Teen)
- Electronics like tablets and headphones
Items We Cannot Accept
- Used items, including books and toys
- Food or candy
- Religious materials
- Rubber or latex balloons
Suggested Items for Different Age Groups
Infant Items
- Cloth wrist rattles
- Plastic rattles*
- Small stuffed animals with fabric eyes
- Cloth, plastic, or board books (in English and Spanish)*
- MamaRoo swings
- All-plastic mobiles
- Bouncy seats
- Crib gyms
- Stacking toys
- Crib mirrors
- Light-up musical toys*
- Crib music boxes
- Teethers
Toddler and Pre-school Items
- Dolls
- Books (in English and Spanish)*
- Shape sorters, pop-up toys
- Sturdy toys with few parts
- Stuffed animals
- Drawing pads, Crayola crayons, markers*
- Stickers
- Safety scissors
- Play-doh*
- Preschool-age games (Don’t Break the Ice, Candy Land, Hi-Ho Cherry-O, etc.) and card games (Go Fish, Old Maid)
- Dinosaurs, animals, Little People
- Play cell phones
- Wooden peg puzzles, 24-piece puzzles
- Bubbles*
Miscellaneous Items
- Sky Viper Vector Stunt Plane
- MYNT3D Super 3D Pen
- The Mind Card Game
- Lightning Reaction Reloaded Game
- Inflatable Lounger
- Galaxy Projector
- DoodleJamz JellyBoards
- Frigidaire Retro Mini Fridge
- Shashibo Shape Shifting Box
- Soundbot Bluetooth Wireless Smart Beanie
- Hover Soccer Ball 2-Pack
- Blank Comic Book
- LED Strip Lights
- Snap Circuits Arcade Electronics Exploration Kit
- Do Not Disturb Socks
- Gooseneck Bed Phone Holder
- MRCOOL Night Light Bluetooth Speaker & Bedside Lamp
- Womens Bubble Slides
- BrainBolt Genius
- Moon Lamp
School-age Items
- Art sets, art supplies
- Fabric markers/paint
- Craft kits
- Legos
- Cars or trucks
- Barbies
- Board games (Monopoly, Battleship, Sorry, Life, Guess Who, Connect Four, etc.)*
- Puzzles, 300 pieces or less
- Action figures
- Books*
- Velvet posters, coloring books
- Various arts and craft supplies (paints, markers, Crayola crayons, stickers)
- Model magic, foam dough, modeling clay
- Card games (Skip-bo, Uno)*
- Wooden or ceramic objects for painting
- Stem kits
Teen Items
- Books
- Gift cards in $10 increments (Walmart, Barnes and Noble, Gap, Old Navy, iTunes, Dutch Bros, etc.)
- Nail polish sets
- Diaries / journals / blank unlined notebooks
- Sports balls
- Card games (regular playing cards, Uno, Skip-Bo, Phase 10)*
- Board games (Apples to Apples, Phase 10 dice, Yahtzee)
- Stretched canvases for painting
- Acrylic paints in small bottles and paint brushes
- Puzzle books (crossword, sudoku, word searches)
- Artist-quality markers, colored pencils, etc.
- Fun ballpoint pens/gel pens
- Thin felt-tip markers and colored pencils*
- Intricate coloring books
- Baseball hats
- iPads
- Kindles
- Speakers
- Video games (teen rating and under)
- Sports balls
- Hoodies
- Lego sets
- Drawing pads
- Ear buds/headphones
- Teen craft kits, wooden models, or robotics/stem kits
- Remote control drones or cars
- Rubik’s Cubes, shashibo shape shifting boxes, or other fidget-type items
*High-use items; please consider donating these items first.