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Drawing Dreams Foundation is a Berkeley, California-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides art
supplies to hospitalized children through children's hospitals' Child Life and Artist-in-Residence programs.
Talented children and more than twelve hundred professional artists from seventy one countries have shared
copies of their art in support of our important mission. You can view their contributions in Drawing Dreams'
website's Children-Helping-Children and Artists-Helping-Children galleries.
Drawing Dreams Foundation has provided art supplies and interactive video games to the following eighteen
children’s hospitals
Alta Bates Herrick Hospital, Berkeley, CA
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Oakland, CA
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Ahamnson Pediatric Center, New York, NY
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Los Angeles Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
Maine Medical Center's Barbara Bush Children's Hospital, Portland, ME
Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Pediatric Department, New York, NY
Mount Sinai Medical Center's Kravis Children's Hospital, New York, NY
New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York, NY
Oakland Children's Hospital, Oakland, CA
Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, OH
Your participation and support is greatly appreciated.
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000 Barbados
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014 Belgium
000 Belize
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000 Bolivia
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000 Papua New Guinea
000 Peru
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003 India
003 Indonesia
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007 Japan
000 Jordan
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000 Qatar
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000 Senegal
006 Serbia
007 Singapore
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Estelle, age 5, Singapore
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"On behalf of the staff, parents and especially the patients of the New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital I
would like to thank you for your wonderful donation of scratch & sketch books to the Child Life Program. The books were
distributed to our patients immediately after receiving them. Your donation made many patients here feel very special and
brought many smiles to some unhappy faces."
"Thank you for your support of pediatric families at Mattle Children's Hospital UCLA. Your generous donation of art activity
books and interactive video games will provide pediatric patients with resources to express their creatvity and escape into
their imagination during lengthy admission."
Melissa Rosmarin, Child Life SpecialistI, New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York, NY
Amy Bullock, Director, Child Life Development Services, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
"Our Child Life Program extends heartfelt thanks for your generous donation of scratch & sketch books and interactive
children's video games. We will continue to think of you and your generosity throughout the years as we bring positive
interventions to patients and families at Children's Hospital Los Angeles."
Scott Ferguson, LCSW, Administrator, Family-Centered Care Support Services, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
"Thank you for the wonderful donation of scratch & sketch books and interactive video games. Your generous donation will
give our patients and their families hours of fun and distraction from the mundane and stressful hospital environment. Your
continued support is truly making a difference."
Hayley Oggel, Artist-In-Residence Program Director, Child Life Department, Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA
"The Child Life Services Department at Children's Hospital Boston would like to send you a special thank you for your recent
donation of scratch & sketch books. Your contribution will help make a child's stay with us brighter."
"On behalf of the Board of Trustees of Seattle Children's Hospital and the patients and their families, it is my pleasure to thank
you for the art activity books that you recently donated. We are grateful for your thoughtful generosity."
Nicole Byrne, Child Life Services Administrative Coordinator, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Thomas H. Hansen, MD, CEO, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
"I am happy to say thank you from the children and families at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles for the scratch & sketch art
activity books and interactive video games. Thank you for your generosity as it provides supplies to enable patients to express
themselves through art with hospitalized."
Susan Gorry, Child Life Specialist, Child Life Program, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"The scratch & sketch art activity books and interactive video games are wonderful. Our patients love arts and crafts projects,
which prove to be so therapeutic in the hospital environment. Thank you."
Sherisse Wormell, Child LIfe Coordinator, The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine
“Drawing Dreams transforms lives with the art supplies it delivers to sick and recovering young patients at U.S. children's
hospitals through Artist-In-Residence and Child Life programs. The Winnick Foundation support will specifically aid Drawing
Dreams projects in Southern California at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Ahmanson Pediatric Hospital, at Children’s
Hospital Los Angeles, and at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA."
Gary Winnick, Philanthropist, Co-founder of The Winnick Family Foundation, and CEO of Pacific Capital Group, California
"Thank you for your donation of Peter Pauper Press Scratch & Sketch art activity books. Our young patients enjoyed them very
much."
Susan Kinnebrew, CCLS, Child Life Program Director, Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL
"On behalf of UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, thank you for your generous contribution to Child Life Services! Your recent
donation of scratch & sketch art activity books will provide an outlet for patients to cope with their hospitalization through
therapeutic and recreational activities such as creative arts. We are grateful for your partnership in improving healthcare for
children."
Michael Towne, MA, CCLS, Manager Child Life Servicies, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA
"On behalf of the Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital, the Child Life and Creative Arts Therapy Department and the
pediatric patients and families we serve here, I wish to thank you for your wonderful donation of 28 Peter Pauper Press
Scratch & Sketch art activity books to our program. The kids loved them! Our child life specialists thought the books were a
wonderfully therapeutic and recreational way for the patients to cope with their hospitalization through creative expression.
Hospitalized children have the same need to play as well children; your contribution helps them to do so. Through play the
children may express their fears and fantasies, as well as continue their normal developmental explorations. Once again,
thank you for your generous support of our program and for your sensitivity to the needs of hospitalized children."
Diane Rode, MPS, CCLS, LCAT, Director, Child Life Department, The Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital, New York, NY
"On behalf of the patients treated at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, thank you for your thoughtful donation. Having
organizations like Drawing Dreams Foundation to donate art supplies provides the children with a break in the hospital
routine, as well as the opportunity to forget about being hospitalized, if only for a short time. One of the primary goals of the
Child Life, Education and Creative Arts Therapy Department at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is to normalize the
children’s hospitalization as much as possible. It is through ongoing support such as yours that enables us to provide
positive experiences that promote the children’s development and make their hospital stay more enjoyable. Your generosity
helps to contribute to the effectiveness of our program. Again, thank you so much for the donation."
Natalie Virgilio, Events and Donations Coordinator, Child Life Department, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
"The Child Life and Creative Arts Therapy Department at The Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital wishes to thank you for
shipping to us 20 copies of Bob Rizzo Children's Dance DVDs and CDs. They have made great givewaays to patients as
prizes and gifts for special occasions."
Diane Rode, MPS, CCLS, LCAT, Director, Child Life Department, The Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital, New York, NY
"You have helped brighten a sick child's day!Thank you so much for your thoughtful gift of Scratch & Sketch art activity books.
New Toys, crafts, videos and other such items help our patients relax and enjoy just being a kid. The opportunity for a little fun
during their hospital stay can make a world of difference for our young patients and their families. Because you care enough
to support the work of Cincinnati Children's, patients with conditions ranging from broken arms to brain tumors have access
to world-class care. And their families get the support they need to be partners in their child's care. I thank you so much for
your support."
James A. Saporito, Senior VIce President of Delvelopment, President, The Children's Hospital Foundation
"On behalf of the patients, families and the child life staff of New York Presbyterian - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, we
would like to thank you for your donation of 72 Pop Cap video games to our program. We have used them for the holiday
season as well and distributed them to the pediatric patients. Thank you for choosing our hospital for your donation, we look
forward to partnering with you again in the future."
Sonia Lugo, MS, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian
"Thank you Drawing Dreams Foundation for your donation of sketch activity books to Phoenix Children's Hospital. At Phoenix
Children's, we understand that making children feel safe and comfortable is part of the healing process. That is why your
donation is so important and appreciated. At Phoenix Children's, toys help children through what can be a physically and
emotionally challenging time. That is why providing children with the things that give them a little piece of home makes a
tremendous difference during their stay. We appreciate your gift, and for helping us give children a welcome diversion that
makes their stay at our hospital a little easier. Like so many programs and services we offer, we rely on the generosity of
others to help provide them. Thank you again for your thoughtful donation that will brighten the lives of so many kids at
Phoenix Children's."
Steven S. Schnall, Senior Vice President, Chief Development Officer, Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation
"Thank you for your donation of 72 Pop Cap video games. We use these as prizes for patients on our closed-circuit hospital
wide Bingo night each week! They make great gifts for the patients. We look forward to our continued relationship with
Drawing Dreams and hope to continue bringing joy to patients through your generosity."
Hayley Oggel, Artist-In-Residence Program Director, Child Life Department, Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA