Wish List

 Agrace HospiceCare Wish List

Each year, Agrace HospiceCare staff compiles a wish list of items that would improve our service to patients and their families.  Your gift of a wish-list item might make a patient room more homelike, offer comfort to a family member, or bring happiness to a child who may be a patient or a visitor here.  Thank you for your support of Agrace HospiceCare!

Arts & Crafts

• Gift certificates to NASCO (art supply co.), Michael’s, or Hobby Lobby to purchase craft supplies for working with bereavement clients
• Poster paints, paint brushes and little cardboard boxes (shoebox size) for memory boxes for children
• Art supplies for older adults
• Beeswax sheets for candle-making
• Greeting cards
• Markers (new)
• Construction paper
• Colored pencils (new)
• Plastic storage bags (all sizes)

Books

• “Fall of Freddie the Leaf”  by Leo Buscaglia
• “Final Gifts” by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley & “Final Journeys” by Maggie Callanan
• "Gentle Willow" (soft cover) by Joyce C. Mills and Cary Pillo
• "Get Rid of the Hurt" by Madeleine Brehm and Rachel Wenzlaff
• “My Grandpa Died Today” by Joan Fassler
• “The Next Place” by Warren Hanson 
• “Tear Soup” by Pat Schweibert, Chuck DeKlyen, Taylor Bills, Pat Schwiebert, Chuck DeKlyen, Taylor Bills, Pat Schwiebert
• Gift certificates to Amazon or Borders to purchase children’s bereavement books
• Journal books to share memories and thoughts with family
• Large print Bible (Newly-Revised Bible and New American Bible)
• Audio books on tape

CDs, DVDs, Games, etc.

• DVD players for patient rooms
• Video camera for family use
• Baby monitors for in-home Agrace HospiceCare patients
• Clock/Radios for patient rooms (the ones that play soothing sounds are especially nice for patients)
• CDs of inspirational /spiritual music
• Digital camera
• Polaroid film
• AA or C batteries
• Any Game Cards
• Doggone Grief Board Game (available at http://aultman.thehospitalstore.com/p-35887-doggone-grief-board-game.aspx)
• I Can Cope Ball
• Warm Up Ball (available through www.childswork.com)

Kitchen Supplies

• New coffee maker, coffee carafes or water pitchers
• New kitchenware for family kitchens including cookware, dinnerware, silverware, plastic glassware
• Small individual-sized teapots
• 4 – 6 cup teapots
• Tea/coffee/demitasse cups with saucers

Other Program Supplies

• X-Box 360 games for kids’ play room
• Portable quilt display rack (quilt stand with carrying case—5 needed)
• A “Grow Light” for plants
• New teddy bears (excluding Beanie Babies) for Dori Bear program
• Cargo van (14 – 21 foot) for Thrift Store (or use of one 1 – 2 days a week)
• Taxicab vouchers
• Twin or full-sized, hand-stitched quilts (somewhat neutral patterns and colors) to be used for processions (Please contact Agrace HospiceCare before specific information
  before making quilts.)
• Supply transport carts (preferably Blue Lakeside Carts approx. $275 ea.)
• Platforms for washers and dryers
• Toys for the children’s playrooms
• New office supplies such as three-ring binders (green or black), file folders, pens, tabs, three-hole folders (multi-colored), etc.
• Bird seed for feeders