St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital can use our help. As you may well know, St. Joseph's does an outstanding job in caring for children.
This hospital is well known throughout the southeast United States as a leader in pediatric heart and cancer care. They also have the 24-hour Steinbrenner Emergency/Trauma Center for Children. Every year the hospital and staff  have “Christmas in July”. They put on this drive so they can provide the children they care for with toys throughout the year. These toys give the kids an opportunity to focus on something other than their illnesses and also provide some comfort to the kids while they are there. Please take some time and drop off a toy for the children. Every Christmas, you see the trucks being loaded up with donations outside the stores. Well, this is just as important. Here is some additional information about dropping off the presents: The items have to be new and unwrapped. The "Christmas in July" event will be held July 23 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The donated items can be dropped off in the circular drive in front of St. Joseph's Children's Hospital at 3001 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Donation requests include gift cards, electronics, kid-friendly movies, puzzles, arts and crafts supplies, bubbles, infant toys, crib mobiles, teen games and magazines. If you want to see a detailed wish list, please visit http://www.sjbhealth.org/documents/Donation%20Wishbook%202010.pdf If you can’t make it by the hospital, please donate by visiting the Virtual store:  http://www.sjhospitalfoundation.org/  If you have any questions, please contact 813-554-8500 or visit www.stjosephchildrens.com

These kids deserve to smile…