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Christmas in July to replenish toy donations for NRGH Pediatric Unit
NANAIMO — With a vital inventory of toys for young patients dwindling at Nanaimo hospital, a push is on to stock up to fulfill year-round demand.
Members of the NRGH Pediatric Unit, backed by certified child life specialist Sandra Hirota, joined forces to collect toys on Monday, July 22 and Tuesday, July 23 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the hospital’s main lobby off Dufferin Cres.
“We’re looking for toys new and in their original packaging for babies all the way up to 17-years-old,” Hirota told NanaimoNewsNOW.
She requested donors to not bring stuffed animals.