new header for web widget

  • HOME
  • Kidzpace
    • Kidzpace Interactive
    • Kidzpace Touch2Play Series
    • Video Game Series
    • Mobile Carts
    • Kidzpace Counter and Stools
    • Non-electronic Activities
    • High Energy Fun
    • Multi-Station Models
    • Kidzpace Installations
    • Customizing
    • Kidzpace Virtual Studio
    • Support Documents
  • TMC Furniture
    • Adult Chairs
    • Children’s Chairs
    • Tables for Children and Adults
    • Carrels
    • Storage Pieces
    • Benches and Stools
    • Children’s Learning Panels and Structures
    • Installations
    • Custom Pieces
    • Support Documents
    • TMC Furniture Options for Healthcare
  • VA Hospitals
    • Mobile Systems
    • Video Game Series
    • Touch2Play Series
    • Visiting Families
    • Support Documents
  • About DMA
    • Who is DMA4Families?
    • Meet the DMA team!
    • Customer Testimonials / Reviews
  • Search
  • Resources
    • Blogs, News and Articles
      • Selecting Hospital Furniture: 4 Things to Consider when Choosing Standard Tables and Chairs
      • How You Can Easily Build Support for Play Through Fundraising
      • 3 Ways Nature Helps Reduce Stress in a Healthcare Environment
      • 7 Important Reasons Play is Valuable in Healthcare
      • Delivering a Special Kind of Care: Kidzpace & DMA4Families Partner with Child Life Specialists to Provide Fun for Kids in Healthcare Settings
      • Two Decades of Helping Kids and Families
      • News Highlight: Touch2Play creates a “Kids Friendly Waiting Room” at BSA
      • Lindsey Callaway Memorial Toy Drive Touch2Play Donation to Covenant Children’s
      • The Importance of Play
    • Design Tips for Healthcare Providers
      • Selecting Seat Heights for Children’s Chairs
    • Fundraising, Grants and Giving
      • How You Can Easily Build Support for Play Through Fundraising
      • Kidzpace Systems Are Great for Giving!
      • Fundraising, Healthcare Foundations and DMA
      • Kidzpace Support for Grant Writing Efforts
      • Donors Can Make a Big Impact with Kidzpace!
      • Wild Wigs Motivated Fundraisers
      • See Why Donors Love Gifting Kidzpace!
    • Healthcare E-Brochures (see all)
      • Creative Solutions for Healthcare Spaces
      • Emergency Department Solutions
      • Kidzpace – Innovative Ideas for Kids and Families
      • Unique Ways to Improve Urgent Care Patient Satisfaction
      • Pediatric Oncology Department Options and Solutions
      • Great Ideas for Teen Spaces in Oncology Departments
    • Videos (see all)
      • Kidzpace Interactive Improves Patient/Visitor Experiences!
      • Donors Can Make a Big Impact with Kidzpace!
      • Ideas to Distract & Engage During ED Wait Times
      • Touch2Play Max and Pro is Fun for Everyone!
      • Engage and Delight with Kidzpace PlayTable
      • Xbox One & PlayStation 4 to Entertain and Occupy!
      • Convenient Mobile Carts for Touch2Play and Video Game Systems
      • Space Saving Multi-Station Models For Busy Areas
      • ACLP 2020 Conference Video
    • Support Documents
      • Touch2Play Generations and Technical Issues Guide
    • Customer Testimonials / Reviews
  • Contact Us

Search DMA4Families

Follow Us!



Archive for Fundraising, Grants and Giving

See Why Donors Love Gifting Kidzpace!

By Michelle Palmer
Tuesday, September 29th, 2020

Click here to view pdf version

Categories : Fundraising, Grants and Giving, Uncategorized

How You Can Easily Build Support for Play Through Fundraising

By Michelle Palmer
Wednesday, October 10th, 2018

“Thanks to a grant, our emergency waiting room features two Touch2Play Pro game systems. We are getting great feedback from our patients and staff!”

Ashley B., CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth Emergency Room, Beaumont, Texas

Child Life Specialists, like Ashley B., know how important a positive experience can be for any patient while in the hospital or at a medical facility, and she couldn’t wait to share her recent hands-on adventure with our DMA4Families team.

Kidzpace gaming systems recently installed at CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth Emergency Room in Beaumont, Texas with custom donor screens featuring Child’s Play

Here’s what happened: the staff at CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth in Southeast Texas was certain our Kidzpace games would make a difference for children as they waited in the emergency room there. But her department didn’t have the money budgeted to purchase the games. The organization Child’s Play stepped up to secure the funding, and through a grant to the hospital, the games are now in place. “This awesome setup features dozens of pre-loaded touch screen games that are keeping kids occupied while they wait,” Ashley says.

Play, and in particular playing games, can elevate any patient’s experience, but especially children who are waiting for an appointment, preparing for treatment, or working through the recovery process. Stress and worry are common emotions, and many facilities are now going to great lengths to make everyone feel welcome, and at ease. Providing opportunities for play can create a positive, overall image of the hospital for its patients, families, and community. As a volunteer services coordinator with the VA Hospital in Martinsburg, West Virginia told us, “All three Touch2Play games are working fine, and the patients love them. In fact, the Recreational Therapist I talked to called the games the best donation ever!”

How Fundraising Can Work for You

Healthcare foundations, and development professionals, typically play the key role in ensuring hospitals find a way to strengthen the important connections between patients and providers. And there are many ways DMA4Families works with donors and healthcare facilities to secure funding. Our most common types of fundraising efforts include:  

  • Hospital Development Department Campaigns
  • Donations from Local Businesses and Benevolent Organizations
  • Grant Applications through Foundations and Philanthropic Organizations
  • Employee Giving Campaigns
  • Individual, Families, and Grateful Patient Gifts

How We Can Help You

DMA4Families can offer expert advice on your gaming product placement, along with integration into your new, renovated, or current space. To help you communicate the benefits of providing some much needed fun, we also supply:

  • Presentation materials. Information to share with prospective donors and for use at budget and planning meetings.
  • Fundraising literature. This includes images and product information for placement in flyers, posters, in-house newsletters, and wish lists. It is an easy way to help others learn about the benefits of our gaming systems for your patients, families, and staff.
  • Kidzpace systems for trial purposes. We can ship a gaming system to you  showcasing it at fundraising events or galas, depending on the particulars, or for some hands-on fun to help build excitement to support your efforts.
  • Press releases. We can help create the content for your press release, newspaper article, newsletter, or any other items to get the word out into the public about raising funds for a game system meant to deliver some much-needed fun, and a release from anxiety for patients, and their families.

And to help draw special attention to the generosity of your donors, we can customize the main screen of the Touch2Play models, and create special signs above any Carousel or Triangle. It’s a colorful, vibrant way of saying “thank you,” and recognizing worthy philanthropic efforts.

Meantime, Ashley considers the entire process worth it, and says, “The Touch2Play Pros are such a great resource for our patients, and their families.” She is seeing visitors enjoying the gaming experience while spending time in waiting or treatment areas, family lounges or lobbies. And the hospital has a visible way of providing a better experience for its visitors. Her department’s fundraising supporters now understand, and are connecting with the fact, the games are making a difference for many people, each and everyday.

Learn more about our Kidzpace Touch2Play, and our many other play options, here.

 

Example of a custom donor screen featuring a foundation

Example of a custom donor screen featuring employee-giving

Categories : Blogs, Fundraising, Grants and Giving, Resources
Tags : Child Life Specialists, DMA4Families, healthcare setting, hospital, Kidzpace, patient experience, video games

Donors Can Make a Big Impact with Kidzpace! (video)

By Michelle Palmer
Tuesday, December 19th, 2017

Categories : Fundraising, Grants and Giving, Resources, Videos

Kidzpace Support Info for Grant Writing Efforts

By Michelle Palmer
Wednesday, May 31st, 2017

Click here to download a PDF for printing

Categories : Fundraising, Grants and Giving, Resources

Wild Wigs + Motivated Fundraisers = Mobile Video Game Cart and Happy Children!

By Michelle Palmer · Comments (0)
Friday, September 18th, 2015

Why would anyone leave the house with wild and outrageous hair? To raise money to purchase items for children with cancer, such as a video game cart, of course!

Eight years ago, when a little girl named Meghan was three-years-old, she was diagnosed with a rare cancer that affects the kidneys, called Wilms’ tumor. To support Meghan, her uncle, Joe Bartell of Boston, MA, decided to organize an event to raise awareness for Wilms’ tumor. Since beating the cancer six years ago and still cancer free Meghan is doing well and just recently finished her first season playing softball with her team.

The Wiggos 4 Kiddos team was formed six years ago after Meghan was declared cancer free, to continue the fundraising efforts to raise awareness and money for other children fighting cancer. The team is comprised Bob Varnum, Jack McCarthy, Heather Croke, Joe Bartell and Grant LeSueur all who volunteer their time, energy and resources.
Wiggo Pic with Wigs 450

While their cause is serious, their fundraising efforts are humorous and entertaining, and you’re sure to have a great time at their events.

Especially because you’ll encounter hundreds of kids and adults donning colorful and fun wigs, dressing in colorful Mexican attire and sombreros and dancing to mariachi bands!

Their biggest event, Wigo de Mayo (think Cinco de Mayo celebration), has enabled them to raise thousands for the benefit of children and for Boston Children’s Hospital. Last year, their efforts collected $7,300, a portion of which was used for a Kidzpace Xbox 360 game system on a bedside mobile cart that they graciously donated to Boston Children’s Hospital.

The game has been such a hit; Wiggos 4 Kiddos planned the 6th Annual Wigo de Mayo Fiesta Fundraiser event this past May to raise money for another! Their efforts and hard work enable patients and their families to take a little time to relax and have some fun while in the hospital.

The Wiggos 4 Kiddos team (L-R): Bob Varnum, Jack McCarthy, Heather Croke, Joe Bartell and Grant LeSueur

The Wiggos 4 Kiddos team (L-R): Bob Varnum, Jack McCarthy, Heather Croke, Joe Bartell and Grant LeSueur

This year, they also started Duckos 4 Kiddos, a program that allows people to sponsor and purchase a stuffed plush Chemo Duck for a “Kiddo.” As they grow, Wiggos 4 Kiddos plans to expand their efforts by organizing more events around the country, including New York and Portland, Oregon.

Stories like Meghan’s and the Wiggos 4 Kiddos Team warm our hearts. We want to thank them for all their hard work.

If you’re interested in donating or learning more about Wiggos, please write to:

Email: wiggos4kiddos@gmail.com

Or

“Wiggos 4 Kiddos”
73 Ratchford Street
Quincy, MA 02169

Check them out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Wiggos4Kiddos.

Wiggo logo

Comments (0)
Categories : Benefits of Play in Healthcare Settings, Fundraising, Grants and Giving, Resources

Kidzpace Systems Are Great for Giving!

By Michelle Palmer · Comments (0)
Friday, September 18th, 2015

Click here to download a PDF for printing.

Comments (0)
Categories : Fundraising, Grants and Giving, Resources

Fundraising, Healthcare Foundations and DMA Play a Key Role in Improving the Patient Experience

By Michelle Palmer · Comments (0)
Thursday, September 17th, 2015

In the coming new world of healthcare delivery, economics and politics are grabbing most of the headlines.  However, hospitals and clinics still must focus on a couple of other important bottom lines, medical outcomes and patient satisfaction.

Regardless of how much money is spent, or where it comes from, the patient experience should always be a matter of interest and concern to healthcare providers.  Every facility, large or small, public or private, must create a positive, overall image to its patients and their families.

With all the changes underway, there is an increased potential for disconnect between a healthcare facility and its patients, and also between a healthcare facility and the community in which it resides.

Questions to ask: How welcoming is the facility?  How well are the needs of visitors being met?  How does a facility fit into the fabric of its community?

What this means for you:

Healthcare foundations, along with development professionals, often play a key role to ensure that healthcare facilities maintain and strengthen that important connection between providers and their patients. While the foundations often implement large, capital campaigns for brick and mortar expansions, there is concern with how the final product is actually delivered to and used by the healthcare consumer.

What are we doing to help you:

The products and services delivered by DMA4Families are important finishing touches that make a very real difference for patients and families. I work diligently with foundations and development workers to help ensure there is funding available to provide the visible and tangible differences that patients and families notice and appreciate.

For many years, DMA4Families have been a part of the philanthropy community.  We keep the communications lines wide open so that everyone is familiar with myself and DMA4Families, and understands how we can assist them in their fundraising efforts. We works hard to advertise and market, and for almost 20 years, we have attended conferences and conventions to meet with as many people as possible.  The relationships created and personal interaction is a key element in creating opportunities, and our expertise is a valuable tool in planning for the purchase and use of our products.

We are happy to provide any of the following:

  • Advice on product placement and integration into new, renovated or current spaces.
  • Presentation materials for you to share with prospective donors or at budget and staff meetings.
  • Fundraising literature, such as images and product information for placement in flyers, posters, in-house newsletters and wish lists so that others can also learn about the benefits to your patients, families and staff.
  • Kidzpace systems for trial purposes: In some situations, we will ship you a sample Kidzpace system for hands-on fun, and to help build excitement for fundraising efforts.
  • Custom screens for donor recognition on the Touch2Play game system.
  • Press releases: We can help create newsletter and newspaper articles, press releases and other items to publicly express your gratitude to donors.

Kidzpace Fundraising Ideas

Download our fundraising ideas document here.

Comments (0)
Categories : Fundraising, Grants and Giving, Resources
DMA4Families.com
Copyright © 2021 All Rights Reserved
Madison Website Design and Support by
Arcus Communication Design LLC
0
0
0
0