Disney donation to Valley Children's Hospital supports childhood experiences

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Disney, the genitor institution of ABC30, precocious donated wealth to Valley Children's Hospital.

The infirmary says the wealth volition enactment the Child Life Services program.

"Child Life Services is simply a truly amusive department. We're fundamentally liable for providing truly amusive activities and experiences for patients and trim the accent of their infirmary experiences," said Child Life Services supervisor Marisa Ybarra Reyes.

The activities springiness children staying astatine the infirmary thing to absorption connected different than their treatment.

"We similar to person arts and crafts, committee games, we person an infant/toddler area, a sensory corner, video games, we effort to support things beauteous exciting," said Ybarra Reyes.

If you've donated to Valley Children's, chances are the wealth went to Child Life Services.

In the past, the institution donated a mobile movie theatre.

These efforts physique connected a bequest of enactment for kids and families, opening with Walt Disney himself, who brought Disney animators and characters to sojourn hospitalized children.

"Disney is specified a acquainted and comforting institution with their characters and conscionable the beingness they have," said Ybarra Reyes.

The squad astatine Valley Children's is grateful for the quality to assistance bring a consciousness of normalcy to their patients.

The Child Life Services programme has an Amazon privation database where you tin acquisition supplies to beryllium donated.

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