Yesterday we visited Lee Memorial Children’s Hospital and had a fantastic day. We played games, talked with families and had a great experience.
A big thank you to the hospital for letting us come and play with all the wonderful kids. It was a day none of us will forget.
The photo is of Road Trip team member Neil.
Next Event
MAY 6th: ST. JOE, FL
PERSNICKETY
229 Reid Avenue
Port St. Joe, FL 32456
850-527-2429
Time: 4-7
I have a daughter with cancer, and this is such a wonderful idea. Sick kids have a lot of time where they can’t get up and play, and this is a perfect gift and activity. What a fantastic thing to do. If Webkinz could do this in many cities, it would be wonderful. Kudos to Webkinz for this!
I am sorry about your daughter, Shanti! I hope she gets better real soon!
Thanks for your kind wishes. We try to take it just one day at a time.
I’m sorry about your daughter! My grandma lost the battle to cancer when I was little… :( cancer runs in my family.
I am so sorry about your Grandma!
I am sure the kids will be talking about it for while :D Webkinz is great when you’re stuck in bed. I don’t know what I’d do without my laptop! I know what it’s like to be so sick and in and out of the hospital and little gifts, crafts, a nice meal, special guests, and therapy dogs visits are a great distraction. If you want to add some more stops you could try the Ronald McDonald House… =) They’re great and everyone over there can always use a pick me up!
Shanti I hope your daughter gets through her treatment and all goes well so cancer can just be another thing that happened and is in the past. When I was in the hospital for weeks my mom had a little gift and a card for me every day and it helped a lot and gave me something positive to look forward to. Hugs, Julie
I hope your daughter gets better, Shanti! I have an aunt with cancer, it started as breast cancer, then it spread to her bones and back and basically everywhere! She has lived for about three years more than she was supposed to!! yea! But a couple months ago, things took a turn for the worse, so her husband took her and their five kids on a cruise, and family was going up there. But recently, we got a email that said her cancer tumors had a reduction in the size, so I hope she will be getting better now!
Yes I agree. Laptops and webkinz should be also donated to hospitals if the webkinz gang cannot visit ! Maybe some profit from the E Store could go towards it or have a week or certain length of time where when webkinz are purchased a percentage goes towards this idea :)
I think that is a nice idea, but don’t forget, kids -like Shanti’s daughter- are very much at risk of getting even sicker form other people’s germs, especially on shared equipment like laptops. I think the individual gift bags were a nice and safer pick-me-up for the kids. When my child was sick in the hospital, I didn’t want him to touch anything for fear of getting sicker. I used to work in a hospital and I’ve seen a lot of yuck.
i think that is so neat of webkinz to do that. if i were a sisk kid in a hospital and got a webkinz pet from you guys in person it would be such an unforfogetable moment. thank you guys for making so mangy kids happy. you rock,
This is awesome! I agree with Emy4pandas–Webkinz should do this in every town. Imagine how great those kids felt today!
I sure do wish that theyd been doing this, when I was in the hospital last november, (2009) I was diagnosed with type one diabetes and I couldn’t go to webkinz on the internet, and I was there for 5 days, and neither of my sisters could come visit me. Having someone like that around in the hospital sure would have made me smile for a little bit, before I had to start learning to give myself shots ugh… :(
I am sorry about your diabetes! The same thing happened to my sister’s best friend. Also, sorry about the shots! I hope things get better for you!
Thanks, things are much better for me now, I’m on an insulin pump (no more shots) and I’m more adjusted to it, so yeah things are much better, I apriciate you caring about me and my desease. :)
I have type one diabetes too… I got it when I was three. If they’d been doing that when I’d been diagnosed. Then I would probably have forgotten about a dilemma. Sigh.
Love the Braves hat!
O AND BLESS YOU ALL. BYE THE WAY IF YOU ARE WONDERING I AM KID
that is so grate you guys heaping thews kids it makes me happy :) thy had a ruff life i am going to toke to my dad an mom to go to the event in AZ i wont to go but i no nothing a bot it i dot no if you Ned a ti-kit or not ????? or it is just for the kids in the hospital ????????
We are going to the event! We will not need a ticket. They are usually outside in a parking lot, but I don’t know where they will be when they go to the location. I just know I will be there early and waiting with all our Webkinz friends that our car can hold! I know we are bringing five kids for sure. The Webkinz Tour is FREE!
i wish they could come to my home town or atleast a town that i could get to! :(
argee!
Yeah, they should come to FL some time.
I think this is one of the greatest things Webkinz has done. It really touched my heart! Way to go Neil and the crew. Bless You All!!
This is exactly what Webkinz should be doing!!!! They should visit the children’s hospitals in every town they go in the tour. Awesome— :D
Yes! I so agree, Emy4pandas! This is GREAT!
Most definitely! Bring it to the kids who need it most! Although, what’s with the Atlanta Braves hat? They’re in South Florida….
WOW! That is so nice of them! I saw one webkinz, two mazin’ hamsters, and a figure in each bag!!! I wish i could get one of those! sorry, i’m being greedy
I totally agree.
Abigail4050
that is sssssoooooooooooooooooooo cool did you give them webkinz to that is sooooooooo nice of you to do that for the sick kids there YOU ROCK
That was awesome that they didn’t feel left out :’)
I THINK IT WAS SWEET THAT THEY VISITED THE CHIDREN’S HOLPITAL, BUT I THINK THEY SHOULD TRAVEL ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ( AND CANADA ) BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE LIVE IN STATES WHERE NOTHING GOES ON BUT THERE ARE KIDS OUT THERE THAT REALLY ENJOY WEBKINZ ANS THEY WILL NEVER GET SOMETHING LKE THIS ROAD TRIP COMING. THER ARE HOSPITALS IN OHIO TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
WHAT A NICE THING
IMGINE ALL THE HAPPY KIDS WHO ARE IN THE HOSPITAL!!! :D :D :D :D :D