Our Impact

Caitlin's Smiles knows that a bag filled with drawing supplies or a journal is a bag full of fun and hours of creative play.

The volunteers of this fabulous organization work hard to make dealing with illness a little easier for children and their families. Acting instinctively to provide materials that put smiles on kids’ faces, they also provide keys to health. Research has demonstrated the healing power of the arts. Writing improves physical and emotional health. Every bag from Caitlin’s Smiles that’s filled with art supplies, books, or journals is a chance for children to heal. Art might not cure all ills, but it can help children discover adventures. When those bags from Caitlin’s Smiles arrive, they provide the possibility of improved health.

- From “Bags of Smiles Promote Stories and Healing,” By Martha Peaslee Levine, M.D., Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center & author of “Stop That Nose!”

2021 Caitlin's Smiles Hospital & Clinic Deliveries

11,902 bags of smiles
83,909 craft kits
19,393 coping kits
10,671 toys
0 care kits
11,902 bags of smiles

That's a lot of smiles.

Bags of smiles include: drawing pad/coloring book, crayons/markers/colored pencils, journal with pen, modeling clay, two craft activities, and a small toy or book

83,909 craft kits

Kits to bring the joy.

Kits to make book markers, door hangers, necklaces, bracelets, scratch-off shapes or coloring magnets that are sent to hospitals for playrooms or to distribute to the patients

19,393 coping kits

Mini smiles.

Smaller versions of the Bags of Smiles that are used by emergency rooms and outpatient surgery departments for pediatric patients

10,671 toys

Little friends.

Small toys, plush animals, and holiday gifts.

0 care kits

Kits to bring the joy.

Gift cards for local restaurants, gas cards and other useful items for the parents of pediatric patients

Hospital delivery totals

For detailed information on hospitals and clinics receiving donations from Caitlin’s Smiles in the past year, please click below. Totals for previous years are available from Caitlin’s Smiles.

2021 Hospital Delivery Totals Bag of Smiles Craft Kits Coping Kits Toys Care Kits
A Child's Place, Pittsburgh 0 0 94 0 0
AI Coplan Ped. Oncology Clinic, Children's Hosp at Sinai, Baltimore, MD 26 0 408 0 0
AI Dupont, Wilmington, DE 229 1795 426 0 0
Akron Children's, Akron, OH 246 0 0 0 0
Akron Children's, Beeghly Campus, Boardman, OH 245 605 0 0 0
Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY 137 1370 56 1 0
Allegheny Health Network, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 204 350 0
Altoona UPMC, Altoona, PA 0 0 200 0 0
Baptist Children's Hospital, Miami, FL 0 630 170 2 0
Bay Health Medical Center, Milford, DE 0 0 204 0 0
Bay Health Medical Center, Kent Campus, Dover DE 36 0 110 0 0
Bedford Family Health Center 0 90 60 0 0
Bedford Hospital ER, Everett, PA 0 0 142 0 0
Bellin Hospital, Green Bay, WI 84 425 90 0 0
Bradford Regional Medical Center, Bradford, PA 0 0 214 0 0
Bristol-Myers Squbb Children's Hospital at RWJUH, New Brunswick, NJ 135 1117 0 0 0
Brookdale University Hospital, Brooklyn NY 172 1600 0 0 1
Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY 102 0 152 0 0
Brooklyn NYU Langone Hospital, Brooklyn, NY 0 0 224 0 0
Butler County Alliance for Child Advocacy Ctr, Butler, PA 0 0 44 0 0
Carlisle Hospital, Carlisle, PA 0 0 155 35 0
Carroll Hospital, Westmister, MD 58 60 50 0 0
Chambersburg Hospital, Chambersburg, PA 163 0 0 0 0
Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center, Windber, PA 0 0 240 0 0
Child Advocacy Ctr of Clearfield County, PA 0 0 40 0 0
Children's Advocacy Center/NEPA Scranton PA 0 0 92 0 0
Children's Hospital of NJ/Newark Beth Israel Med Ctr, Newark, NJ 487 400 0 10 0
Children's Hospital of NJ/Ped. Spec. Ctr, Edison, NJ 247 245 0 0 0
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Philadelphia, PA 215 520 0 4 0
Children's Hospital @Montefiore, Bronx, NY 122 0 296 0 0
Children's National, Washington, DC 188 1,075 312 3 0
Children's Resource Center (UPMC), Harrisburg, PA 0 0 380 203 0
Christiana Health Care System, Newark, DE 0 0 154 0 0
Cincinnati Ohio Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH 0 0 0 0 0
Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville, NJ 94 215 40 0 0
Clarion Hospital ER, Clarion, PA 0 0 160 0 0
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 380 0 0 0 0
CMAC Women & Children's Hospital, Charlestown, WV 126 855 0 0 0
Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY 105 730 54 0 0
Columbus, Ohio Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 250 425 0 0 0
Community General Osteopathic Hospital, Harrisburg, PA 0 0 100 0 0
Crozier Chester Medical Center, Upland, PA 0 0 154 0 0
Dayton, Ohio Children's Hospital, Dayton, OH 119 300 169 804 0
Ephrata Hospital, Ephrata, PA 0 0 100 0 0
Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg, PA 0 0 48 0 0
Excela Health, Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg, PA 0 0 192 0 0
First Hospital in Kingston, Kingston, PA 0 0 225 0 0
Frederick Memorial Hospital, Frederick, MD 36 0 316 0 0
Gettysburg Hospital, Gettysburg, PA 0 0 140 0 0
Good Samaritan, Lebanon, PA 0 0 0 0 0
Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ 70 0 0 0 0
Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA 0 0 155 108 0
Harlem Hospital- New York, NY 209 630 106 0 0
Harrisburg Hospital, Harrisburg, PA 221 818 332 1719 0
Hillcrest Hospital, Mayfield Heights, OH 221 240 260 0 0
Holy Cross Hospital, Germantown, MD 0 0 526 0 0
Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring MD 171 0 0 0 0
Holy Spirit Hospital, a Geisinger Affiliate, Camp Hill, PA 64 1325 324 370 0
Hoops Family Children's Hospital, Huntington, WV 146 1320 0 0 0
Horizon on Wheels, Baltimore, MD 0 500 0 0 0
Indiana Regional Medical Center, Indiana, PA 98 220 196 0 0
Inova Children's Hosp. @ Inova Fairfax Med. Campus, Falls Church, VA 34 250 70 0 0
Inova Children's Hospital @ Inova Loudoun Hospital, Leesburg,VA 84 835 0 0 0
Inova Children's Hospital Loudoun, Leesburg, VA 32 0 168 0 0
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital, Fairfax, VA 64 0 82 0 0
IU Health Arnett Hospital, Lafayette, IN 44 480 0 5 0
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Jamaica, NY 230 1190 416 33 0
Janet Weis Children's Hospital, Danville, PA 153 140 572 140 0
Janet Weis Children's Hospital--Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre, PA 62 0 46 0 0
John R. Oishei Children's Hospital, Buffalo NY 7 270 54 0 0
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD 219 1935 0 3 0
Joseph Sanzari Children's Hosp,Hackensack Univ. Med., Hackensack, NJ 204 1690 0 6 0
K. Hovnania Children's Hospital, Neptune, NJ 183 1200 0 1 0
Kennedy-Krieger, Baltimore, MD 229 1120 390 0 0
Lancaster County Children's Alliance, PA 15 0 116 85 0
Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA 17 87 100 830 0
Lehigh Valley, Allentown, PA 322 1875 340 1 0
Lehigh Valley Hospital, Hazleton, PA 0 0 180 0 0
Lehigh Valley Hosp-Pocono, Reilly Children's Hosp., East Stroudsburg, PA 52 0 98 0 0
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY 84 680 0 0 0
Lewistown Hospital, Lewistown, PA 0 0 94 45 0
Maimomides Medical Center, NY 70 718 0 0 0
Maria Fareri Children's Hosp. @ Westchester Med Center, Vahalla, NY 225 1615 0 9 0
Mercy Children's Hospital, Toledo, OH 75 0 0 0 0
Monmouth Med. Cntr., Barnabas Children's Hosp., Long Branch, NJ 227 1885 0 0 0
Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, PA 73 50 240 0 0
Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital, New York, NY 90 200 0 0 0
Nemours AIDHC, Outpatient Cardiac Center, Wilmington, DE 0 0 260 0 0
Network of Victim Assistance, Jamison PA 0 0 44 0 0
New York Hospital-Queens, Flushing, NY 96 590 50 0 0
New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY 200 0 0 0 0
PA Psychiatric Institute, Pediatrics, Harrisburg, PA 50 90 0 37 0
PA Psychiatric Institute, AGH BH Unit, Pleasant Hills, PA 49 0 0 0 0
PA Psychiatric Institute, Women's & Childrens Behav. Health, Pittsburgh, PA 9 0 0 0 0
Pediatric Specialty Care, Lancaster, PA 0 130 0 40 0
Penn Highlands Elk Hospital, St. Marys, PA 0 0 231 0 0
Penn Highlands Elk Hospital, Huntingdon, PA 0 0 152 0 0
Penn State Children's Cardiac Clinic--Heart Group, Harrisburg, PA 0 0 255 405 0
Penn State Children's Heart Group, Huntingdon, PA 0 0 24 12 0
Penn State Children's Spina Bifida Clinic, Hershey, PA 0 200 0 500 0
Penn State Children's Hospital, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 0 325 0 2326 0
Penn State Children's Hospital Camps, Camp Vent 65 0 0 0 0
Penn State, Hampden MedicalCenter, Enola, PA 0 0 92 0 0
Penn State Lancaster Special Clinic, Lancaster, PA 0 0 60 155 0
Penn State-St. Joseph's, Reading, PA 0 0 50 170 0
Penn State TLC Clinic, N. 3rd St., Harrisburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0
Penn State York Specialty Clinic, York, PA 0 0 220 260 0
Queens Health Network, Elmhurst, NY 121 0 0 0 0
Rainbow Babies-Cleveland, OH 123 1325 0 0 0
Reading Hospital and Medical Center, West Reading, PA 244 0 289 583 0
Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, NY 19 1040 314 0 0
Ronald McDonald Family Room - CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 0 0 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, Wilmington, DE 0 580 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, Akron, OH 0 210 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, Cincinnati, OH 0 1050 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 0 655 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, Livingston Ave., Columbus, OH 0 2200 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, Dayton, OH 0 205 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, Toledo, OH 0 230 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, Baltimore, MD 0 205 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald Houseof Southern NJ, Camden, NJ 0 440 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, New Brunswick, NJ 0 210 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House of NY, Greater Hudson Valley, Valhalla, NY 0 210 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House of NY, New York, NY 0 805 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House of NY, Metro, Hyde Park NY 0 380 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, Danville, PA 0 435 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, Hershey, PA 0 0 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 0 435 0 1 0
Ronald McDonald House, Front & Erie Sts., Philadelphia, PA 0 425 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, Pittsburgh, PA 0 1035 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, Wheeler Ave., Scranton, PA 0 180 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, Charlottesville, VA 0 430 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, Falls Church, VA 0 0 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, Norfolk, VA 0 395 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, Richmond, VA 0 0 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, Roanoke, VA 0 185 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, 14th St., Washington, D.C. 0 205 0 5 0
Ronald McDonald House, Charleston, WV 0 465 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, Charleston, WV 0 180 0 0 0
Ronald McDonald House, Morgantown, WV 0 390 0 0 0
Schuylkill Medical Center (Lehigh Valley Hospital), Pottsville, PA 30 0 200 60 0
Shamokin Area Community Hospital, Shamokin, PA 0 0 90 0 0
Shriner's Children Hospital, Cincinnati, OH 40 230 36 0 0
Shriner's Children Hospital/Hamot, Erie, PA 0 0 108 0 0
Shriner's Children Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 222 1,765 494 24 0
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital, Wellsboro, PA 0 0 0 0 0
Somerset Hospital, Somerset, PA 0 0 144 0 0
St. Christopher's Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 323 2445 605 1 0
St. Chris Care at Northeast Pediatrics, Philadelphia, PA 0 0 50 0 0
St. Joseph's Children's Hospital, Paterson, NJ 78 0 381 0 0
St. Joseph's Hospital, Scranton, PA 0 0 298 0 0
St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, PA 322 1480 1342 0 0
St. Peter's University Children's Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ 228 1735 68 191 0
St. Vincent Hospital, Erie, PA 16 0 160 0 0
Star Community Health Kids Care, Easton, PA 0 0 50 0 0
Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY 295 235 70 0 0
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 0 0 0 0 0
Toledo Children's Hospital, Toledo, OH 141 1,050 0 0 0
Tyrone Regional General Hospital, Tyrone, PA 0 0 229 0 0
Union Hospital, Elkton, MD 0 0 214 0 0
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 185 1280 0 1 0
University of Virginia Children's Hospital, Winchester, VA 0 0 364 0 0
University of Virginia, Pediatric Spec. Clinic, Winchester, VA 0 0 120 0 0
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh 0 569 0 240 0
UPMC Children's Specialty Services, Lemoyne, PA 80 225 140 271 0
UPMC Hamot, Erie, PA 50 0 84 0 0
UPMC Lititz, Lititz, PA 0 0 0 0 0
UPMC Muncy, PA 0 0 24 12 0
Virtua Memorial Pediatric Pavilion, Mount Holly, NJ 130 1010 80 0 3
Virtua Voorhees Hospital, Voohees, NJ 22 0 0 0 0
Waynesboro Hospital, Waynesboro, PA 0 0 50 0 0
West Penn Allegheny Medical Center (Burn Camp) 50 0 0 0 0
West Shore Hospital, Mechanicsburg, PA 0 0 150 40 0
West Virginia Children's Hospital, Morgantown, WV 124 1205 0 0 0
Williamsport UPMC Susquenhanna, Williamsport, PA 0 0 200 0 0
Woodhull Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 16 0 110 0 0
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 115 630 50 1 0
York Memorial Hospital, York, PA 0 0 55 38 0
York Wellspan Hospital, York, PA 437 0 200 599 0
Disaster Relief Hospital Deliveries (See Below) 80 20860 456 34 0
Total 8,094 88,563 13,800 4,935 0
Additional Hospitals in Disaster Affected Areas Bag of Smiles Craft Kits Coping Kits Toys Care Kits
Appalachian Reg'l Healthcare System, Boone, NC 0 0 40 0 0
Caldwell UNC Healthcare, Lenoir, NC 0 285 0 0 0
Carolinas Health Care System Blue Ridge, Valdese, NC 0 0 45 0 0
Catawba Valley Health System, Hickory, NC 0 250 0 0 0
Frye Reg'l Med Ctr, Hickory, NC 0 0 45 0 0
Madonna Therapy Plus, Lincoln, NE 0 200 0 0 0
Madonna Therapy Plus, Omaha, NE 0 200 0 0 0
Banner Ironwood Med Ctr, San Tan Valley, AZ 0 0 48 0 0
Cox Dee Ann White Womens & Childrens Hosp, Springfield, MO 0 0 38 0 0
Methodist Children's Hosp, Springfield, MO 0 0 40 0 0
Camp Quality 0 440 0 0 0
Mid-Atlantic Burn Camp 0 300 0 0 0
Camp Kydnee 0 375 0 0 0
Camp Victory, Millville, PA 0 6825 0 0 0
Camp Can Do, Chalfonte, PA 0 1380 0 0 0
Horizon Day Camp, Baltimore, MD 1500 0 0 0
Sunrise Assn, Oceanside, NY 0 6000 0 0 0
Mayo Health Clinic System, LaCrosse, WI 0 185 50 0 0
Univ of VA, Pediatric Spec. Clinic Cardiology Camp, Winchester, VA 0 250 0 0 0
Appalachia Area Hospitals (6) KY 0 1500 0 0 30
Jackson Purchase Med. Ctr, Mayfield, KY 20 260 4 0
New Baptist Mem'l Hospital, Jonesboro, AR 20 0 50 0 0
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital, St. Charles, MO 20 0 50 0 0
St. Louis Children's Hospital, MO 20 220 0 0 0

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