Kid’s Place

Created in 1997 by Assistance League Triangle Area, Kid’s Place originally was a single room created as an oasis for kids being treated at Raleigh’s WakeMed Emergency Center. The program has expanded to include these locations throughout the Triangle providing various comfort items to children who come to the Emergency Department for treatment. The committee delivers comfort items as needed to each facility we represent.

During the summer of 2024, the Assistance League Hub opened in Raleigh with a dedicated room for the Kid’s Place Program. The Hub provides the needed space of this philanthropic program which has now expanded to 13 locations; the latest being Duke Regional Hospital and Wake Med Wendell.. Approxximately 40,000 -50,000 items are given to children in emergency settings providing much needed comfort.
The addition of the Hub provides a one-stop location for the storage of inventory for the program’s comfort items, including bears, toys and stickers. Packaging and delivering of all items now originate from these space allowing for greater efficiency for the Kid’s Place Committee.

  • Rex
  • Rex Holly Springs
  • Duke
  • Duke-Raleigh
  • Duke-Regional
  • UNC- Chapel Hill
  • UNC Child Specialty Clinic-Raleigh
  • Wake Med Raleigh
  • Wake Med Healthplex-Apex
  • Wake Med Healthplex- Brier Creek
  • Wake Med Healthplex- Cary
  • Wake Med Healthplex- Garner
  • Wake Med Healthplex- Wendell

The primary purpose of the program is to provide comfort to children and their families during a very stressful time within emergency department facilities.

We supply the following:

  • Stuffed teddy bears for comfort (with Assistance League Triangle Area t-shirts)
  • Children’s books
  • Flavored Chap Ice and Play-Doh
  • Treasure chest filled with items for children including: toys, stickers, crayons, colored pencils, bubbles and coloring books
  • Special request items such as sensory items for children with special needs, books in both Spanish and English, coloring books and toys showing diversity.


The Kid’s Place committee continues to receive positive feedback from the hospital staff for our contributions.

I can’t tell you enough how impactful your donations have been for our patients and families. Providing a stuffed animal after a difficult procedure, seeing a patient’s eyes light up and a smile not only helps comfort patients, but also has an impact on staff-being able to provide something that can help bring a smile to a patient’s face after they have been crying helps our staff feel as though they are helping patients cope.

The grab and go art kits have been a huge hit for our long wait times. I have gotten a lot of parents appreciating she effort to provide diversional activities while they wait. I have even had a patient tell me she did not want to leave because she was having so much fun.