Ways to volunteer for the Forrest Spence Fund include the following:

• Serve on a Forrest Spence 5k race committee.
• Participate in the Forrest Spence 5k Race on August 24, 2013.
• Serve dinner at the monthly FedEx Family House and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital with the Forrest Spence Fund.

While these essential volunteers provide the backbone of the Fund, creativity is the key if you have the desire to help but cannot  serve at any of the above.  Here are just a few ideas to get your ideas flowing!

• Create or purchase centerpieces or decorations for the monthly FedEx Family House dinners or the quarterly LeBonheur dinners.  We use about 13 tables each time.
• Have a children’s book drive.
• Make and decorate notecards to be used in the baskets.  Families write their child’s name on these and place where needed in the hospital.
• Prepare a craft for children at a monthly FedEx Family House dinner.
• Collect family appropriate magazines for baskets.
• Provide baked goods for the monthly Unit Adoption Program we have at Le Bonheur in honor of the staff.
• Make baby blankets. 
• At your next family or friend gathering, have each guest bring an item for a family basket from the list.  You can assign a specific item to each person or choose 1 particular item and ask all guests to bring that item.

Items included in a Family Basket:

• A blanket for the child/baby
• A roll of quarters for late night trips to the vending machine
• Magazines for the parents to enjoy
• Lotion for dry hands from washing so much
• Hand Sanitizer to keep germ free
• A stuffed animal (beanie baby) to keep the child/baby company while the parent/s are away
• Children’s books to read to the child/baby
• A journal and pen for the parents to write notes or information from nurses and doctors
• A devotional called “Praying the Scriptures for your Child” 
• Chapstick for lips that are dry
• Socks for the child/baby
• A hat for the child/baby
• Notecards
• Burb cloth for the baby
• Snacks for the parent
• Water for the parent
• A Scrapbook card to write the child's/baby’s name on for his/her bed