Immediate Needs
updated 7/28/2021
paper towels
spray disinfectant
Child safety door lock/pinch guards
birthday wrapping paper, gift bags, tissue paper, bows
toothpaste (full size – any brand)
stove drip pans
Gift Cards – gas, uber, or uber eats, restaurants, grocery store, hair cuts
- BABY
- Diapers Any Size
- Pullups Boy and Girl Any Size
- Baby Wipes
- Baby lotion (unscented)
- Diaper cream
- CLEANING
- Dishwasher soap tabs
- Liquid Dish Soap
- Lysol spray & Clorox Wipes (any brand – disinfecting wipes/spray)
- All-purpose cleaner
- Laundry Detergent (pods)
- Tall kitchen trash cans (the families take these when they move out)
- Trash bags (large kitchen size)
- Trash bags (30 Gallon)
- HOUSEHOLD
- bed pillows (standard, basic white pillows)
- Kid’s cough medicine, cough drops, and Vick’s Vaporub
- Adult cough/cold/flu medicine
- Kid-friendly flavor chapstick
- Snacks – fruit cups, granola bars, etc.
- Unscented lotion for dry skin
- Ziploc Bags all sizes (snack, sandwich, quart, gallon)
- Ceiling Fan Light Bulbs (Size B11)
- HOLIDAY GIFTS
- anything for parents and children – contact us to “adopt” a family for a holiday or when they come to shelter!
- non food items pencils, small toys, art supplies
- WELCOME HOME BASKETS
- For families when they move to a Transitional Apartment or out to Permanent Housing
- any cleaning supplies
- any laundry items
- any easy kid-friendly meal ingredients (spaghetti and sauce, mac n cheese, baking mixes etc.)
- any kitchen items (mixing spoons, measuring spoons/cups, kid-friendly plates/bowls/cups, etc.)
- Towels, washcloths, Kitchen towels, pot holders
- “Welcome Home” gifts – home decor, photo frame, we have even received cute house “plants” (plastic but they looked real!)
- Anything hand made or a handwritten note or card of encouragement
- A laundry basket makes a great basket!