Every year during the holiday season, Foundation 2 staff work with youth and families who are need of donated items to make their holidays brighter. The Foundation 2 Youth Shelter strives to provide gifts to any youth staying at the shelter on Christmas Day. We are in need of donated items to give to the youth and families we work with.
Can you please help?
Below is a list of items that are needed for the youth and families that Foundation 2 serves:
Radio/alarm clocks
Hand held video games, electronic games (20 Questions, Poker, Yatzee, Battleship, Sudoku, etc…)
Discmans/portable CD players/IPods, memory Sticks, disposable cameras
Winter hats, mittens, gloves, scarves, coats
Clothes- especially shoes, socks, sweatshirts (sizes adult M to XXL), ball caps
Slippers, PJ’s, stuffed animals, funky shoe laces, ball caps
School supplies such as trapper keepers, nice pens, back packs
Sporting goods such as basketballs, footballs, soccer balls
Art supplies such as drawing tablets, charcoal pencils, paints, markers, “how to draw books,” modeling clay, floam, shrinkey-dinks, posters to color, markers, art kids, ceramic figurines to paint
Stationary, envelopes, postage stamps
Books, wall posters
Puzzles, puzzles books such as Sudoko
Cologne, perfumes, makeup items, nail polish
Watches
Card games, board games (Phase 10, Uno, Rook, Life, Monopoly, Scene-It)
Gift cards to Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, the malls, movie theatres, calling cards (phone), bowling, restaurants
CD’s, DVD’s, computer games
Hair accessories and products such as brushes, irons, straighteners, barrettes
Lotions, bath items and soaps
Beads, craft kids, building kits (such as bird houses, model kits, cross stitch, knitting, crochet supplies)
Bracelets and jewelry
Photo albums and picture frames (no glass, please!)
Journals and diaries
Model kits: cars, planes, action figures
“Fuzzy” blankets- twin or full size
Candy, snack foods or gum
Soda, energy drinks, bottled drinks
If you are interested in donating items from this list, or are interested in any donation to Foundation 2, please contact Elisabeth Kissling, Director of Development and Marketing, at (319) 362-1170 or ekissling@foundation2.org.
Thank you!