Samaritan
House:
For June:
Other Projects:
Backpacks for Children
Who Wait
- Throughout the year
many children are
removed from their parents or other caregivers on a daily basis by DSS. Most of these children
have nowhere to
go. They are
removed by social workers
and police, are brought to a DSS office and sit and wait until a foster
home
can be found for them. Some
sit for an entire
day, with nothing to do, just waiting to have a place to sleep that
night. This program
supplies them with backpacks
with books and other supplies they may need while waiting. Items needed are new
clothes, school and art
supplied, activities and toys, books, back packs, personal hygiene items,
and
any other items that a child might need while waiting to be placed in a
home.
Paperback
Dictionaries for the Prison Book Program Pride, Inc. St. Vincent de Paul The Camel
Bookmobile--Guidlines for books:
- Children's storybooks are most popular.
General fiction for adults and kids is also high on the list,
and much interest is shown in nonfiction books covering topics ranging
from astronomy to geography to history.
- Any books by African authors
- Gently used books are welcome
- DO NOT donate
textbooks,
books about American, European or religious holidays, books
with lots of
slang, or racy adult books.
-
Some
websites to find the books on their wish list:
Taunton
Emergency Management System (Being collected by the Taunton Federal Credit Union)
- Teddy bears or
- Make brownies for Denise to sell at school
The
Junior Woman’s Club of Taunton and
Raynham are collecting items for different organizations in the local
community. See Denise.
Stickers,
labels, and canceled stamps [Missions in India]
Small gift boxes [St. Peters Churs & St.
Vencent dePaul] Butter
Tubs [art teachers] Cards -
Holiday, birthday, etc. [crafts]
T-shirts
(slightly worn) Soda Tabs
[Shriners Hospital] Costume
Jewelry Mugs
Curtains [drama club]
Cross-stitch
thread Stickers
and labels Fabric and
sewing materials [sent to Portugal for the women to make clothes]
Yarn
[hats for babies] Puzzles
[Veterans Hospital] Board
Games [Veterans Hospital] Candle
holders and jars [Girl's Inc] Stationary
[Veterans Hospital] Cards-holiday,
birthday, etc. Shoulder
pads [Girl's Inc.] Ribbons
[Girl's Inc.] Pocket
Books, Purses, wallets [Women's shelters]
Gloves,
mittens, hats, scarves [Dr. Persons-School Adjustment Conselor]
Magnets
[teachers] Shopping
bags with handles Plastic
shopping bags [soup kitchen] Tablecloths
(cloth or plastic) [drama club] Napkins
[drama club] Place Mats
[drama club] Shoe boxes
[teachers] Metal
hangers [teachers] Old and
broken candles [Girl's Inc.]baby
clothes & toys [Birthright]
small
mason jars with lids[Speaker Gifts]
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Soup Labels [schools]
- Box Tops
for Education [schools]
- Used
Children’s Books [Head Start]
- Craft
Supplies [The Arbors and Girl's Inc.]
- Stuffed
Animals [Taunton State Hospital patients]
- Kitchen
supplies-pans, utelsils, etc. [Samaritan House]
- Used
Pens and Pencils [Missions in India]
- Bud
vases or large vases (glass or plastic) [florest shops]
- Empty
ink cartridges for printers [schools]
- Small
broken appliances for Girl's Inc. [for their S.M.A.R.T. program]
- hair dryers
- type
writers
- cell phones
- clocks
- calculators
- telephones
and cordless
- hand mixers
- radios
- can
openers
- VCR's
- cameras
- toaster
ovens
- For animal
shelter
- old
blankets
- old towels
(any size)
- old
mattress covers
- old sheets
- Tic-Tac containers
- Empty
thread spools
- AOL or other CD's
- Hood®
“Sox” bottle caps
- Metal coffee cans with lids
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The
Club is collecting used cell phones to donate to Call to Protect
Program. Women in abuse situations use the phones for emergency
situations. We also need slightly used pocketbooks!
And don't
forget your secret pal gifts!
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