Wish List

Our Wish Lists

If your family, place of worship, organization or school would like to host a drive to collect these items, please contact Reanna Karousis at (216) 781-6228 x 263 or by email. We accept donations of these and other items year-round.

Valentine’s Day Drive Information

Our Winter DriveA pair of gloves will warm their hands, but the gesture will warm their hearts. Share some love this Valentine’s Day.

Join us in collecting socks, hats and gloves through the month of February. Please drop off items Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at our office at 1530 St. Clair Avenue. Donations will not be accepted outside of business hours. If you would like help organizing a drive with your work, school or place of worship, or if you are interested in donating any items not on our wish list, please contact Reanna at 216.781.6228 x 263.

Winter Supplies Wish List

  • Warm socks
  • Boots
  • Coats
  • Blankets

Summer Supplies Wish List

  • Sunscreen
  • Insect repellent
  • Bottled water
  • Rat traps

Year-Round Wish List

  • Non-expired, sealed, over-the-counter medications (pain relievers)
  • First aid supplies (bandages, antibiotic ointment, etc.)
  • Oral hygiene products (toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss, alcohol-free mouthwash)
  • Toiletries (cleansing/baby wipes, soap, shampoo, washcloths, nail clippers, lotion, tissues)
  • Feminine hygiene products
  • Bus passes
  • Tents

Book Club Wish List

  • A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines
  • Beloved by Toni Morrison
  • The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
  • The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah
  • The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
  • Little Bee by Chris Cleave
  • Mistress of hte Game by Sherrie Walker
  • The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
  • The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
  • The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • Books of poetry by Elizabeth Alexander, Maya Angelow, Elizabeth Bishop, Gwendolyn Brooks, Billy Collins, Emily Dickinson, Rita Dove, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, John Keats, Mary Oliver, William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, and W.B. Yeats
  • Notebooks, pens, dictionaries, reading glasses, reading lights, and book shelves