The Youth Corps of America Inc.
Mission: Providing innovative research-based prevention programs to youth and families in Southern Arizona.
Wish list: Donations to attend the Gene Lewis boxing tournament to cover tournament fees, hotel expenses and meals for five youths for three days.
Address: 6930 E. Golf Links Circle, Tucson, AZ 85730; 312-9987; www.tycoa.us
Project YES of the Tucson Urban League
Mission: Project YES is a certified after-school tutoring and homework-help program that provides high-quality services aimed at improving academic achievement of grade-school-age children living in poverty.
Wish list: School supplies (electric pencil sharpeners, colored pencils, magic markers, highlighters, children’s scissors, glue sticks, flash cards for basic math); puzzles (24 to 100 pieces) and board games; 5-oz. paper drinking cups; Kleenex; copy paper; recent World Book Encyclopedia; Children’s Illustrated Dictionary; radio with plug for earphones; dry-erase boards; underpants and pants for ages 5 to 8; playground equipment; $250 a year to sponsor a child.
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Address: 100 W. 37th St., South Tucson, AZ 85713. For item donations contact Sister Mary Ann McElmurry at nunpower@aol.com or 884-1602. All monetary donations go to: Tucson Urban League Inc. 2305 S. Park Ave., Tucson, AZ 85713, with notation “for the use of Project YES” or online at www.tucsonurbanleague.org, and “donate — Project YES scholarship fund.”
The Hermitage No-Kill Cat Shelter & Sanctuary
Mission: We are both an adoption facility and long-term sanctuary for felines considered “adoption-challenged,” including felines who are FIV or FeLV-positive.
Wish list: Items to help the shelter rebuild (metal studs, PVC-coated wire mesh for the catios, electrical wiring, GFI outlets, conduit, plumbing supplies, faucet and toilet hoses, sheetrock); Home Depot, Lowe’s or other building-supply gift cards; reams of 20# white copy paper; Mister Max Anti-Icky Poo products available on Amazon.com; Friskies paté or Fancy Feast cat food; plain copy paper; Kirkland 13- or 45-gallon trash bags; paper towels; toilet paper; dish/dishwasher soap; hand sanitizer refills from Costco, (individual containers or refill bottles).
Address: 5278 E. 21st St., Tucson, AZ 85711; 571-7839; www.hermitagecatshelter.org
Habitat for Humanity Tucson
Mission: Creating a more compassionate and just world, Habitat for Humanity Tucson brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.
Wish list: Items needed for construction site where volunteers and future homeowners are building affordable, decent homes: hammers, skill saws, duct tape, paper towels, wood shims, 25-foot tape measures.
Address: 3501 N. Mountain Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719; 326-1217; www.HabitatTucson.org
