Interfaith Community Services
Mission: To help seniors, disabled individuals and families in financial crisis to achieve stable, healthy and independent lives.
Wish List
- Food donations (pasta, sauce, cereal, tuna and meals in a can, jelly, peanut butter, infant formula, healthy snacks for kids); backpacks and school supplies for children in grades K-12; hygiene items; weed- control products to assist low-income seniors with yard clearing and clean-up.
Address: 2820 W. Ina Road, Tucson, AZ 85741; 297-6049; icstucson.org
Aviva Children’s Services
Mission: To provide resources and services for children who are victims of neglect, abuse and poverty, and are in the care of the Department of Child Safety.
Wish List
- New socks & underwear, sizes 2 to XL and XXL for larger teens; backpacks and school supplies; travel-size bar soapand body wash; travel-size shampoo and conditioner; travel- size toothpaste and regular toothbrushes; grooming supplies for teen girls: hygiene pads, deodorant, brushes, hair products; grooming supplies for teen boys: deodorant, lotion, combs, hair products; dish soap, kitchen cleaner, powder cleaners, sponges; garbage bags and buckets; detergent and fabric softeners.
Address: 153 S. Plumer Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719; 327-6779; avivatucson.org
Southern Arizona Beagle Rescue
Mission: All-volunteer, no kennel, home-based foster organization dedicated to the rescue of beagles and education of their families.
Wish List
- Leashes, collars; dog food, preferably grain free; treats; dog beds; crates (medium and large); baby gates; gift cards for food and supplies; sponsorship for medications and spay/neuter; new foster families.
Address: 2080 S. Westmont Drive, Tucson, AZ 85713; 247-7720; soazbeaglerescue.com
Christ Church United Mission Asylum Mission
Mission: To help political refugees facing torture and death in African nations seek asylum.
Wish List
- Volunteers who can type and help fill out forms.
Address: 655 N. Craycroft Road, Tucson AZ 85711; 829-7651.
Make Way for Books
Mission: To give all children the chance to read and succeed.
Wish List
- Working refrigerator; one-piece picnic table with benches; outlet covers for child proofing; new or gently used children’s picture books for children birth to five; laptops; nice office chairs; flat screen computer monitors; copy paper of all sizes; children’s puppets; general office supplies.
Address: 700 N. Stone Ave., Tucson, AZ 85705; 721-2334; makewayforbooks.org
Tucson Nursery School & Child Care Center
Mission: To promote the importance of positive early childhood experiences in a safe and secure environment.
Wish List
- Fluorescent light tubes: F40/CW/ES; indoor white wall paint and outdoor trim paint teal or green; playground sand; railroad ties; gift cards for field trips, Eegees, Peter Piper Pizza; floor and carpet cleaning; new baby bouncer seat; musical instruments, extra large drum for circle time, tambourines, flutes for 3-4 year olds; baby diapers sizes 4-5; school supplies.
Address: 2385 S. Plumer Ave., Tucson, AZ 85713; 792-0114.
Children’s Museum Tucson
Mission: To provide fun, play-based, interactive, hands-on learning experiences for children and their families.
Wish List
- Sponsor a child to attend a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) Summer Camp; gift certificates to accucut.com for school program tools; Vic Firth Kidphones : sound canceling isolation headphones for kids with sensory sensitivity; large-scale laminating machine; 11x17 laminating sleeves; broad Crayola markers; construction paper; 3-D printer for STEM projects; 10-liter liquid nitrogen dewar; scissors.
Address: Children’s Museum Tucson, 200 S. Sixth Ave., Tucson, AZ 85701; 792-9985, ChildrensMuseumTucson.org and Children’s Museum Oro Valley, 11015 N. Oracle Road, Oro Valley, AZ 85737; 297-8004; ChildrensMuseumOroValley.org
Borderlands Theater
Mission: To champion development/production of plays while producing plays by established playwrights whose work resonates with the diversity of audiences.
Wish List
- Rehearsal space; two new or slightly used desktop computers; 1-inch, 3-ring binders; copy paper; bottled water; Walmart gift cards; ice chest; folding 8-foot
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Address: 40 W. Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85702; 882-8607; borderlandstheater.org
