Warren Village Wish List:  In-Kind Donations Needed

For Children and Teachers in the Learning Center

  • Take a teacher on a shopping spree
  • Certificates for Lakeshore Learning Store
  • Gift certificates for computer learning software
  • Subscriptions to "Jr. National Geographic," "Ranger Rick," and "World" magazines
  • Adopt A Room for supplies, snacks or field trips
  • Tickets to a museum or cultural event for a class
  • Make a "Cozy Corner" with big pillows and a lamp for quiet time and reading
  • Sponsor the visiting nurse for an hour
  • Sponsor the Reptile Show, marionettes or a storyteller
  • CD players and CD's with learning songs
  • New learning toys
  • New wooden puzzles and board games
  • Soft books, hard books, "Baby Einstein" and books with diverse characters
  • "Window" the guinea pig needs bedding and food
  • "Heidi" the tarantula needs live crickets for dinner
  • Aquarium supplies
  • Easels, paint brushes, paper, tempera paint and smocks
  • A sturdy basketball hoop to mount on the wall
  • Baby wipes, latex gloves and disposable shoe covers
  • Sheets for cribs, cots and mats
  • Push and Pull toys for outside play
  • Water tables and plastic shovels and buckets
  • Tricycles and other riding toys
  • Pavilion tent
  • Acoustic guitars

For the Families at Warren Village

  • $5 and $10 Grocery store certificates
  • $25 Target, Wal-Mart, Payless Shoes and Foley's gift certificates
  • Restaurant gift certificates
  • Tickets to movies, museums, sporting or cultural events
  • RTD bus tokens
  • Subscription to "Working Woman" magazine
  • Size two and larger disposable diapers, pull-ups and swimmers
  • New and used household items such as clocks, glasses, dishes, silverware, sheets, towels, trash cans, casserole dishes, pots, pans, and small appliances
  • "Like New" "Donor Delivers" couches, beds, dressers, dining tables with chairs and cribs
  • Fans in the summer and heaters in the winter
  • Brooms, dustpans, vacuum cleaners and bags
  • Backpacks, paper, pencils, pens and school supplies
  • Stock the emergency pantry with canned and dry food, tooth brushes and tooth paste, soap, shampoo, lotion, feminine hygiene items, toilet paper and paper towels
  • Sponsor a "welcome" laundry basket for new residents that is full of cleaning supplies, light bulbs, detergent and other "new home" goodies

To Be a Good Neighbor and Maintain our Building

  • Hammers, drills and tool sets
  • "Antique White" Kwal paint and primer wall cover in 5 gallon tubs to paint our apartments and classrooms
  • Paint brushes, rollers, roller covers, pans and buckets and blue tape
  • Ladders and step stools of all sizes
  • For Everyone at Warren Village
  • Coffee, tea and creamer
  • Tylenol, Advil, Pepto Bismol and band-aids
  • Zip-lock freezer bags and plastic trash bags
  • Stamps, envelopes, glue sticks, paper clips, staples and staplers and 8" x 11" copy paper and all sizes of glossy photo paper

Please call Naomi Taggart at (303) 320-5035, or e-mail her at ntaggart@warrenvillage.org, to arrange a drop-off time. Generally, 10 am - 5 pm, Monday through Friday works. Please note that we cannot take clothing or large items due to space constraints.

For additional information please contact Anita Albrecht, Director of Marketing and Development (303) 320-5052 or e-mail her at aalbrecht@warrenvillage.org.