Some Helpful Suggestions:

If you want to help by donating items, here's a list of some of the things needed most:

• Clothing: Men's women's children's including shoes and boots.

• Baby clothes, in particular "onesies" with long sleeves for cooler temperatures in mountains - anything for babies

• Stuffed Animals placed in plastic bags (for easy stowing in containers)

• Toys and children's picture books

• Hand tools: saws, hammers, screwdrivers, pliers

• Paper (even paper that has been used on one side), construction paper

• Crayons, pencils, markers, tablets

• Soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste, combs, hair brushes

• Linens, towels, bedding, light blankets

• Monetary donations are needed desperately

• Dishes, mugs, glasses, silverware, pots and pans

• Religious supplies: Candles, candlesticks, priests' vestments, statues, rosaries, medals

• Canned goods, rice, beans, cereal, macaroni, boxed foods

• Furniture - please call first 

What not to send:

• Winter clothes, coats, mittens, scarves, bulky sweaters

• Electronic games, gadgets or equipment

• Textbooks, computers, typewriters and games written in English.