Shelter for Battered Women Wish List

The Mission Committee will be collecting items for the Shelter for Battered Women.  The shelter provides counseling, support and a safe place for women and their children to escape abuse.   They are in need of household items such as alarm clocks, washcloths and towels, first aid supplies and paper goods (paper towels, napkins, etc.).  Also needed are coloring books, dolls, baby shampoo, and hair products for African American women. Full size products are preferred over sample sizes.  Please put all donations in the box in the Friendship Sunday school classroom.  If you have questions, call Leslie Morrison at 704-333-3318

United Family Services’ Shelter for Battered Women

Spring 2003 Wishlist

 

Household Items

Silverware, Plates

Plastic ware

Washcloths and towels

Disposable rubber gloves

Household cleaning products, detergents

First Aid supplies

Alarm clocks

Paper goods (paper towels, napkins, etc.)

Matching Comforter sets (twin) (2,3,4 or a kind)

Shower curtains with hooks

Tablecloths

 

Baby/Children Items

Coloring books

Games (Connect Four, Trouble, Guess Who, etc)

Vaseline

Baby shampoo (full size)

Oral gel

Dolls (all nationalities, races)

 

Office Supplies

Copier paper

Printer ink cartridges (Canon BCI-21; HP 51629A)

Pens/pencils

Calculators

Paper clips/Staples

Folders

 

Miscellaneous Needs

Umbrellas

Panty hose, socks, bedroom slippers,

      New underwear for women and children

Hair products for African-American women-gels,

       Perms, hair grease, hair rollers, scarves

Polaroid 600 plus film

 

Special Project Needs

Gift certificates to grocery stores, department

stores (Wal-Mart, Target), hair/beauty salons, gas stations.

Tickets to movie theaters, Carowinds, Discovery Place, zoo,

ice skating, basketball games, etc.

 

Adopt-A-Bedroom(completely decorate a client bedroom-

   window treatments, wall hangings, rugs, comforters,

    shelves, etc.)

 

In addition to these everyday needs, The Shelter

also has need for these larger items:

  • AA/NA Recovery Bookds

         Twelve Step Recovery Book for Women

  • Industrial Vacuum Cleaner
  • Keeping the Faith (book of guidance for

Christian women facing abuse). Donation of

$320.76 (50 copies @$5.94 a copy +$23.76

shipping)

  • Laptop computer for presentations
  • Paper shredder (Destroyit Model 2250 S/C

Total with tax $371.69 through McRae Office

Solutions

  • Walkie Talkie set for staff