Notification of Collection Project Completion
International Ministries Needs
Toys and Books
AL AZ CA DE FL GA IL LA KY MI MO MS NJ NY OH PA TX VA WA WV
Please contact the agency to determine the status of the need for material resources.
Alaska Children’s Services, Anchorage
- ethnic dolls
- family movie videos (G-rated)
- Beanie Babies
- wooden blocks
- board games
- teddy bears & plush animals
- Lego & Duplo
- computer games
- educational PC software
- Matchbox cars
- remote control cars
Wesley Community Center, Phoenix
- Elementary-level books for children & easy-to-read books for ESL students
Neighborhood House, Calexico
- Spanish language books for all ages for homeless shelter; soft toys and blocks for toddlers
Neighborhood House, Inc., Wilmington
- manipulative toys (pre-school)
- multicultural books (ages 4-12 years)
Tampa United Methodist Centers, Tampa
- manipulative toys (0-3 years)
- pull toys (0-3 years)
- outdoor play toys (2-5 years)
- puzzles (all ages)
- multiracial dolls
- extra doll clothes
- hand puppets
- large colored playground chalk
- bubbles for playground
- playground dump trucks &
bulldozers
WESLEY HOUSE, KEY WEST
Wesley House Education Department
- multicultural dolls
- cars/trucks
- puzzles & kaleidoscopes
- balls
- Legos & blocks
- riding toys
- creating scenes (zoo & animals,
gas station & attendants, etc) - dramatic/imaginative play
(kitchen items, etc.) - board games (school age)
- sand buckets & shovels
Murphy-Harpst-Children’s Centers, Inc., Cedartown
- toys & books (7-17 years)
Open Door Community House, Columbus
- toys and books for grades K to 12 (no guns or toys with violent themes )
- multi-ethnic dolls, books and toys
Cunningham Children's Home, Urbana
- Lego sets
- multi-racial dolls and Barbie dolls
- games like Life, Sorry, Monopoly, and Connect Four
- stuffed animals
- Nerf balls
Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House, East St. Louis
For ages 6 weeks to 6 years:
- dolls
- puzzles
- trucks and cars
- blocks
Marcy-Newberry Association, Chicago
For ages 3 to 12 years:
- games
- table games
- manipulative toys
- educational games
- story books
Henderson Settlement, Inc., Frakes
- toys
- riding toys
- children’s books
- videos
- juvenile books
- current non-fiction books
- magazine subscriptions
Red Bird Mission, Beverly
-- Community Outreach
- Boys & girls books and toys for 2-16 year-olds
Wesley Community House, Louisville
- non-violent toys, developmentally appropriate (all ages)
- sand & water toys
- ethnically diverse dolls
- paper dolls
- hand puppets
- board games
- bubbles
- playground chalk
- playing cards
- educational toys
Legos - building blocks
- manipulatives
- wooden puzzles
- boxed games
- toy cars
- movies
- educational videos
- activity books
- infant crib mobiles
- action figures
- craft sets
- multiracial Barbie dolls
- small cars & animals
- toy dishes, pots & pans
- children’s furniture
- Tonka trucks
- learning carpets
- toy cameras
- video games
- infant bouncing seats
- noise-making toys
MacDonell United Methodist Children's Services, Inc., Houma
- model cars, trucks & planes
- puzzles
- board games
- remote control toys
- small toys for awards
United Methodist Community House, Grand Rapids
- multi-cultural books for all ages, especially grades 5 - 12
Bethlehem Center, Inc., Jackson
- board games (5-12 years)
- puzzles
- doll beds
- dramatic play clothes
- children’s magazine subscriptions
- books (1-12 years)
Moore Community House, Biloxi
- toys and books for ages infant to 10 years, African-American, Vietnamese and white
Rust College, Holly Springs
- unisex toys for pre-schoolers
Della C. Lamb Community Services, Kansas City
- new toys, but no war toysnew books
- new children's clothing
Inter/Serv, St. Joseph
- toys and books (0-5 years)
Spofford, Kansas City
—for ages 4 to 12 years:
- Match box cars
- dolls
- comic books
- sports cards
- card & board games
- small Legos
- activity books
Neighborhood Center, Camden
- toy telephones
- toy cash registers
- infant-safe toys (6-18 months)
Please have dolls, books and toys reflect all ethnic groups; and send no guns or violent toys.
ages 6 weeks to 15 years:
- dolls, doll clothes, doll furniture and dishes
- paper dolls
- anatomically correct dolls
- toys cars, trucks
- sand and water toys, like pails and shovels
- pre-school puzzles
- 5- to 15-year-old puzzles
- action figures
- hand puppets
- stuffed animals
- blocks, Legos, tinker-toys, etc.
- play farm equipment
- doll house items
- board games
- children's bubbles and wands
- mobiles for infant cribs
- educational toys
- large, colored playground chalk
- playing cards
- small prizes for games like BINGO
Rebecca Williams Community Center, Warren
- for ages 10 to 12 years:
- educational table games such as Jr. Trivial Pursuit
- dictionaries
- PlayStation CDs (sports)
South Side Settlement, Columbus
- toys and books for ages 3 to 15 years
- games and books for ages 18 and older
- Game of Life, Risk, and other simulation and social development games
West Side Community House, Cleveland
- any number of books for pre-school and school age children
- sets of new encyclopedias
- coloring and painting books
- story books
- school age games
- craft sets
- multi-racial Barbie dolls
- small cars and animals
Dallas Bethlehem Center, Dallas
- multi-cultural books for ages 2 ½ to 5 years
Holding Institute, Inc., Laredo
- Educational & social development games
- Small & medium-sized toys--for boys & girls, 6-12 years
Southside Community Center, San Marcos
- toys and books for ages 2 to 14 years
United Centers, Fort Worth
- multi-cultural books for ages 5 to 12 years, specifically African-American and Hispanic booksmulti-cultural dolls and puzzles
- dress-up clothes
Wesley Community Center, Houston
Wesley Community Center, San Antonio
- toys and books (0 to 5 years)
- anatomically correct dolls
- manipulative toys
- educational games
- story books (English & Spanish)
- Bibles or Bible stories
- playing cards
- board games
- multicultural books
- wooden puzzles
- soft blocks
- wooden blocks
Bethlehem Wilson Communities, Richmond
- board games
- card games and Uno
- child-size brooms and dust pans
- playground ball
- water guns
- Sesame street stuffed dolls
- trucks
- Black Barbie dolls
Atlantic Street Center, Seattle
- All types of children's books for Christmas gifts
Tacoma Community House, Tacoma
- board games
- wooden puzzles for preschoolers
Scott's Run Settlement House, Osage
for ages 2 to 5 years:
- manipulative games
- wooden puzzles
- large Tonka truck
- front end loader
- bulldozer
- grader
- metal tractor
- small trucks and cars
- dishes
- pots and pans
- punch balls
- picture books
- easy reader books
- paint with water books
For ages 6 to 12 years:
- whiffle balls and bats
- games
- puzzles
- educational software/games
- books like Robinson Crusoe, The Invisible Man, Goosebumps,
Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew - CD-ROMs (2-12 years)
- sandbox shovels & buckets
- coloring books