Items-Needed Index - Community Wishbook

Downsizing Companies: Please Don't Trash Our Future

If your business is downsizing, please don't throw your leftover materials in the trash. Local charities can use all types of items that would otherwise go into a landfill.

Check the Items Needed list below to connect with a charity that asks for similar items.

If all else fails, contact the Wishbook team at wishbook@rochester.rr.com with a general list of your items and we will try to help find a home for them.

ITEMS NEEDED
Have an Item to Donate? Here's Who Needs It!
Click on the item category below to see a listing of agencies that have requested specific items.
Hint: Once you are in the right category, use your browser's FIND key (usually in the Edit menu) to zero in quickly on your item.
Then click on the agency name to go directly to the agency's page, which lists the contact person, email address, telephone number, and details on the items needed.
Call or email the contact person at the agency to make arrangements for delivery or pickup of your item.

Gift Cards/Certificates, Phone Cards
Many listed agencies have requested gift cards, gas cards, and phone cards.
See individual Agency Listings for specific requests.

Money Donations
Most listed agencies are glad to accept monetary donations. See individual Agency Listings for those that have specific purposes listed.

Office Supplies & Equipment
(Also see Copy Paper)
(Also see Computers and Computer Monitors, Scanners, Equipment)
(Also see Computer Printers, Printer Cartridges)
American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Hospitality House (office supplies)
American Heart Association (two-pocket folders, pens, pads of paper, rubber bands, etc.)
American Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region (acrylic literature holders, clipboards, pens on strings, portable file cases)
Aurora House of Western Monroe County (office supplies; used cell phones & electronics, used toner cartridges)
Autism Council of Rochester (easel board with paper, office supplies)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Rochester (die-cut machine, laminated sheets)
Bivona Child Advocacy Center (pens, markers, tape, raffle tickets, etc.)
Braddock Bay Raptor Research (standard letter-size envelopes)
Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester (paper cutter, note cards, thank-you cards, journals for writing)
Bridges for Brain Injury (binders, divider tabs, sheet protectors, manila folders, file folders)
Camp Good Days and Special Times (masking tape, Scotch tape, duct tape, commercial-size fax machines, scrapbooks, albums, markers)
Carlson MetroCenter YMCA (office supplies)
CFC Hannick Hall (day planners, binders, folders, notebooks)
CDS Monarch (calculators, storage containers, paper shredder)
Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society (acid-free card stock, acid-free storage boxes, new cordless telephone system with 3 phones)
Child Care Council - Recycle Shop (card stock, reams of paper, bubble wrap & other packaging materials, peel-and-stick paper, tape)
Children Awaiting Parents (office supplies, electric 3-hole punch)
Children's Institute (pegboards, chalkboard or white-erase board)
Christ the King School (name badges, manila folders, masking tape, tape dispensers, envelopes, easel)
Church Women United in Rochester and Vicinity (#10 white blank envelopes)
Cobblestone Arts Center (office supplies: sturdy 1-inch binders, office envelopes, easel)
Comfort in Crisis (journals, list pads)
CP Rochester (easels, dry-erase board & cleaning solution, laminating machine, dry-erase markers, all types of papers, office supplies: binders, hanging files, pens, electric pencil sharpener, etc.)
Crestwood Children's Center (binders, paper, pens, pencils, etc.)
The Crisis Nursery of Greater Rochester (diapers, baby wipes, car seats, booster seats, baby gates)
CURE Childhood Cancer Association (office supplies, e.g., Sharpies/dry-erase markers)
Daystar for Medically Fragile Infants (pens, highlighters, computer paper)
Delphi Drug and Alcohol Council (office supplies)
Dimitri House (office supplies)
Disciples for Christ Community Outreach (office paper & supplies)
Dream Factory of Rochester (markers, drawing paper, pads)
East House (dry-erase board)
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities (blank cards with envelopes)
First Community Interfaith Institute (envelopes, notebook papers, pens and pencils)
Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion Programs (pens, note pads)
Four-Legged Friends Animal Adoptions (form sorter, clipboards)
Friendship Children's Center (office supplies)
Gates Recreation & Parks Department (dividers, bulletin boards)
Greece Ecumenical Clothing Closet (masking tape)
Greece Historical Society (acid-free storage boxes for archival materials)
Hearing Loss Association of America (Avery 2- x 4-inch shipping labels)
Hickok Center for Brain Injury (sturdy easels)
Hillside Children's Center (school supplies)
Hochstein School of Music & Dance (office supplies)
Hope Hall (Avery #5960 address labels, envelopes, electric pencil sharpeners, manila folders, Wite-Out, Scotch tape, pens, pencils, markers, masking tape)
Independent Living for Seniors (colored pencils)
Jefferson Avenue Childhood Development Center (office supplies: paper, pencils, staples, laminating sheets)
Jewish Community Center (large laminating machine)
Journey Home (2-pocket folders)
Lakeside Beikirch Care Center (card stock, designer computer paper, new thank-you & note cards, bulletin board borders)
Lakeside Foundation, Inc. (card stock, heavyweight paper, white & color paper, folders without pockets, paper clips, pens, Post-it notes, binder slips, clear plastic table easel, paper shredder)
LDA Life and Learning Services (crosscut shredder, marketing tools: easels, brochure holders, display materials, etc.)
Literacy Volunteers of Rochester (office supplies: stick-on name tags, double-pocket portfolio folders, Post-it notes, pocket calendars, pencils, lined notebook paper)
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester (paper shredders, office supplies: ballpoint pens, paper, scratch pads)
Melissa's Living Legacy Teen Cancer Foundation (envelopes for 5 x 7 greeting cards, printable address labels}
Mercy Bridges (pocket folders)
Mercy Outreach Center (office supplies: see list)
Mission Share (looseleaf paper, notebook paper, pens, pencils, erasers, etc.)
Monroe Community Hospital (stationery)
Monroe County Fair and Recreation Association (binders, card stock, dry-erase board, laminating materials, sign-making machine & supplies)
Muscular Dystrophy Association (mail folding machine, laminating machine, office supplies)
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - New York Branch (laminating paper, office supplies, tabletop literature holders, #10 envelopes)
National Kidney Foundation Serving Upstate New York (plastic document holders, handheld label maker, Smartboard)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society (adding machines with tape)
New York Museum of Transportation (laminating machine and materials, 24" x 36" or larger)
Notre Dame Learning Center (envelopes, pencils, crayons, etc.)
Open Door Mission (plain window envelopes, rubber bands, other office supplies)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (flipcharts, pens, Sharpies, markers, writing paper/tablets, pencils, folders, etc.)
Paws and Purrs Rescue (office supplies)
Planned Parenthood - Rochester/Syracuse Region (3-ring binders, legal pads, steno pads, new journals, matching desk pads, pencils, pens, markers)
R Community Bikes (office supplies)
Rape Crisis Service of Planned Parenthood (3-ring binders, new journals, pens, pencils. markers)
Regional Action Phone, Inc. (RAP) (3-ring binders, new colored pocket folders, packaging tape, Velcro tape, Scotch tape, paper clips, binder clips, legal pads, rubber bands, manila folders, #10 envelopes, etc.)
Regional Ctr for Independent Living (telephones: large buttons, flashing lights, etc.)
Rochester Childfirst Network (office supplies, legal pads, manila folders, sandwich board, clean 3-ring binders, paper)
Rochester Family Mission (office equipment)
RSVP of Livingston County (stand-up flip charts)
RSVP of Monroe County (stand-up flip charts, two-pocket folders, card stock, business card stock blanks)
Rush Public Library (paper, general office supplies)
St. John's Home (bulletin board)
St. Joseph's Villa (journals, school supplies)
Saint's Place (telephones: not battery-operated)
School of the Holy Childhood (construction paper, glue sticks, easel pads, dry-erase markers)
Sojourner House (new planners, calendars, accordion files)
South East Area Coalition (binder clips, calculators, letter-size manila folders, commercial-grade paper shredder, pens, pencils, Post-it notes, highlighters)
Strong Behavioral Health (markers, colored pencils, blank journals, card stock, etc.)
Sweden Senior Center (office supplies, card stock)
Twelve Corners Day Care Center (office supplies, laminator, large rolls of easel paper)
Two Doors Community Resource Center (office supplies)
Webster Comfort Care Home (business envelopes, ballpoint pens, #10 pencils, colored markers, Post-it notes)
Wilson Commencement Park (telephone answering machines)
Writers & Books (card stock or specialty paper, paper shredder)
YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County (used cell phones for recycling, new pocket/day planners, wall calendars; school supplies: see listing)

	*Printers* Bridges for Brain Injury (color printers, ink cartridges) Camp Good Days and Special Times (commercial-size printers) Cobblestone Arts Center (printer) Delphi Drug and Alcohol Council (color printers) Early Childhood Education Quality Council (printers) East House (printer/scanner) Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion Programs (computer printer) Genesee Center for the Arts and Education (printers: Epson 1280 or better) Jewish Community Center (color laser printer) National Kidney Foundation Serving Upstate New York (tabletop laser color printer) Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (laser printer: new condition, printer with fax) TYKEs (Theatre Young Kids Enjoy) (Mac-compatible laser printer)
	*NEW Cartridges* American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Hospitality House (ink for HP deskjet F4235 & psc 2210 printers) Ausangate Creations - Coffee Connection (printer cartridges) Autism Council of Rochester (ink for printer) Bridges for Brain Injury (ink cartridges) Christ the King School (HP ink cartridges) Disciples for Christ Community Outreach (toner cartridge for Lexmark X4650 printer) First Community Interfaith Institute (Lexmark 100, 105XL cartridges) Mercy Bridges (HP 95 & 98 ink cartridges, Epson #69 color & black, Canon 104 black toner cartridge) Pet Pride of New York (Kodak ink combo pack #10) Regional Action Phone, Inc. (RAP) (color and black cartridges for Epson Workforce 30 printer) RochesterMommies.com (new ink cartridges) Rush Public Library (ink cartridges) School of the Holy Childhood (ink cartridges: HP 45 & 78)
	*USED Cartridges for Recycling* Aurora House of Western Monroe County (used toner cartridges) Bivona Child Advocacy Center (used inkjet and laser cartridges for recycling) Genesee Center for the Arts and Education (used printer cartridges) Henrietta Public Library (empty used inkjet cartridges) Hope Hall (used ink and toner cartridges for recycling) Jefferson Avenue Childhood Development Center (used printer cartridges) Open Door Mission (used inkjet and laser cartridges for recycling) Wild Wings (used ink cartridges for recycling)