Rochester, NY

Community Wishbook
Items Needed Index

Volunteers Needed
List of Agencies
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ITEMS NEEDED
Have an Item to Donate? Here's Who Needs It!
- Click on a category below for a list of agencies that have requested items in that category.
- Click on the agency's name in the list to go directly to the agency's page.
 
(The page lists the contact person, email address, phone number, and details about the items needed.)
- Call or email the contact person at the agency to make arrangements for delivery or pickup of your item.

Appliances
Arts & Crafts Supplies
Baby Items
Batteries
Books
Building & Home Improvement

Cameras, Video Cameras
CD & MP3 Players, Sound
    Equipment
CDs, Tapes, Records
Clothing
Computers, iPads, Tablets
Computer Accessories,
    Electronic Devices
Computer Printers & Cartridges
Computer Software & Games
Copiers, Copier Toner
Copy Paper

DVD Players, VCRs
DVDs, Videos, Video Movies

Furniture, Carpeting
Gift Cards, Phone Cards
Gifts, Prizes, Holiday Items, etc
Grocery-Store Items
   (Food, Cleaning Supplies, etc.)

Home Decor
Kitchen Items

   (Dishes, Pots, Pans, Utensils, etc.)
Lawn & Garden Supplies, 
  
Outdoor Items
Linens
    (Blankets, Sheets, Towels, etc.)
Magazines, Subscriptions
Medical & Safety Equipment &
   Supplies
(incl. Dental, Eye Care)
Memberships, Scholarships, 
   
Lessons
Miscellaneous Items

Money Donations

Musical Instruments, Music
Office Furniture

Office Supplies & Equipment
Outdoor Furniture
Personal Care Items
Pet & Animal Supplies
Photographic Supplies 
  
 (Projectors, Tripods, Albums, etc.)
Postage Stamps
Recreation, Travel, Exercise,
   
Sports, Camping Equipment
School & Classroom Supplies
Services Needed
Tickets, Passes, Tokens

Tools
Toys & Games
    (incl. Puzzles, Video Games)
TVs
Vans, Vehicles, Auto Supplies

Donated items should be clean, useable, and in good or very good condition, with no missing pieces or pages (puzzles, games, books, etc.). Clothing should be clean, and not torn or stained. When in doubt, call the charity. Thanks for your help.

For items that cannot be donated, see Monroe County's Residential Recycling Guidelines

Most Monroe County residential waste items, including computers and other electronic equipment, are accepted for recycling at Ecopark, 10 Avion Drive (off Paul Road), during their regular collection hours. There is no fee for disposing of these items and no appointment is necessary.
For more information including hours of operation, directions, and a list of materials accepted, visit www.monroecounty.gov/ecopark or call (585) 753-7600 (option #3).

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Appliances
ABVI-Goodwill (gently-used household items)
American Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region (Keurig or other single-serve coffee maker)
Artpeace, Inc. (canister vacuum)
Bridges for Brain Injury (air cleaner, shampooer, vacuum cleaner)
Catholic Charities (CCCS) Developmental Disabilities Svcs (vacuum cleaners)
Catholic Family Center (CFC)
(microwave, appliances)
CFC Hannick Hall (portable sewing machines in working order)
CFC Refugee & Immigration (microwaves, rice cookers, vacuum cleaners)
CFC Restart Outpatient Department (microwave, alarm clocks, clocks)
CDS Monarch (new oven & stove, new refrigerator, stack washer & dryer, vacuum cleaner, large wet/dry vacuum)
Cephas/Peaceprints Prison Ministries (small household goods)
Coffee Connection/Project Empower (coffee equipment, restaurant refrigeration, ice machines, Vitamix blenders)
Community Lutheran Ministry (industrial-size fans)
The Community Place - Aging Services (commercial stove/oven)
CP Rochester (microwave, toaster)
East House (small appliances: blenders, toasters, mixers, apt-size microwave)
Epilepsy Foundation (air conditioners, air purifier, HEPA filtered vacuum, microwave, dorm-size & regular-size used or new refrigerators, dehumidifier, freezer)
EquiCenter, Inc (heavy-duty front load washer and dryer)
First Community Interfaith Institute  (refrigerator)
Flower City Habitat for Humanity (fans, working appliances)
Gates Recreation & Parks Department (new microwave)
Genesee Country Nature Center (electric fans)
Greece Ecumenical Clothing Closet (small appliances in good condition)
Harbor House of Rochester (gas fireplace insert)
Hearing Loss Association of America (Shake Awake or other vibrating alarm clock)
Hochstein School of Music & Dance (stacking washer and dryer)
Hope Hall (Sanitair bagless vacuum, Oreck vacuum bags)
LDA Life and Learning Services (kitchen appliances)
Lifetime Assistance (household appliances, vacuums)
Melissa's Living Legacy Teen Cancer Foundation (freestanding water cooler/dispenser)
Mercy Community Services - Residential Services (blender, oscillating floor-model fans, toaster)
Monroe Community Hospital (household goods)
Open Door Mission (vacuum cleaner bags)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (small refrigerators, microwave ovens)
Out of the Darkness (small kitchen appliances: blenders, mixers, food processor, toaster, microwave, can opener, etc.; iron and ironing board, vacuum cleaner)
Providence Housing Development Corporation (new ceiling fans with lights, commercial carpet shampoo machine)
RAIHN (Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality Network (washers, dryers, microwaves, stoves)
Rochester Rehabilitation Ventures PROS (sewing machine)
St. Joseph's Villa (hair dryers. flat irons, curling irons, alarm clocks)
St. Kateri School (tower fans)
Saint's Place (small appliances: esp. rice cookers, irons, working vacuum cleaners, clock radios)
Saving Grace Ministries of Rochester - Grace House (gas dryers, washing machines, coffee pots)
Second Chance Bird Rescue (large air purifiers, shop vac)
Somali Community in Western New York (sewing machine & needles, simple mixing machine)
Successful Pathways (toaster ovens)
Twelve Corners Day Care Center (industrial dishwasher)
Unified Mission of Rochester (new or used stoves, refrigerators)
Visiting Nurse Service (table fans)
Wild Wings (vacuum cleaner)
Writers & Books (vacuum cleaners, heavy-duty carpet cleaning system)

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Arts & Crafts Supplies
Action for a Better Community (paint, markers)
American Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region
Action for a Better Community

Angels of Mercy (bias tape and ribbon)
Artpeace, Inc. (jewelry-making supplies, florists' foam)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Rochester
Bridges for Brain Injury
Camp Haccamo (craft items)
Catholic Charities (CCCS) Developmental Disabilities Svcs
Catholic Family Center (CFC)

CFC Hannick Hall (craft items, construction paper, yarn, etc.)
CDS Monarch
Charles Settlement House (arts and crafts supplies)
Child Care Council - Recycle Shop (ribbons, bows, buttons, ceramic tile pieces, felt fabric, carpet squares, silk flowers, etc.)
Child Life Program - Rochester General Hospital (activity or craft kits, crayons, markers, etc.)
Children Awaiting Parents (photo albums)
Church Women United in Rochester and Vicinity (handmade afghans)
Cobblestone Arts Center (art books, art supplies: see listing)
Community Child Care Center (craft supplies)
Community Lutheran Ministry (craft kits for 25 kids)
The Community Place - Aging Services (craft supplies)
Compeer of Livingston County
ConKerr Cancer, Rochester Charter
Cottage Grove - a Rochester Presbyterian Home Residence (small tiles for mosaics, washable fleece)
CP Rochester
Craft Bits and Pieces
CURE Childhood Cancer Association (art items, craft kits)
DePaul
Disciples for Christ Community Outreach (arts & crafts for kids)
Early Childhood Education Quality Council
East House (craft supplies, craft storage, drawing paper, drawing pencils, oil paints, canvas)

Epilepsy Foundation
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities
Expressive Beginnings Child Care (art supplies)
Family Service Communities
First Community Interfaith Institute
The Friendly Home (cotton & soft flannel in yard & half-yard lengths, washable fleece in half-yard lengths, washable yarn in at least 2-oz skeins)
Friendship Children's Center (photo albums; art supplies, paper)
Gates Recreation & Parks Department (craft supplies)
Genesee Center for the Arts and Education (heavyweight unsized raw canvas)
Genesee Country Nature Center (craft materials)
Girls on the Run of Greater Rochester (stickers: large quantity rolls or books)
Golisano Children's Hospital
Heritage Christian Services (art supplies for Magic Paintbrush program)
Hickok Center for Brain Injury
Holy Childhood (construction paper, glue sticks, easel pads)
Hochstein School of Music & Dance (art supplies for children)
Independent Living for Seniors (arts & crafts supplies, fabric, colored pencils)
Jefferson Avenue Childhood Development Center (glue, art supplies)
Lakeside Beikirch Care Center (art supplies, craft kits, Sizzix supplies)
Lifetime Assistance (craft materials of all kinds)
LifeTimes ADHC (crafting supplies)
Mercy Community Services - Residential Services (crafts)
Monroe Community Hospital (craft supplies)
Monroe Correctional Facility (art supplies)
Ontario ARC
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center
Partners in Community Development (craft items)
Perinton Historical Society (scrapbooking paper, glue sticks, markers, etc.)
Planned Parenthood - Roch/Syr Region (drawing supplies)
PRALID (People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity)
Providence Housing Development Corporation
(crafts)
Rochester Childfirst Network (classroom art supplies, paintbrushes)
Rochester Hearing and Speech Ctr
Rochester Rehabilitation Ventures PROS
St. John's Home (cotton fabric for walker bags)
St. Joseph's Villa (art supplies)
St. Kateri School (greeting-card envelopes, construction paper, pompoms, glue sticks, wallpaper books)
Salvation Army - Rochester Area Services (children's craft supplies, yarn, fleece fabric)
Society for the Protection and Care of Children
Somali Community in Western New York (art supplies, jewelry-making supplies; sewing, knitting, crocheting materials)
Strong Behavioral Health
Sweden Senior Center (baby yarn, batting for quilts, drapery material, scrapbooking supplies, new scrapbooks)
Threshold at The Community Place (colored construction paper)
Twelve Corners Day Care Center
Two Doors Community Resource Center (craft supplies)
VA Medical Center (model kits, paint-by-numbers kits)

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Baby Items
Advent House (disposable baby wipes)
AIDS Care (disposable baby diapers)
Birthright of Rochester (breastfeeding aids, clothing, crib sheets, cloth diapers, diaper covers, disposable diapers, etc.)
Bivona Child Advocacy Center (diapers, Pull-Ups: all sizes)
Cameron Community Ministries (diapers: all sizes)
Camp Haccamo (baby wipes)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (diapers, child safety items, feeding items)
CFC Hannick Hall (crib sheets, new baby shower items)
Charles Settlement House (diapers)
CP Rochester (swim diapers, diaper wipes)
The Crisis Nursery of Greater Rochester (diapers, baby wipes, car seats, booster seats, baby gates)
Daystar for Medically Fragile Children (baby wipes, crib mattress pads)
Dimitri House (formula and diapers)
Epilepsy Foundation (diapers)
Expressive Beginnings Child Care (bibs, crib sheets, binkies, diapers, wipes, bottles, formula)
Finger Lakes Regional Burn Association (children's onesies)
Focus Pregnancy Help Center (diapers, baby clothes, blankets, bibs, pacifiers, etc.)
Golisano Children's Hospital (small plastic baby rattles)
Greece Ecumenical Food Shelf (disposable diapers)
Holy Childhood (baby wipes)
The House of Mercy (diapers & pull-ups)
Isaiah House (baby wipes)
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester (baby wipes)
Mercy Community Services - Residential Services (diapers, Pull-Ups, wipes, toddler beds)
Mount Carmel House (baby wipes)
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - New York Branch (wet wipes)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (soft blocks, board books, child gates, large bibs)
Paws and Purrs Rescue (baby wipes)
RAIHN (Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality Network) (diapers, baby wipes, baby lotion & shampoo)
Rochester Family Mission (diapers, Enfamil formula with iron)
Saint's Place (baby diapers)
Salvation Army - Rochester Area Services (diapers, diaper wipes)
Sisters of Mercy Andrews Center (Pampers baby diapers, baby wipes)
Society for the Protection and Care of Children (diapers)
Sojourner House at Pathstone (new baby items: diapers, pull-up diapers, wipes, shampoo, conditioner, infant formula)
Successful Pathways (various baby items & baby furniture - see listing)
Sunset House (baby wipe refills)
Twelve Corners Day Care Center (disposable diapers, child gates)
Unified Mission of Rochester (baby items, formula)
Visiting Nurse Service (baby monitors, baby wipes)
Volunteers of America - Western New York (new baby items: formula, foods, diapers, clothes, blankets)
Women's Care Center (various baby items & baby furniture - see listing)
YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County (various new baby items - see listing)

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Batteries
Bivona Child Advocacy Center (all sizes including AA, AAA, C, D, 9-volt)
Braddock Bay Raptor Research (rechargeable AA with charger)
Bridges for Brain Injury (batteries)
Catholic Charities (CCCS) Developmental Disabilities Svcs (all sizes)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (batteries)
CP Rochester (especially C, D)
Daystar for Medically Fragile Children (AA, AAA)
Hope Hall (AA, AAA, C, D)
Monroe Community Hospital (all sizes)
Pet Pride of New York (AA, AAA)
Rochester Childfirst Network (any size)
Ronald McDonald House (AAA, AA, C, D, 9-volt)
St. Kateri School (AA, C)
Threshold at The Community Place (AA, AAA)
Twelve Corners Day Care Center (AA, C, D)
TYKEs (Theatre Young Kids Enjoy) (9-volt)
Wild Wings (AAA)

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Books
Action for a Better Community (books for youth, GED and SAT preparation books)
Asbury Dining & Caring Center (Bibles: any translation - not large-sized)
Autism Council of Rochester (workbooks)
Birthright of Rochester (books on pregnancy)
Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester (books about breast cancer and other cancers)
Bridges for Brain Injury (workbooks, word-find and crossword puzzle books)
Carlson MetroCenter YMCA (children's books)
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates (books for children)
CFC Hannick Hall (dictionaries, coloring books)
CFC Restart Outpatient Department (dictionaries, books for adults 18+)
Child Care Council - Recycle Shop (children's books)
Child Life Program - Rochester General Hospital (word-search books, Sudoko books)
Children's Center at the Hall of Justice (books: especially picture books & early readers)
Cobblestone Arts Center (art books)
The Community Place - Aging Services (children's books)
Compeer Rochester (new books for youth 4 to 18, new paperbacks for men or women)
CP Rochester (books for ages 6-16, early-reader books, coloring books, craft books, cookbooks)
Craft Bits and Pieces (instruction books of all kinds)
CURE Childhood Cancer Association (new books for newborns through late teens)
DePaul (books)
Disciples for Christ Community Outreach (books & manuals for Microsoft Office 2007)
Early Childhood Education Quality Council (new or gently-used picture books and chapter books)
First Unitarian Church of Rochester - UU/Schools Partnership (elementary school level children's books in good condition)
Focus Pregnancy Help Center (children's books)
Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library (used books of all types)
Friendship Children's Center (children's books)
Gates Public Library (books and audio visual for book sales)
Gates Recreation & Parks Department (books for all ages)
Golisano Children's Hospital (new children's books, coloring books)
Independent Living for Seniors (large-print books)
Literacy Volunteers of Rochester (new books for children ages 3-7)
Massasauga Search and Rescue Team (MSART) (books: "Police and Military Dogs," "K9 Trailing")
Monroe Community Hospital (books on tape)
Monroe Correctional Facility (paperback books, paperback crossword books, paperback Sudoku puzzle books, paperback Spanish books and magazines)
Northeast Boston Terrier Rescue (NEBTR) (American Red Cross Dog First-Aid book)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (books, board books)
Planned Parenthood - Rochester/Syr Region (books: "Beginning to Heal," "Courage to Heal," "Courage to Heal Workbook")
PRALID (People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity) (audio books)
Providence Housing Development Corporation (books for adults and children)
Rochester Hearing & Speech Center (children's board books; preschool/school-age books)
Rush Public Library (good-quality used books for book sale)
St. John's Home (large-print books, books on CD)
St. Joseph's Villa (books)
Salvation Army - Rochester Area Services (Bibles, children's books)
Society for Protection and Care of Children (new cloth & board books for ages birth to 3 years)
Strong Behavioral Health (books, children's books, books for ages 12-18)
Threshold at The Community Place (books for children & young adults, coloring & activity books)
Twelve Corners Day Care Center (books for children ages 3 months through 12 years)
Visiting Nurse Service (books for caregivers, quiet-time children's books, crossword puzzle books, seek-and-find books)
Women Helping Girls (books for teen girls)
YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County (new children's books, coloring books)

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Building & Home Improvement Supplies
(Also see Tools)
American Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region (collapsible hand cart)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Rochester (painting supplies, rolling carts)
Braddock Bay Raptor Research (stain or paint)
Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester (hand truck/dolly)
Bridges for Brain Injury (generator)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (building & grounds supplies)
CDS Monarch (grate covers)
Child Care Council - Recycle Shop (wallpaper rolls & books, wood scraps)
Disciples for Christ Community Outreach (interior paint, extension ladders, step ladders, air hoses)
EquiCenter, Inc (4-wheel-drive Gator)
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities (sandpaper, wood forms, large nuts and bolts)
Flower City Habitat for Humanity (cabinets, doors, flooring, hardware, lumber, masonry, plumbing, roofing,  gutters, wall covering, windows screens, etc.)
Gates Recreation & Parks Department (portable staging)
Genesee Center for the Arts and Education (heavy-duty ware carts, pottery wheels & equipment, kilns, mop buckets with wheels)
Girl Scouts of Western New York (gas-powered wood splitter)
Hope Hall (duct tape, nails & screws, safety goggles, sandpaper, pine wood boards)
H.O.R.S.E. Rescue & Sanctuary (portable gas generator)
Lifetime Assistance (industrial workbenches & equipment: see listing)
LifeTimes ADHC (woodworking supplies)
National Kidney Foundation Serving Upstate New York and Western New York (dolly for heavy items)
New York Museum of Transportation (exterior paint, tempered safety glass for trolley car windows)
Rochester Greenovation (pallet racks, scraps and leftover materials from manufacturing, scrap metal, old electronics, storage bins, 30-ft telehandler)
Second Chance Bird Rescue (buckets)
Wild Wings (1 x 6 lumber: not pressure-treated)

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Cameras (Digital & Film), Video Cameras
American Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region (digital cameras)
Benjamin Ministries (DSLR with photo & video capabilities)
Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester (digital camera with card reader)
Bridges for Brain Injury (digital cameras)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (digital cameras)
Center for Disability Rights (digital cameras)
Charles Settlement House (digital cameras, single-use cameras)
Compeer Rochester (digital cameras)
Delphi Drug and Alcohol Council (digital cameras, video camera)
Dream Factory of Rochester (single-use cameras)
East House (digital cameras)
Epilepsy Foundation (digital cameras)
Friendship Children's Center (single-use cameras)
Genesee Center for the Arts and Education (35mm film cameras in good working order)
Global Family Outreach Ministry(digital cameras)
Hope Hall (digital cameras)
Northeast Boston Terrier Rescue (NEBTR) (single-use cameras)
St. Kateri School (digital cameras, easy-to-handle video camera)
Providence Housing Development Corporation (digital cameras)
Rochester Childfirst Network (digital cameras & SD cards)
Rochester Eye and Tissue Bank (digital camera)
Rochester Museum & Science Center (digital camera)
Rochester Rehabilitation Ventures PROS (digital cameras)
Twelve Corners Day Care Center (digital cameras)
Women Helping Girls (single-use cameras)

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CD & MP3 Players, Sound Equipment
Artpeace, Inc. (microphones, stage lights)
Cobblestone Arts Center (sound system, stage lighting)
CP Rochester (iPod & dock, earphones)
East House (personal-size CD & MP3 players, new headphones or earbuds)
Epilepsy Foundation (portable stereo system)
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities (CD players, small radios with headphones)
Friendship Children's Center (CD players, cassette players, headphones)
Hearing Loss Association of America (amplified telephone, personal amplifiers, personal FM system, neck loop)
Hochstein School of Music & Dance (PA system)
Independent Living for Seniors (CD players)
Lakeside Beikirch Care Center (new CD players)
Mercy Center (CD players)
Rochester Childfirst Network (CD player)
Rochester Music Coalition (audio/video recording equipment, sound equipment)
St. John's Home (CD player, personal CD players)
St. Joseph's Villa (MP3 players, iPods, headphones)
Strong Behavioral Health (CD/tape/radio players, karaoke system, iPods, iPod/CD players)
Threshold at The Community Place (radio, stereo)
Twelve Corners Day Care Center (CD players)
Visiting Nurse Service (CD players)
Writers & Books (portable CD player)

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CDs, Tapes, Records
Children Awaiting Parents (blank CDs and DVDs)
DePaul (karaoke CDs)
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities (CDs, books on tape)
Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library (used music CDs, books on CD, DVDs)
Friendship Children's Center (CDs and cassettes for children)
Gates Public Library (CDs, cassettes for book sales)
Independent Living for Seniors (CDs)
Lakeside Beikirch Care Center (CDs: big band, oldies, jazz. country, Glenn Miller, Lawrence Welk, etc.)
Monroe Community Hospital (books on tape, CDs)
Notre Dame Learning Center, Inc. (educational CDs: math, English language arts)
PRALID (People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity) (karaoke CDs)
Rochester Rehabilitation Ventures PROS (relaxation, instrumental CDs)
St. John's Home (CDs, books on CD)
Strong Behavioral Health (relaxation CDs)
TYKEs (Theatre Young Kids Enjoy) (blank CDRs)
Visiting Nurse Service (relaxation CDs)

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Clothing
Please see Agency listings for specific items needed.
A Meal & More (men's white socks, large-size men's winter gloves, hats, boots)
Action for a Better Community (business attire for workforce programs; hats, gloves, coats for youth programs)
ABVI-Goodwill
AIDS Care (socks for adults, sweat pants & exercise attire for men & women)
Alternatives for Battered Women (women's slippers & flip-flops, new socks & underwear for women and children)
Angels of Mercy (professional clothing for women)
Artpeace, Inc. (blank T-shirts)
Asbury First Storehouse
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Rochester (white cotton T-shirts)
Birthright of Rochester (maternity & infant clothing, snowsuits)
Cameron Community Ministries (new socks & underwear, men's clothing)
Carlson MetroCenter YMCA (children's winter clothes)
Catholic Charities (CCCS) Developmental Disabilities Svcs (new clothing for Christmas presents)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (clothing: see listing)
CFC Monroe County Reentry Program (new underwear for men)
CFC Refugee & Immigration (new T-shirts & socks)
Center for Youth
Cephas/Peaceprints Prison Ministries
Charles Settlement House (school uniforms)
Community Child Care Center (clothing for children & adults)
Community Lutheran Ministry (bathing suits, towels, socks; praise dance costumes)
The Community Place - Aging Services
Compeer Rochester (winter gloves, knit hats)
CP Rochester
DePaul (new clothing for adult holiday gifts)
DePaul PROS Program (new socks and underwear, sweat pants)
Dimitri House
Epilepsy Foundation (children's clothes)
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities (straw hats, fancy men's or women's hats, handkerchiefs)
Expressive Beginnings Child Care (children's clothing: see list)
Finger Lakes Regional Burn Association
Focus Pregnancy Help Center (baby & children's clothes, women's & men's clothes)
Friendship Children's Center
Genesee Center for the Arts and Education (clean T-shirts for rags)
Global Family Outreach Ministry
Greece Ecumenical Clothing Closet
Harbor House of Rochester (coat hangers for heavy coats)
Heritage Christian Services (incl. clothes for horseback-riding shows)
Hilton Parma Emergency Food Shelf (new or gently-used underwear; winter items: hats, scarves, gloves, mittens)
The House of Mercy (winter coats, hats, gloves, boots, new socks & underwear)
Jewish Community Center (dated costume clothing)
Mercy Community Services - Residential Services
Monroe Community Hospital
Open Door Mission
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (dress-up clothes for toddlers and preschoolers, smocks)
Out of the Darkness (women's underwear, bras, socks)
Planned Parenthood - Rochester/Syracuse Region
PRALID (People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity) (gently-used clothing)
RAIHN (Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality Network (clothing items: see listing)
Rochester Childfirst Network (winter hats, gloves, scarves for toddlers through school-age children; clean & safe dress-up clothes)
Rochester Family Mission (seasonal clothing and outerwear)
St. John's Home (sun hats & visors)
St. Joseph's House of Hospitality
St. Joseph's Villa (new hooded sweatshirts; new winter gloves, hats, scarves)
Sojourner House at Pathstone (new socks, new underwear)
Twelve Corners Day Care Center (dress-up
Unified Mission of Rochester
VA Medical Center
Veterans Outreach Center (VOC) (clothing suitable for interviews: men & women)
Visiting Nurse Service (adult hats, gloves, scarves; warm clothes for hospice patients)
Volunteers of America - Western New York (winter coats, hats, mittens, gloves, socks; Working Wardrobe: men's & women's business attire and accessories)
Women's Care Center (maternity clothes)
YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County (new clothing for infants & children, new women's clothing items)

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Computers, iPads, Tablets
ACD, The Academy for Career Development (functional desktop and laptop computers: Pentium 4 or better)
Action for a Better Community (used computers & related items for recycling)
Autism Council of Rochester (laptop computers, computers with installed software)
Benjamin Ministries (iMac computer)
Bivona Child Advocacy Center (laptop & desktop computers)
Braddock Bay Raptor Research (laptop computer)
Bridges for Brain Injury (workstation/laptop computers)
Catholic Charities Community Services (CCCS) (laptop computers)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (computers)
CFC Restart Outpatient Department (desktop computer)
CDS Monarch (new computer)
Coffee Connection/Project Empower (laptop computers)
Cobblestone Arts Center (laptop computer, iPad)
Community Child Care Center (computers)
The Community Place - Aging Services (iPads, tablets)
Delphi Drug and Alcohol Council (laptop or desktop PCs: Windows 7; computer tablets, netbooks)
Disciples for Christ Community Outreach (iMac computers or laptops)
East House (computers: PC w. Pentium 4, Windows X or better)
Epilepsy Foundation (computers)
EquiCenter, Inc (laptop computer)
Four-Legged Friends Animal Adoptions (computer)
Genesee Land Trust (laptop computer)
Global Family Outreach Ministry (laptop computers)
GRCC - Faith In Action Network (laptop computer)
Hochstein School of Music & Dance (3 Mac computers, 2 PCs: 2010 or newer)
Jefferson Avenue Childhood Development Center (new laptop computer)
Lakeside Beikirch Care Center (new computers)
Melissa's Living Legacy Teen Cancer Foundation (iPads, iPod Touch)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society (laptop computers: Windows 2007 compatible)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (computers)
Partners in Community Development (computer)
RAIHN (Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality Network (working computers)
Rochester Childfirst Network (new computers for children, iPad, iPod touch)
Rochester Greenovation (old computers & electronics)
Rochester Hearing & Speech Center (computer with touch screen)
Somali Community in Western New York (desktop computers)
Strong Behavioral Health (iPods, iPod/CD players)
Successful Pathways (laptop computers: good working condition)
Two Doors Community Resource Center (working computer equipment)
Veterans Outreach Center (VOC) (new computer systems)
Women's Care Center (laptop computer)

Computer and Electronic Waste Recycling: For older computers and related equipment, Monroe County accepts waste materials at Ecopark, 10 Avion Drive, during their regular collection hours. There is no fee for disposing of these items and no appointment is necessary. For hours of operation, directions, and a list of other acceptable materials, visit www.monroecounty.gov/ecopark or call (585) 753-7600 (option #3).

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Computer Accessories, Electronic Devices
ABVI-Goodwill (adaptive computer technology)
ACD, The Academy for Career Development (working 17-inch monitors, keyboards, mice, power  cords, video cords/cables, computer speakers, DVD/CDROMs, video & sound cards: all in working condition)
Bivona Child Advocacy Center (electronic whiteboard)
Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society (book scanner, LCD monitor: 17-inch or larger)
CP Rochester (adaptive equipment for computer)
East House (flash drives)
Genesee Center for the Arts and Education (scanner: Epson 2450 or better)
Global Family Outreach Ministry (LCD projector)
Girl Scouts of Western New York (media projector for PowerPoint presentations)
GRCC - Faith In Action Network (digital projector)
St. Kateri School (port replicators for laptops and interactive whiteboards)
Threshold at The Community Place (flat-screen monitor: 19 inches or larger)
Two Doors Community Resource Center (working computer equipment, computer supplies)

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Computer Printers, Printer Cartridges

Printers
Bridges for Brain Injury (color printers, ink cartridges)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (printer equipment)
Genesee Center for the Arts and Education (printers: Epson 1280 or better)
Hochstein School of Music & Dance
(new printer for mass mailings & envelopes)
Jewish Community Center (color laser printer)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (printer with fax, laser printer)
Threshold at The Community Place (desktop printer)

NEW Cartridges
Angels of Mercy (901 black & color cartridges for HP Officejet 4500 printer)
Autism Council of Rochester (ink for printer)
Bridges for Brain Injury (ink cartridges)
Disciples for Christ Community Outreach (toner cartridge for Lexmark X4650 printer)
First Community Interfaith Institute  (Lexmark 150, 150XL cartridges)
Holy Childhood (ink cartridges: HP 45 & 78)
Hope Hall (HP 60 color and black)
Mercy Bridges (HP 95 & 98 ink cartridges, Canon 104 black toner cartridge, Canon MX870 Scanner, Lexmark E260 cartridges)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (color and black ink for Lexmark x7170, toner for HP Color Laser Jet 3550)
Pet Pride of New York (Kodak printer ink #10)
Rush Public Library (ink cartridges)
St. Kateri School (HP ink cartridges)
Sisters of Mercy Andrews Center (ink: HP 920)
Somali Community in Western New York (HP 15 cartridges)
Threshold at The Community Place (ink: Epson Stylus C60 black & color)

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)
Jefferson Avenue Childhood Development Center (used printer cartridges)
Mercy Bridges (used empty printer and fax cartridges for recycling)
Open Door Mission (used inkjet and laser cartridges for recycling)
Wild Wings (used ink cartridges for recycling)

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Computer Software, Computer Games
Action for a Better Community (GED and SAT preparation software)
Bridges for Brain Injury
(computer software and games)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (software, computer games)
Children Awaiting Parents (new computer games)
Disciples for Christ Community Outreach (books & manuals for Microsoft Office 2007)
Jewish Community Center (computer software for children)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign for Windows 2007)
PRALID (People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity) (computer games)
Rochester Hearing & Speech Center (speech/language programs, learning programs)
Rochester Childfirst Network (preschool software)
Strong Behavioral Health (Guitar Hero)
Twelve Corners Day Care Center (educational software)
Two Doors Community Resource Center (computer supplies)

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Copiers, Copier Toner
Aurora House of Western Monroe County (used toner cartridges)
The Crisis Nursery of Greater Rochester (copier ink)
GRCC - Faith In Action Network (copier - or repair service for Toshiba 3550)
Jefferson Avenue Childhood Development Center (copier)

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Copy Paper (for Copiers, Printers, Fax Machines, etc.)
Advent House (copier paper)
American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Hospitality House (copy paper: white and colors)
Angels of Mercy (copy paper)
Artpeace, Inc. (colored card stock)
Autism Council of Rochester (computer/copy paper: variety of colors)
Benincasa (copy paper)
Bivona Child Advocacy Center (copy paper)
Braddock Bay Raptor Research (copy paper)
Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester (white computer paper)
Bridges for Brain Injury (copy paper)
Child Care Council - Recycle Shop (reams of paper)
Church Women United in Rochester and Vicinity (white multipurpose paper)
Cobblestone Arts Center (copy paper)
CP Rochester (all types of papers)
The Crisis Nursery of Greater Rochester (copy paper)
CURE Childhood Cancer Association (white copy paper)
Daystar for Medically Fragile Children (new or recycled paper)
Delphi Drug and Alcohol Council (colored brochure paper)
Disciples for Christ Community Outreach (office paper)
EquiCenter, Inc (copy paper)
Early Childhood Education Quality Council (copy paper)
First Community Interfaith Institute (paper for copier)
Genesee Center for the Arts and Education (full reams of paper stock)
Greece Historical Society (paper for copier & printer)
Hope Hall (copy paper, white)
H.O.R.S.E. Rescue & Sanctuary (paper for printer)
Irondequoit Community Cupboard (printer paper)
Isaiah House (copy paper)
Jefferson Avenue Childhood Development Center (copy paper)
Journey Home (colored copy paper)
Literacy Volunteers of Rochester (white and pastel copy paper)
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester (reams of copy paper)
Massasauga Search and Rescue Team (MSART) (white copy paper, white card stock for business cards)
Melissa's Living Legacy Teen Cancer Foundation (white or multicolored copy paper)
Mercy Bridges
(white copy paper)
Mercy Center (copy paper)
Mercy Community Services - Outreach Center (copy paper: white & colors)
Mercy Community Services - Residential Services (copy paper: white & colors)
Mount Carmel House (standard copy paper)
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - New York Branch (copier paper)
N.E.E.D Ministries Job Development Training Program (reams of copy paper)
Notre Dame Learning Center (copy paper)
Open Door Mission (copy paper)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (copy paper)
Paws and Purrs Rescue (reams of copy paper)
Perinton Historical Society (white printer paper & card stock 8 1/2 x 11)
RAIHN (Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality Network) (copier paper)
Rise Up Rochester (copy paper)
Rush Public Library (paper)
St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center (white 8 1/2 x 11 copy paper)
St. Kateri School (copier paper: white and colors)
Shepherd Home (copy paper)
South East Area Coalition (white & colored copy paper: letter & legal sizes)
Sunset House (good grade paper for color copier, white and colors)
Sweden Senior Center (copy paper: 8 1/2 x 11, bright white or colors; card stock)
Threshold at The Community Place (copy paper)
Webster Comfort Care Home (copy paper)
Wild Wings (copy/computer paper)
Writers & Books (copy paper 8 1/2 x 11, various colors)

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DVD Players, VCRs
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (VCRs, DVD players)
CDS Monarch (TV/DVD player)
Charles Settlement House (DVD player)
East House (DVD players, Blu-ray players)
Harbor House of Rochester (DVD player)
Lakeside Beikirch Care Center (DVD player)
Pathway Houses of Rochester (DVD player)
Regional Center for Independent Living (video recorder)
St. John's Home (DVD player)

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DVDs, Videos, Video Movies
CDS Monarch (videos on DVD)
The Crisis Nursery of Greater Rochester (educational DVDs & videos)
CURE Childhood Cancer Association (new DVDs for newborn through late teen)
DePaul (videos/DVDs)
East House (DVDs, Blu-Ray disks)
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities (DVD movies: no copied films)
Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library (used DVDs)
Gates Public Library (DVDs, CDs, books on CD, Playaway audio books for book sales)
Harbor House of Rochester (used or new DVDs)
Independent Living for Seniors (DVDs, old movies)
Lakeside Beikirch Care Center (DVDs: classic movies & TV shows)
Mercy Center (movies: DVDs)
Monroe Community Hospital (DVDs)
PRALID (People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity) (counting video: e.g. LeapFrog, sign-language video)
Providence Housing Development Corporation (DVD movies)
St. John's Home (DVD movies)
Sweden Senior Center (movies: DVD or VHS)
Threshold at The Community Place (DVDs for children & youth)

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Furniture, Carpeting
(Also see Office Furniture, Outdoor Furniture, and Home Decor)
ABVI-Goodwill (gently-used household items)
Action for a Better Community (lounge-area furniture for youth programs)
Angels of Mercy (shelving for storage closet)
Autism Council of Rochester (wall shelving)
Bridges for Brain Injury (floor lamps)
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates (beds)
Catholic Charities (CCCS) Dev. Disabilities Svcs (kitchen table & chairs, card tables, new full-size mattress & box spring, Rubbermaid storage bins)
CFC Hannick Hall (area rugs, baby furniture)
CFC Monroe County Reentry Program (beds)
CFC Refugee & Immigration (dressers, dining & kitchen table sets)
CFC Restart Outpatient Department (couch/sofa, etc.)
Center for Disability Rights (4 or 5 round "student-union" type tables)
CP Rochester (rocking chair, dining-room chairs with arms)
Delphi Drug and Alcohol Council (bookcases)
Disciples for Christ Community Outreach (household furnishings)
Early Childhood Education Quality Council (shelves)
Epilepsy Foundation (living-room furniture, beds in good condition)
Family Service Communities (furniture in good condition, lamps with shades)
Flower City Habitat for Humanity (cabinets, furniture, lighting, etc. - see listing)
Gates Recreation & Parks Department (furniture - see listing)
GRASP (gently-used vinyl-backed bathroom rugs)
Lakeside Beikirch Care Center (new furniture for lounges)
LDA Life and Learning Services (household items)
Lifetime Assistance (bed frames, mattresses, couches/sofas, futons, dressers)
Mercy Center (lamps, electric hospital bed, reclining chairs: electric and manual)
Mercy Community Services - Residential Services (new single-size bed mattresses, toddler beds)
Monroe Community Hospital (household goods)
National Kidney Foundation Serving Upstate New York and Western New York (lightweight folding table 4-6 feet)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (beanbags, soft child-size furniture, adult-size rocking chair or glider)
Out of the Darkness (furniture items: see listing)
Pathway Houses of Rochester (furniture)
Pet Pride of New York (5' carpet runners for pet cage tops)
PRALID (People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity) (beds, tables & chairs, end tables)
Providence Housing Development Corporation (bookcases, card tables with chairs, long tables with chairs)
RAIHN (Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality Network (beds, cribs, tables, chairs, couches/sofas)
Recovery Houses of Rochester (living-room furniture, twin beds, dressers, nightstands, throw rugs)
Rochester Greenovation (old furniture)
Safe Journey (furniture, lamps, mattress pads)
St. Kateri School (Early Childhood carpet, floor lamp)
St. Vincent DePaul Society (furniture: beds, dressers, sofas, table & chairs, lamps, etc.)
Saint's Place (gently-used dressers, kitchen sets, coffee tables, end tables, twin or double beds, sofas, drying racks)
Saving Grace Ministries of Rochester - Grace House (lamps)
Sojourner House at Pathstone (new beds, new kitchen tables, new couches)
Threshold at The Community Place (new waiting-room furniture, carpeting for office)
Unified Mission of Rochester (new or used couches/sofas, chairs, kitchen tables & chairs, mattresses, bed frames, dressers)
Writers & Books (cafe-style chairs, large area rug)

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

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Gifts, Prizes, Holiday Items, etc.
AIDS Care (holiday gifts for children under 16)
American Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region (new greeting cards of all types)
Autism Council of Rochester (items for auctions & raffles)
Catholic Charities Community Services (CCCS) (families & groups to provide Christmas gifts for people in need)
Catholic Charities (CCCS) Dev. Disabilities Svcs (clothes, toys, household items for Christmas presents; "adopt" consumer at Christmas)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (holiday items)
CFC Hannick Hall (new baby shower items)
CFC Monroe County Reentry Program ("adopt" families at Thanksgiving & Christmas)
CDS Monarch (decorations for birthdays, holidays)
Center for Disability Rights (Halloween decorations and candy)
Children Awaiting Parents (for teen girls: purses, jewelry, watches)
The Community Place - Aging Services (items for silent auction; birthday & sympathy cards, certificate paper, long-distance phone cards)
Compeer of Livingston County (small gifts for men and women, miscellaneous party supplies)
Compeer Rochester (new men's or women's jewelry)
Cottage Grove - a Rochester Presbyterian Home Residence (costume jewelry for Bingo prizes)
CP Rochester (birthday candles)
Craft Bits and Pieces (new greeting cards, jewelry, knickknacks, miniatures, seasonal decorations)
DePaul (holiday gifts for adults: gloves, scarves, socks, knit hats, slippers, sweatshirts, etc.; "adopt" clients for Holiday Helpers program)
Epilepsy Foundation (prizes for camper activities)
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities (jewelry for Bingo prizes)
Friendship Children's Center (holiday wrapping paper)
Lakeside Beikirch Care Center (small prizes for Bingo, colored napkins, paper plates, & tablecloths; large helium balloons with weights & ribbon)
Literacy Volunteers of Rochester (prizes for door prizes, raffles)
Mommies for Miracles (auction & raffle items for charity events - see list)
Monroe Community Hospital (costume jewelry, knickknacks)
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - New York Branch (greeting cards)
Northeast Boston Terrier Rescue (NEBTR) (items for raffles and auctions)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (food & gifts for holiday/Christmas party for children, adult presents for staff recognition)
Relay For Life of Greece (gift baskets for auction; items for event: decorations, flowers, balloons & helium tank, etc.)
Rochester Music Coalition (T-shirts, bumper stickers, buttons to promote our organization)
Rochester Rehabilitation Ventures PROS (holiday decorations)
Strong Behavioral Health ("dollar-store" type items - small rewards for child/adolescent progress)
Sweden Senior Center (holiday party supplies: paper cups, plates, napkins; "grab bag" gifts for seniors)
Twelve Corners Day Care Center (adult presents for staff recognition)
Visiting Nurse Service (holiday cards, gift items)
Volunteers of America - Western New York (new, unwrapped birthday presents for boys & girls: toys, gift cards, etc.)
YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County ("Adopt-A-Family" holiday gift items for women and children)

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Grocery-Store Items (Food, Cleaning Supplies, etc.)
Please see Agency listings for specific items needed.
A Meal & More
Action for a Better Community (food & snacks)
Advent House
AIDS Care
er)
American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Hospitality House
American Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region (nonperishable candy)
Angels of Mercy (cleaning supplies)
Asbury Dining & Caring Center
Aurora House of Western Monroe County (laundry & paper products)
Autism Council of Rochester (paper products)
Benincasa
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Rochester
Bivona Child Advocacy Center
Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester (paper products, teas)
Bridges for Brain Injury
Brockport Ecumenical Food Shelf
Cameron Community Ministries (food items: see list; reusable shopping bags)
Camp Haccamo (cleaning items, snacks in snack-size bags, etc.)
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates (paper products, cleaning products)
Catholic Charities Community Services (CCCS) (paper products)
Catholic Charities (CCCS) Developmental Disabilities Svcs (food bags of nonperishables, cleaning supplies)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (nonperishable food items)
CFC Aging & Adult Services (cleaning supplies)
Children's Center at the Hall of Justice (cleaning supplies)
Church Women United in Rochester and Vicinity (nonperishable food items)
Community Food Cupboard of Rochester
Community Lutheran Ministry (individually-wrapped snacks, juice boxes)
The Community Place - Aging Services
ConKerr Cancer, Rochester Charter (hypoallergenic laundry soap, Ziploc bags)
CP Rochester
The Crisis Nursery of Greater Rochester (cleaning supplies)
Cross Roads Youth Center (food, gloves for serving food, soap, toilet paper)
CURE Childhood Cancer Association (tea, cocoa, coffee Kcups: decaf and regular)
Daystar for Medically Fragile Children
Dimitri House
EquiCenter, Inc (bottled water)
First Community Interfaith Institute
Focus Pregnancy Help Center (nonperishble food items)
Four-Legged Friends Animal Adoptions
Genesee Center for the Arts and Education (unused cleaning supplies)
Greece Ecumenical Clothing Closet (trash bags)
Greece Ecumenical Food Shelf
Harbor House of Rochester
Hilton Parma Emergency Food Shelf
Holy Childhood
Hope Hall
The House of Mercy
Irondequoit Community Cupboard
Isaiah House (detergent, Lysol wipes, baby wipes)
Journey Home
Life Solutions Food Pantry of Hamlin
Lifetime Assistance (cleaning supplies)
Linda's Cupboard at Hope Hall (nonperishable food items, laundry detergent, etc.)
Literacy Volunteers of Rochester (tea; coffee supplies: creamer, sugar, sweetener)
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester
Melissa's Living Legacy Teen Cancer Foundation (coffee)
Mercy Community Services - Outreach Center
Mercy Community Services - Residential Services
Mission Share (nonperishable food)
Mount Carmel House
National Kidney Foundation Serving Upstate New York and Western New York (bottled water, beverages, cases of granola bars & low-sugar juice)
Nuts for Mutts Rescue, Inc. (paper products, trash bags)
Open Door Mission
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (cleaning supplies)
Out of the Darkness (cleaning items)
Partners in Community Development (paper plates, cups, utensils)
Paws and Purrs Rescue
Penfield Ecumenical Food Shelf
Pet Pride of New York
Planned Parenthood - Rochester/Syracuse Region (gallon-size Ziploc bags)
R Community Bikes (paper products)
RAIHN (Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality Network) (cleaning supplies, paper towels, toilet paper, etc.)
Recovery Houses of Rochester (laundry soap, bleach, cleaning supplies, paper towels, toilet paper, Kleenex)
Regional Center for Independent Living (refreshments for meetings/events)
Rochester Animal Services (laundry detergent, dish soap, cotton swabs, rubbing alcohol)
Rochester Family Mission (food items, paper supplies)
Rochester Rehabilitation Ventures PROS (laundry soap)
Ronald McDonald House
St. Joseph's House of Hospitality
St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center
St. Peter's Kitchen
Saving Grace Ministries of Rochester - Grace House
Second Chance Bird Rescue
Shepherd Home (cleaning supplies, paper products, trash bags)
Sisters of Mercy Andrews Center
Society for the Protection and Care of Children (individually wrapped snack items)
Sojourner House at Pathstone (laundry detergent, disinfectant cleaning products, dish soap, toilet paper)
Successful Pathways of YFC (household items: pots, pans, toaster ovens, lamps, beds)
Sunset House
Sweden Senior Center
SWEM (Southwest Ecumenical Ministries) Community Services
Twelve Corners Day Care Center (cleaning supplies)
Two Doors Community Resource Center (paper products)
TYKEs (Theatre Young Kids Enjoy) (bottled water)
Unified Mission of Rochester (canned goods, boxed food goods)
VA Medical Center
Volunteers of America - Western New York (nonperishable food items)
Webster Comfort Care Home
Wild Wings (chicken drumsticks, mops, paper & storage items)
YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County

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Home Decor
Action for a Better Community (art & posters for youth areas)
American Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region (picture frames, small photo albums)
CFC Hannick Hall (alarm clocks)
CFC Restart Outpatient Department (alarm clocks, clocks)
CDS Monarch (mirror)
Children Awaiting Parents (8 x 10 black wooden picture frames)
The Community Place - Aging Services (picture frames)
CP Rochester (baskets)
Craft Bits and Pieces (candles, pictures, frames, pottery, glassware)
CURE Childhood Cancer Association (large wicker baskets for gift baskets)
Disciples for Christ Community Outreach (household furnishings)
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities (music boxes, silk flowers, picture frames to hang on walls, artificial flowers and/or plastic vases for floral arrangements)
Lakeside Beikirch Care Center (new centerpieces for dining room tables)
LDA Life and Learning Services (household items)
Mercy Center (pictures)
New York Museum of Transportation (transportation artifacts and pictures)
Out of the Darkness (home decor, wall decor)
Perinton Historical Society (picture frames: all shapes & sizes)
Recovery Houses of Rochester (wall pictures)
St. Kateri School (throw pillows)
Sweden Senior Center (drapery fabric: lightweight canvas, denim, corduroy)
Threshold at The Community Place (wall pictures, decor for waiting room)
TYKEs (Theatre Young Kids Enjoy) (sturdy plastic or wooden hangers)
Wild Wings (artificial fichus trees)

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Kitchen Items (Dishes, Pots, Pans, Silverware, etc.)
ABVI-Goodwill (gently-used household items)
American Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region (travel mugs, water bottles)
Asbury First Storehouse (dishes, pots & pans, silverware)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Rochester (reusable plastic cups)
Bivona Child Advocacy Center (kitchen supplies - see list)
Bridges for Brain Injury (plastic utensils, paper plates)
Catholic Charities (CCCS) Dev. Disabilities Svcs (dishes, pots, pans, silverware)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (kitchen items)
CFC Hannick Hall (clear plastic drinking glasses, large plastic food storage containers with tops, pots, pans, silverware)
CFC Restart Outpatient Department (kitchen items: see list)
Cephas/Peaceprints Prison Ministries (small household goods)
Comfort in Crisis (4- or 8-oz water bottles)
CP Rochester (forks and spoons: not plastic, small plastic drinking cups & bowls, cups with handles, plates, pots, pans, measuring cups/spoons etc.)
East House (dishes, pots, pans, silverware, glassware, Tupperware, mugs, tea kettles)
Epilepsy Foundation (dishes, pots, pans)
Focus Pregnancy Help Center (household items: pots & pans, etc.)
Girl Scouts of Western New York (kitchen equipment)
Harbor House of Rochester (kitchen items: see list)
The House of Mercy (kitchen utensils, cookware
Journey Home (pint jars & lids)
LDA Life and Learning Services
(household items)
Lifetime Assistance (dishes, pot & pans, silverware)
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester (silverware for serving canned pet food)
Mercy Center (coffee mugs, Corningware, mixing bowls, beverage glasses)
Monroe Community Hospital (household goods)
Mount Carmel House (pots and pans)
Out of the Darkness (pot & pans, baking items)
Recovery Houses of Rochester (plates, pots, pans, silverware)
Rochester Animal Services (can openers, large kitchen spoons, hand brooms with dustpan, drain stoppers)
Safe Journey (kitchen items)
St. Joseph's House of Hospitality (silverware, salt & pepper shakers)
St. Kateri School (hot cups, cold cups, heavy-duty cutlery)
St. Vincent DePaul Society (dishes, pots & pans)
Saint's Place (dishes, glasses, flatware, pots & pans: esp. large cooking pots & saucepans)
Society for the Protection and Care of Children (new dishes, flatware)
Sojourner House at Pathstone (new cookware, pot & pans)
Somali Community in Western New York (cooking utensils: baking pans, pots & pans, knives, etc. -- see list)
Successful Pathways (pots, pans, etc.)
Sweden Senior Center (punch bowl: more than 8 quarts)
Unified Mission of Rochester (pots & pans, dishes)
Writers & Books (large clear Tupperware containers)
YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County (new household items: pots, pans, dish sets, cutting boards, commercial-grade frying pans)

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Lawn & Garden Supplies, Outdoor Items
(Also see Outdoor Furniture and Recreation, Travel, Exercise, Sports, Camping Equipment)
Bridges for Brain Injury (outdoor benches)
Catholic Charities (CCCS) Dev. Disabilities Svcs (annual flowers for springtime planting)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (lawn furniture, lawn & garden supplies)
CFC Hannick Hall (plants & flowers for garden)
CDS Monarch (various - see listing, snow blower)
Charles Settlement House (lawn mower, snow blower)
Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society (dual-sided electric hedge trimmers, gas weed whacker)
CP Rochester (play sand, watering cans, potting soil, flower pots)
Disciples for Christ Community Outreach (gardening tools for kids' garden)
Epilepsy Foundation (shrubs and plants, gas grill, picnic table)
EquiCenter, Inc (plastic pitchforks)
Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library (outdoor sandwich board sign)
Gates Recreation & Parks Department (small gazebo, work table, perennials for planting)
Genesee Country Nature Center (native trees, shrubs, flowers, water garden plants, wheelbarrow, sturdy garden rakes, small pitchforks, shovel with a point, hedge trimmers, hand clippers, pruning saws, wooden picnic tables, garden trowel, weed whacker)
Genesee Land Trust (wheelbarrows)
Girl Scouts of Western New York (gas-powered wood splitter)
Harbor House of Rochester (red umbrella for patio table)
H.O.R.S.E. Rescue & Sanctuary (gas lawn mower)
Independent Living for Seniors (flowers, bulbs to plant)
Irondequoit Community Cupboard (lightweight shovel, driveway salt)
Isaiah House (ice melt)
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester (pitchforks, shaving forks, brooms, shovels, rakes, Rubbermaid garbage cans, pine shavings, straw)
National Kidney Foundation Serving Upstate New York and Western New York (portable picnic table)
New York Museum of Transportation (attractive waste cans)
Providence Housing Development Corporation (new or like-new: park benches, picnic benches & tables)
Rochester Eye and Tissue Bank (pop-up canopy: open-sided 10 x 10 feet)
Second Chance Bird Rescue (donated land to build a sanctuary)
Wild Wings (garden tools, brooms, shrubs, arborvitae, shovels, work gloves, garden gloves, tree loppers)
Writers & Books (charcoal grill, snow blower for sidewalk)

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Linens (Blankets, Sheets, Towels, etc.)
AIDS Care (bath towels)
Alternatives for Battered Women (twin sheets & blankets, towels & washcloths)
American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Hospitality House (bed pillows, decorative throw pillows)
American Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region (red tablecloths)
Angels of Mercy (pillowcases for program)
Asbury Dining & Caring Center (lightly used bath towels, dish cloths)
Asbury First Storehouse (bedding: sheets, blankets, comforters; towels)
Aurora House of Western Monroe County (twin-size sheets, draw sheets)
Birthright of Rochester (crib sheets, towels, pillows)
Bivona Child Advocacy Center (new quilts, blankets)
Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester (fleece throws & blankets)
Bridges for Brain Injury (old towels & bedding for animals)
Catholic Charities Community Services (CCCS) (blankets)
Catholic Charities (CCCS) Dev. Disabilities Svcs (single-bed quilts, comforters; blankets & sheets for all-size beds, new towels)
Catholic Family Center (CFC)
CFC Hannick Hall (bath mats, bath towels & washcloths, crib sheets, dish cloths, twin bedding)
CFC Monroe County Reentry Program (bed linens, pillows, comforters, blankets, sheets, washcloths, towels)
CFC Refugee & Immigration (blankets, sheets, towels)
CFC Restart Outpatient Department (linens: see list)
Center for Youth (twin-size sheets, blankets, laundry bags)
Charles Settlement House (blankets)
Child Life Program - Rochester General Hospital (handmade blankets)
Comfort in Crisis (10-inch pillows, washcloths)
Community Lutheran Ministry (towels)
CP Rochester (hand towels, dish towels for bibs, plastic tablecloths)
Craft Bits and Pieces (vintage linens and fabric)
CURE Childhood Cancer (blankets)
East House (new comforters, blankets, sheets in original packaging
Epilepsy Foundation (bedding in good condition)
Expressive Beginnings Child Care (blankets, crib sheets, cot sheets)
Family Service Communities (towels, sheets, pillowcases, blankets)
Greece Ecumenical Clothing Closet (blankets, sheets, comforters)
Harbor House of Rochester (twin sheet sets, twin or queen mattress pads)
The House of Mercy (blankets, towels, sheets, washcloths, single-bed waterproof mattresses)
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester (blankets, large towels)
Mercy Community Services - Residential Services (bath towels, washcloths, bed pillows, comforters, twin-size sheet sets)
Monroe Community Hospital (household goods)
Mount Carmel House (extra-long twin-size color sheet sets)
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - New York Branch (tablecloths: disposable & cloth)
National Kidney Foundation Serving Upstate New York and Western New York (plastic tablecloths)
Open Door Mission (bath & hand towels, washcloths, twin-bed sheets, blankets)
Out of the Darkness (bed linens: sheets, blankets, new pillows, pillow cases, towels)
Paws and Purrs Rescue (clean blankets & towels)
Recovery Houses of Rochester (blankets, towels, washcloths, dish towels, new twin-size bed linens)
Rochester Animal Services (blankets and towels for bedding for animals)
Safe Journey (blankets, washcloths, hand and bath towels, kitchen dishcloths & dish towels)
St. Joseph's House of Hospitality (blankets, aprons, dish towels, bath towels)
St. Vincent DePaul Society (linens)
Saint's Place (blankets, bed linens, full- and twin-size sheets & comforters; towels: all sizes)
Salvation Army - Rochester Area Services (for shelters: blankets, sheets, bedspreads, towels, washcloths, heavy-duty shower curtains)
Saving Grace Ministries of Rochester - Grace House (blankets, pillows, single-bed sheets, bath towels, washcloths)
Second Chance Bird Rescue (queen/king sheets, towels, blankets)
Shepherd Home (towels, washcloths)
Society for Protection and Care of Children
(new sheets, pillows, blankets)
Sojourner House at Pathstone (new pillows, long twin & queen sheets, towels, washcloths, blankets, comforters)
Sweden Senior Center (round plastic tablecloths for dining-room tables)
Twelve Corners Day Care Center (washcloths, towels)
Unified Mission of Rochester
(linens)
Veterans Outreach Center (VOC) (twin-size blankets & white sheets, white bath towels & washcloths)
Visiting Nurse Service (hand-knitted lap blankets, pillows, wedge pillows, cotton jersey sheets, lightweight blankets, long twin sheets, cloth underpads)
Women's Care Center (hooded towels, washcloths)
Writers & Books (large green tablecloth for events)
YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County (new bedding & towels - see listing)

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Magazines, Magazine & Newspaper Subscriptions
Bivona Child Advocacy Center (magazine subscriptions for young teens)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (magazines)
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities (magazines)
Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library (used magazines)
Monroe Correctional Facility (magazines, word-search magazines)
Planned Parenthood - Roch/Syr Region (magazines less than 1 year old - see listing)
Strong Behavioral Health (magazines without staples, magazine subscriptions)
Threshold at The Community Place (magazines & subscriptions)

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Medical & Safety Equipment & Supplies
(includes Dental, Eye Care)
American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Hospitality House (first-aid kits)
Autism Council of Rochester (first-aid kits)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Rochester (first-aid kits, cotton balls)
Bivona Child Advocacy Center (medical lock boxes)
Bridges for Brain Injury (first-aid kits, fire extinguishers, flashlights, portable grab bars, fire/smoke alarms)
Catholic Charities Community Services (CCCS) (bandages, sanitizer, gauze pads, etc.)
CFC Aging & Adult Services (safety equipment for individual homes)
CDS Monarch (defibrillator)
Cobblestone Arts Center (small adaptive bike, adaptive swing)
CP Rochester (adaptive equipment for computer, art, gardening, etc.; eye droppers)
Friendship Children's Center (first-aid supplies)
Global Family Outreach Ministry (medical supplies)
Hearing Loss Association of America (assistive listening devices, amplified telephone, phone flashers, personal amplifiers, personal FM system, personal neck loop)
Heritage Christian Services (medical supplies and toys to be put in small sewing bags)
Hickok Center for Brain Injury (manual wheelchair w. seatbelts, portable wheelchair ramp)
InterVol (unused medical supplies, used but functioning medical equipment)
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester (clinic supplies - see listing)
Medical Motor Service - Al Sigl Center (wheelchairs)
Mercy Center (electric and manual wheelchairs, electric hospital beds, physician office scale)
Mercy Community Services - Outreach Center (medical supplies, non-expired OTC medicines: call for specifics)
Monroe Community Hospital (wheelchair bags)
Open Door Mission (medicines)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (first-aid supplies)
Out of the Darkness (drug and alcohol tester)
PRALID (People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity) (walkers)
Regional Center for Independent Living (wheelchairs or scooters, reachers/grabbers, walkers with hand brakes)
Rochester Animal Services (heating pads for newborn and injured animals)
Rochester Eye and Tissue Bank (used eye glasses)
St. Peter's Kitchen (wheelchair lift: 96-inch vertical lift and 500 - 600 lb capacity)
Sojourner House at Pathstone (first-aid kits)
Threshold at The Community Place (medical supplies & equipment)
Visiting Nurse Service (bed alarms, hospital gowns, bags for walkers: double-handled)
Wild Wings (disposable latex gloves)
YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County
(new first-aid kits, smoke & carbon monoxide detectors)

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Memberships, Scholarships, Lessons
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates (scholarships for camps; scholarships for lessons: arts, music, sports, etc.)
CFC Monroe County Reentry Program (gym memberships)
East House (YMCA and gym memberships)
Rochester Family Mission (scholarship assistance for summer camp)
Women Helping Girls (scholarships/memberships: summer camps, Writers & Books workshops, museums, enrichment classes)

Miscellaneous Items
Some of the items needed by agencies do not fit readily into the categories in this Index. If you have something to donate, and cannot locate it on this website, use the Search Box at the top of this Index.


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

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Musical Instruments, Music
American Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region (tambourines)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (musical instruments)
Charles Settlement House (guitars, keyboards, musical instruments: no full-size organs)
Cobblestone Arts Center (musical instruments)
Community Lutheran Ministry (musical instruments)
CP Rochester (musical instruments for kids, keyboard: no pianos or organs please)
Cross Roads Youth Center (guitar or keyboard)
Hochstein School of Music & Dance (grand concert harp, 5-octave marimba)
PRALID (People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity) (instruments: percussion, bongos, tambourines, etc.)
St. Kateri School (drums, percussion instruments)
Somali Community in Western New York (instruments: see list)
Strong Behavioral Health (guitar)
Sweden Senior Center (sheet music for 50 chorus members)

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Office Furniture
(Also see Furniture and Home Decor)
Artpeace, Inc. (20-25 folding or stackable chairs, shelving units)
Autism Council of Rochester (wall shelving, easel)
Benjamin Ministries (office desk & chair, filing cabinet)
Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester (shelving units, glass display case)
Bridges for Brain Injury (desks, high-back desk chairs, locking storage cabinets, lateral file cabinets, office partitions, lockers)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (office furniture)
CFC Restart Outpatient Department (office chairs for computer workstations)
CDS Monarch (storage shelves, cabinet for basement)
CP Rochester (file cabinets, desk chairs, office chairs & computer chairs with wheels)
Cobblestone Arts Center (card tables, 6-foot work tables)
Delphi Drug and Alcohol Council (bookcases, office furniture)
Disciples for Christ Community Outreach (office chairs for computer workstation)
Genesee Center for the Arts and Education (media cart, industrial shelving, folding tables: 6- or 8-foot)
Genesee Land Trust (desk, table, chairs, 5-drawer lateral file cabinets)
Hickok Center for Brain Injury (folding tables, used lockers, metal storage shelving)
Melissa's Living Legacy Teen Cancer Foundation (filing cabinet)
N.E.E.D Ministries Job Development Training Program (large stand-up file cabinet, office chair)
Planned Parenthood - Rochester/Syracuse Region (file cabinets)
Rochester Animal Services (folding chairs)
Rochester Eye and Tissue Bank (small lightweight table)
Rochester Greenovation (shelving)
South East Area Coalition (fireproof filing cabinet, shelving units)
Somali Community in Western New York (computer tables, desks, chairs)
Writers & Books (sturdy folding chairs, storage rack for chairs)

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Office Supplies & Equipment
(Also see Copy Paper)
(Also see Computer Categories)

American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Hospitality House (office supplies)
American Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region (pens on strings, portable plastic file box)
Angels of Mercy (paper & office supplies)
Artpeace, Inc. (colored card stock)
Aurora House of Western Monroe County (2-pocket folders, address labels, used cell phones & electronics, used toner cartridges)
Autism Council of Rochester (easel board with paper, office supplies)
Benjamin Ministries (storage bins)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Rochester (die-cut machine, laminated sheets)
Bivona Child Advocacy Center (easels, pens, markers, tape, raffle tickets, etc.; prepaid cell phones)
Braddock Bay Raptor Research (standard letter-size envelopes)
Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester (note cards, thank-you cards, journals for writing)
Bridges for Brain Injury (binders, divider tabs, sheet protectors, manila folders, file folders, etc.)
Carlson MetroCenter YMCA (office supplies)
CFC Hannick Hall (day planners, binders, folders, notebooks)
CFC Restart Outpatient Department (day planner, folders, notebooks, binders)
CDS Monarch (storage containers, paper shredder)
Center for Disability Rights (fax machines in working condition)
Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society (acid-free storage boxes)
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)
Church Women United in Rochester and Vicinity (#10 white blank envelopes)
Cobblestone Arts Center
(office supplies: sturdy 1-inch binders, office envelopes, easels)
Comfort in Crisis (journals, list pads)
The Community Place - Aging Services (pens, note 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.)
The Crisis Nursery of Greater Rochester (office supplies)
CURE Childhood Cancer Association (office supplies)
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)
Expressive Beginnings Child Care (paper to cover tables during art projects)
First Community Interfaith Institute (envelopes, notebook papers, pens and pencils)
Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library (book carts, book trucks, display racks, jewelry displays)
Friendship Children's Center (office supplies)
Greece Ecumenical Clothing Closet (masking tape)
Greece Historical Society (file folders, acid-free storage boxes for archival materials)
Hearing Loss Association of America (Avery 2- x 4-inch shipping labels)
Henrietta Public Library (pencils, Elmer's glue, spiral-bound notebooks, pocket folders)
Hochstein School of Music & Dance
(paper cutting machine)
Hillside Children's Center (school supplies)
Holy Childhood (construction paper, glue sticks, easel pads, dry-erase markers)
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 (Post-it notes)
Lakeside Beikirch Care Center (colored card stock, designer computer paper, new thank-you & note cards, bulletin board borders)
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, crayons, markers, colored pencils)
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester (paper shredders, office supplies: ballpoint pens, paper, scratch pads)
Massasauga Search and Rescue Team (MSART) (white card stock for business cards)
Melissa's Living Legacy Teen Cancer Foundation (envelopes for 5 x 7 greeting cards, printable address labels, new paper shredder)
Mercy Bridges (white self-sealing #10 envelopes)
Mercy Community Services - Outreach Center (office supplies: see list)
Mission Share (looseleaf paper, notebook paper, pens, pencils, erasers, etc.)
Monroe Community Hospital (stationery)
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - New York Branch (laminating paper, Wite-Out, glue sticks, Sharpie markers, tabletop literature holders, #10 envelopes, packaging tape, duct tape)
National Kidney Foundation Serving Upstate New York and Western New York (plastic document holders, Smartboard)
N.E.E.D Ministries Job Development Training Program (large dry-erase board)
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, envelopes. paper clips, etc.)
Out of the Darkness (office supplies, waste baskets)
Paws and Purrs Rescue (office supplies)
Perinton Historical Society (glue sticks, markers, crayons, colored pencils)
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)
RAIHN (Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality Network (tape, pens, writing pads)
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, paper supplies)
Rochester Rehabilitation Ventures PROS (office supplies)
RSVP of Livingston County (stand-up flip charts)
RSVP of Monroe County (two-pocket folders, card stock, business card stock blanks)
Rush Public Library (paper, general office supplies)
St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center (#10 business-size envelopes)
St. Joseph's Villa (journals, school supplies)
St. Kateri School (name badges, manila folders, masking tape, tape dispensers, envelopes, easel)
Saint's Place (telephones: not battery-operated)
Sojourner House at Pathstone (new planners, calendars, accordion files)
Somali Community in Western New York (fax machine)
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. -- see listing)
Sweden Senior Center (office supplies, card stock)
Threshold at The Community Place (laminating machine, FX Casio 260 calculators, ink stamps, clipboards, binders, folders, calendars, thank-you notes, pens, pencils, etc. -- see listing)
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)
Wild Wings (poster frames)
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)

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Outdoor Furniture
CDS Monarch (lawn and patio furniture - see listing)
Epilepsy Foundation (picnic table or outdoor table with chairs & umbrella)
Genesee Country Nature Center (wooden picnic tables)
Pathway Houses of Rochester (picnic benches and tables, porch chairs or rocking chairs)
Providence Housing Development Corporation (new or like-new: park benches, picnic benches & tables)
Relay For Life of Greece (items for event: tables, chairs, etc.)
Writers & Books (picnic tables)

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Personal Care Items
Please see Agency listings for more information on specific items needed. All items in this category should be new (unused).
A Meal & More (travel-size toiletries)
Alternatives for Battered Women (deodorant for women, toothbrushes, body lotion)
AIDS Care (personal care products for men and women)
American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Hospitality House (toiletries)
Angels of Mercy (toiletries)
Asbury Dining & Caring Center (personal care items: deodorant, disposable razors, shaving cream, small shampoos, toothbrushes, small toothpaste, etc.)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Rochester (nail polish, nail polish remover)
Bivona Child Advocacy Center (soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrush, comb/brush)
Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester (sleeping masks)
Brockport Ecumenical Food Shelf (personal care items)
Cameron Community Ministries (personal care items)
Camp Haccamo (shampoo, conditioner, soap, hand sanitizer, Depends underwear)
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates (toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, hair products, etc.)
Catholic Charities Community Services (CCCS) (personal care items)
Catholic Charities (CCCS) Developmental Disabilities Svcs (personal care items)
CFC Aging & Adult Services (personal needs items)
CFC Monroe County Reentry Program (personal care items)
CFC Refugee & Immigration (personal care items)
CFC Restart Outpatient Department (personal care items)
Center for Youth (full-size deodorant, personal items, hair care items)
Charles Settlement House (personal items)
Children Awaiting Parents (for teen girls: makeup, hair care products, cologne, perfume, lotion, nail polish, manicure & pedicure kits)
Church Women United in Rochester and Vicinity (women's health kits: toiletries)
Comfort in Crisis
(safety razors, travel-size items: shampoo, toothpaste, shaving gel)
Community Food Cupboard of Rochester (dental items, feminine hygiene products, personal care products)
Compeer Rochester (new men's or women's cologne)
CP Rochester (personal care items, unscented shaving cream)
CURE Childhood Cancer Association (hand sanitizer, hand soap, nail polish, lip gloss, etc. -- see list)
DePaul (personal care items: shampoo, soap, deodorant, etc.)
DePaul PROS Program (personal care items)
Dimitri House (personal care products)
East House (new and unopened personal care items)
Epilepsy Foundation (personal care items)
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities (nail polish)
Family Service Communities (toiletries: shampoo, soap, shaving cream)
Finger Lakes Regional Burn Association (small tubes of Vaseline; sunscreen: SPF 30 or greater; moisturizing cream without dyes or perfumes)
Golisano Children's Hospital (lotion, nail polish, travel shampoo)
Greece Ecumenical Food Shelf (personal care items)
Harbor House of Rochester (toiletries)
Hilton Parma Emergency Food Shelf (personal care items)
The House of Mercy (personal care items: razors, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste)
Journey Home (body wash, lotion, hand soaps)
Lakeside Beikirch Care Center (nail polish, eyeglass cleaner)
LifeTimes ADHC (personal care items)
Life Solutions Food Pantry of Hamlin (personal care items)
Lifetime Assistance (toiletries)
LifeTimes ADHC (personal care items)
Linda's Cupboard at Hope Hall (personal care items)
Mercy Community Services - Outreach Center (personal care items)
Mercy Community Services - Residential Services (personal care items)
Mission Share (toiletries)
Open Door Mission (combs; brushes; disposable razors; trial-sizes: shampoo, toothpaste, and soap)
Planned Parenthood - Roch/Syr Region (travel-size toiletries, cosmetic bags or small travel bags)
RAIHN (Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality Network) (deodorant, shaving cream, razors, feminine hygiene products. etc.)
Rochester Family Mission (personal care items)
Rochester Rehabilitation Ventures PROS (toiletry and personal hygiene products)
Ronald McDonald House (toiletries)
St. Joseph's House of Hospitality (travel-size personal hygiene items)
St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center (personal items)
Salvation Army - Rochester Area Services (toiletries: bar soap, shampoo, feminine hygiene products, lotions, etc.)
Saving Grace Ministries of Rochester - Grace House (personal care needs)
Second Chance Bird Rescue (Listerine, hand soap, sanitizer)
Society for the Protection and Care of Children (health and beauty products)
Sojourner House at Pathstone (personal care supplies)
Strong Behavioral Health
(personal care products - see listing)
Successful Pathways (toiletries for teen parents)
Threshold at The Community Place (personal care items)
Unified Mission of Rochester
VA Medical Center (personal comfort items)
Veterans Outreach Center (personal hygiene items for men: no mouthwash)
Volunteers of America - Western New York (new personal care products)
YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County (new personal care, feminine hygiene products; no mouthwashes or medicines)

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Pet & Animal Supplies
AIDS Care (canned dog food, canned cat food)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Rochester (birdseed)
Braddock Bay Raptor Research (birdseed)
Bridges for Brain Injury (animal-related items: see listing)
CDS Monarch (fish tanks and accessories)
Four-Legged Friends Animal Adoptions (canned & dry cat food, cat litter)
EquiCenter, Inc (various horse supplies: see list; horses: see guidelines)
GRASP (dry cat/dog food, dry and canned kitten food, pet beds, pet carriers/crates, dog and cat toys)
H.O.R.S.E. Rescue & Sanctuary (Nutrena Safe Choice or Life Design Senior pelleted horse feed, horse hay, bagged pine shavings)
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester (various items - please see listing)
Massasauga Search and Rescue Team (MSART) (items for search & rescue canines - see list)
Northeast Boston Terrier Rescue (NEBTR) (new leashes, collars, harnesses)
Nuts for Mutts Rescue, Inc. (good-quality dog food & treats, collars, leashes, pet beds, flea & tick medications, etc.)
Paws and Purrs Rescue (dry and canned cat/kitten food, cat litter, new litter boxes & litter scoops, dry and canned dog/puppy food, dog & cat treats, dog & cat carriers, dog collars, leashes, cat collars, Havahart traps)
Pet Pride of New York (cat food, cat toys & treats, laser lights, covered litter boxes)
Rochester Animal Services (cat litter scoopers, sturdy chew toys, collars, leashes, professional grooming clippers, pet brushes, pet carriers & training crates, pet shampoo, pet treats, puppy pads, rawhide bones)
Second Chance Bird Rescue (bird cages, perches, toys, toy-making parts, play gyms; bird food; pet carriers)
Visiting Nurse Service (cat or dog food: unopened, dry, or canned)
Webster Comfort Care Home (birdseed)
Wild Wings (sunflower seed, venison, uncooked chicken quarters, hay or straw for bobcat)

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Photographic Supplies
American Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region (small photo albums)
Braddock Bay Raptor Research (large projection screen)
Charles Settlement House (photographic supplies)
Children Awaiting Parents (4 x 6 photo albums)
Friendship Children's Center (photo albums)
St. Kateri School (Elmo projectors)
Strong Behavioral Health (4 x 6 photo paper)

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Postage Stamps
Advent House
Angels of Mercy
Aurora House of Western Monroe County 
Autism Council of Rochester
Benincasa
Braddock Bay Raptor Research
Bridges for Brain Injury
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates
Catholic Family Center (CFC)
Children Awaiting Parents
The Community Place - Aging Services
CURE Childhood Cancer Association
Daystar for Medically Fragile Children
Dimitri House
EquiCenter, Inc
Hope Hall
Isaiah House
Journey Home
Melissa's Living Legacy Teen Cancer Foundation
Mercy Bridges
Mercy Community Services - Outreach Center
Monroe Community Hospital
Mount Carmel House
Northeast Boston Terrier Rescue (NEBTR)
Notre Dame Learning Center
Open Door Mission
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center
Paws and Purrs Rescue
Pet Pride of New York
Rochester Childfirst Network
Rush Public Library
St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center
St. Kateri School
Second Chance Bird Rescue
Shepherd Home
Sisters of Mercy Andrews Center
Spiritus Christi Mental Health Center
Sunset House
Threshold at The Community Place
Unified Mission of Rochester
VA Medical Center
Webster Comfort Care Home
Wild Wings
Women's Care Center

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Recreation, Travel, Exercise, Sports, Camping Equipment
Action for a Better Community (jump ropes, basketballs, recreation items for youth programs)
American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Hospitality House
(flashlights)
American Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region (GPS units)
Asbury Dining & Caring Center (used backpacks, used sleeping bags)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Rochester (baseball gloves, foam footballs, tennis balls, Frisbees, jump ropes)
Braddock Bay Raptor Research (binoculars, spotting scope for bird watching)
Bridges for Brain Injury (bike helmets, flashlights, walkie talkies, hand-crank radios, lockers)
hoops, jump ropes, movement games/materials)
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates (flashlights)
Catholic Charities (CCCS) Dev Disabilities Svcs
(baseballs, soccer & basketballs and equipment, sleeping bags, backpacks)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (recreational equipment, camping equipment)
CFC Hannick Hall (camping equipment, sports equipment: baseball gloves, etc.)
CDS Monarch (new basketball hoop, bikes, exercise equipment, pool, pool toys, pool table & sticks/cues, Ping-Pong table)
Center for Disability Rights (used sports equipment -- see list)
Center for Youth (new sleeping bags, new backpacks & cinch bags)
Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society (10x10-foot pop-up tents)
Children Awaiting Parents (sporting goods: footballs, skateboards, scooters, etc.)
Cobblestone Arts Center (GPS navigation systems)
Community Child Care Center (helmets, bikes, and scooters for ages 3-6)
Community Lutheran Ministry (volleyball net and balls, double-dutch jump rope, badminton game)
The Community Place - Aging Services (working treadmills & exercise equipment, tote bags)
CP Rochester (high-backed swing set, flashlights, smocks for water play, divider for mat area, freestanding adaptive swing, adult ski helmets)
Cross Roads Youth Center (air hockey table, netting, skateboard equipment)
DePaul (outdoor recreation equipment: badminton, croquet, etc.)
East House (adult sporting equipment: see list)
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities (football items, fishing items: tackle box, tackle, plastic worms, bobbers)
Genesee Country Nature Center (cross-country skis, snowshoes, golf cart, binoculars, microscopes)
Girl Scouts of Western New York (archery target stands & new target faces, bows, arrows, jump ropes, hula hoops, playground balls, new snorkeling masks with straps, golf cart, handheld GPS devices for back country use, EZ-Up tents, snowshoes: children, young women, kayak paddles, backpacking and base camp stoves, orienteering set, SteriPENs for purifying water, Katahdyn water filter, youth-size backpacks, women- specific backpacks, Day and a Half or Rucksack-style packs)
Heritage Christian Services (horseback-riding equipment for equestrian program)
Hickok Center for Brain Injury (used lockers)
Hillside Children's Center (backpacks)
Hope Hall (sports equipment: soccer balls, basketballs, softballs, bats, gloves, etc.; outdoor games & toys: bike helmets)
Lakeside Beikirch Care Center (binoculars)
LDA Life and Learning Services (exercise equipment & materials, pedometers, etc.)
Lifetime Assistance (sports equipment, golf clubs, bikes)
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester (golf cart)
Massasauga Search and Rescue Team (MSART) (new vhf 155 mhz narrow band radios, GPS 62 series units)
Melissa's Living Legacy Teen Cancer Foundation (yoga mats)
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - New York Branch (EZ-Up tent)
National Kidney Foundation Serving Upstate New York and Western New York (durable travel totes with handles)
Penfield Ecumenical Food Shelf (Radio Flyer or other wagon for transporting food)
Planned Parenthood of the Rochester/Syracuse Region (small travel bags)
PRALID (People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity) (exercise bike)
Providence Housing Development Corporation (Bingo machines)
R Community Bikes (bikes of any type; bike parts: especially tires, tubes, cables; locks, new bike helmets)
Relay For Life of Greece (items for event: golf carts, tents, bounce house, etc.)
Rochester Childfirst Network (basketballs, baseballs, soccer balls, playground balls, lacrosse & hockey sticks, T-ball, bats, bases, gloves, sleds)
Rochester Eye and Tissue Bank (pop-up canopy: 10 x 10 feet)
Rochester Rehabilitation Ventures PROS (outdoor game equipment)
St. Joseph's House of Hospitality (sleeping bags)
St. Joseph's Villa
(backpacks, duffel bags, sports bags, basketballs, footballs, soccer balls)
Somali Community in Western New York (soccer equipment)
Strong Behavioral Health (basketballs, Nerf basketballs & hoops, yoga mats)
Successful Pathways (hockey equipment, basketball netting)
Visiting Nurse Service (Yaktrax traction cleats for snow & ice)

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School & Classroom Supplies
(Also see Books, Office Supplies)
Action for a Better Community (school supplies: book bags, notebooks, calculators, pens, pencils, etc.)
Autism Council of Rochester (workbooks on budgeting, math, reading, computers)
Bridges for Brain Injury (workbooks on budgeting, math, and reading comprehension)
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates (school & classroom supplies)
Catholic Charities (CCCS) Dev. Disabilities Svcs (school supplies, backpacks)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (school supplies: see list)
CFC Monroe County Reentry Program (school supplies)
CDS Monarch (school supplies)
Center for Youth (backpacks & cinch bags, school supplies items)
Charles Settlement House (school supplies)
Community Child Care Center (school supplies)
CP Rochester (Smart Board)
Epilepsy Foundation (school supplies)
Genesee Country Nature Center (cross-country skis, snowshoes, golf cart, binoculars, microscopes)
Girl Scouts of Western New York (Leave No Trace, PEAK, TEEN, and Bigfoot teaching materials)
Global Family Outreach Ministry (new school supplies)
Hillside Children's Center (backpacks, school supplies)
Jefferson Avenue Childhood Development Center (paper, pencils, glue, art supplies)
Mission Share (looseleaf paper, notebook paper, pens, pencils, erasers, etc.)
National Kidney Foundation Serving Upstate New York and Western New York (Smartboard)
Notre Dame Learning Center (student supplies: pencils, crayons, flashcards, math games, etc.)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (school supplies: writing paper/tablets, pencils, folders, etc.)
Partners in Community Development (school supplies)
PRALID (People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity) (counting video: e.g. LeapFrog, IntelliKeys keyboard or similar, sign-language video)
Rochester Family Mission (new book bags, classroom equipment, new school supplies)
St. Joseph's Villa (backpacks, duffel bags)
Successful Pathways (school supplies)
Volunteers of America - Western New York (school supplies: backpacks, crayons, notebook paper, pens, pencils, etc,)
YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County (new school supplies - see listing)

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Services Needed
(Also see "Volunteers Needed" Index)
Autism Council of Rochester (advertising: TV, radio, newspaper, program ads, billboard space)
Braddock Bay Raptor Research (printing/copying services)
Bridges for Brain Injury (donated maintenance services for vehicle/van)
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates (printing services)
Catholic Charities Community Svcs (CCCS) ("adopt" clients at Thanksgiving and Christmas)
Catholic Charities (CCCS) Dev. Disabilities Svcs (storage space, "adopt" a resident for Christmas)
Charles Settlement House (subscription to cable or satellite TV, expanded Internet access)
Coffee Connection/Project Empower (signage)
Comfort in Crisis (free office space: larger than 1500 square feet, no stairs
GRCC - Faith In Action Network (repair service for Toshiba 3550)
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - New York Branch (printing: stationery, signs, banners, ID cards)
New York Museum of Transportation (professional services: roofing, excavating, lawn & field mowing, vehicle painting)
Northeast Boston Terrier Rescue (NEBTR) (pro-bono printing services for cards and brochures)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (donated restaurant/banquet space and catering)
Relay For Life of Greece (ad time/space, large printed signs)
Rochester Music Coalition (advertising time, billboard space, CD duplication services, printing)
St. Vincent DePaul Society (donated space for a store)
TYKEs (Theatre Young Kids Enjoy) (photography services, postcard-printing services, photocopying services, carpentry services, web re-design service)

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Tickets, Passes, Tokens
(Also see Gift Cards)
Action for a Better Community (bus passes, tickets for youth-related events)
American Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region (tickets & passes to events, movies, attractions)
Bivona Child Advocacy Center (bus tokens)
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates (tickets for movies, amusement parks, local attractions)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (tickets: see list)
Catholic Charities Community Services (CCCS) (tickets to community events)
Catholic Charities (CCCS) Dev. Disabilities Svcs (tickets to movies, circus, other events)
CDS Monarch (tickets to sporting events, concerts, movies, etc.)
Center for Youth (bus passes)
Cephas/Peaceprints Prison Ministries (bus passes)
Charles Settlement House (tickets, passes, tokens)
Compeer Rochester (passes to concerts. movie/theater, sporting events)
DePaul (tickets/passes to movies, sporting events, museums, etc.)
East House (group tickets to sporting events, concerts, plays)
Epilepsy Foundation (monthly bus passes; tickets for sporting events, bowling, movies, plays, etc.)
Give-a-Lift (tickets to area performances)
Hickok Center for Brain Injury (tickets & passes to museums, arts performances, sports events, movies, etc.)
Hillside Children's Center
(tickets/passes to youth-friendly events)
Jefferson Avenue Childhood Development Center (tickets to events)
LDA Life and Learning Services (bus tokens, tickets to sporting events, movie passes, tickets to theater)
Lifetime Assistance (tickets to area events)
Mercy Community Services - Residential Services (movie passes, bus passes)
Rochester Childfirst Network (passes to Strong Museum, tickets to preschool plays & music events)
Rochester Rehabilitation Ventures PROS (bus passes, tickets/passes to events)
RSVP of Livingston County (tickets to area performances, events, concerts, sporting events)
RSVP of Monroe County (tickets to area performances, events, concerts, sporting events)
Sisters of Mercy Andrews Center (bus passes)
Strong Behavioral Health (10-ride bus passes)
Sweden Senior Center (tickets for events, special passes for seniors)
Threshold at The Community Place (bus passes, admission passes to events/places)
VA Medical Center (tickets to baseball games, movies)
YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County (tickets to athletic events, circus, concerts, etc.)

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Tools
Bivona Child Advocacy Center (small tools)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (tools)
Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society (belt sander, gas chain saw, circular saw & blades, drill press, electric heat gun, palm sander, electric power washer, saber saw and blades, small table saw)
Disciples for Christ Community Outreach (carpenter hand tools, power tools, gardening tools for kids' garden)
Genesee Center for the Arts and Education (power tools, pottery tools)
Genesee Country Nature Center (outdoor tools: see listing)
Hope Hall (hand tools, safety goggles)
Lifetime Assistance (electrical tools)
Rochester Greenovation (tools)
Salvation Army - Rochester Area Services (power tools, blowers, edgers, etc.)
South East Area Coalition (hand, garden, & power tools for Tool Library)
Wild Wings
(garden tools)

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Toys & Games
(Also see Computer Software, Computer Games)
Action for a Better Community (board games)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Rochester (Barbie dolls, card games, crayons, Play-Doh, Wii games rated E)
Bivona Child Advocacy Center (new stuffed animals)
Bridges for Brain Injury (video game system with games)
Carlson MetroCenter YMCA (children's toys & games)
Catholic Charities (CCCS) Dev. Disabilities Svcs (toys for Christmas presents)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (toys & games)
CFC Hannick Hall (board games, puzzles, coloring books & crayons)
CFC Monroe County Reentry Program (game systems)
CDS Monarch (board games, indoor games, pool toys, yard games: volleyball, croquet)
Charles Settlement House (toys, games)
Child Life Program - Rochester General Hospital (new toys, no-spill bubbles, playing cards)
Children Awaiting Parents (motorized remote-control cars)
house, play telephone, puppets, doctor's kit, sand tray, constructing set: blocks, Legos, Duplos, etc.)
Comfort in Crisis (playing cards, small games, small Ty-size stuffed animals)
Community Child Care Center (children's puzzles & games)
Compeer of Livingston County (board and card games)
Compeer Rochester (new toys or books for youth 4 to 18)
CP Rochester (playing cards & card games: Uno, Skip Bo; Braille playing cards & Uno game, games, puzzles, electronic games, etc. – see list)
Craft Bits and Pieces (dolls and stuffed animals: clean)
Cross Roads Youth Center (video game console with games)
CURE Childhood Cancer Association (new toys for girls 2-4, newborn through late teens, toy doctor kits, Uno card games, Lego kits)
Dream Factory of Rochester (travel-size games, card games, small Lego sets, handheld video games)
East House (Wii and Wii games, new board games)
Early Childhood Education Quality Council (toys)
Epilepsy Foundation (board games for adults, handheld games)
Family Service Communities (jigsaw puzzles)
Finger Lakes Regional Burn Association (stickers for children, puzzles)
First Community Interfaith Institute (crayons)
Focus Pregnancy Help Center (children's toys, stuffed animals)
Friendship Children's Ctr (balls; toys for children ages 12 months to 12 years; large motor toys, Play-Doh)
Gates Recreation & Parks Department (games & puzzles for all ages, Wii games)
Global Family Outreach Ministry (new toys)
Golisano Children's Hospital (matchbox or Hotwheels cars, playing cards, Uno cards, unopened Happy-Meal-type toys, crayons, coloring pencils, Play-Doh)
Heritage Christian Services (toys and medical supplies to be put in small sewing bags)
Hickok Center for Brain Injury (Wii games)
Hope Hall (outdoor games, Bey Blades, Legos, puzzles, new stuffed animals)
Independent Living for Seniors (playing cards)
Lakeside Beikirch Care Center (large helium balloons with ribbon)
LifeTimes ADHC (board games)
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester
(small stuffed animals, plain wooden blocks, Beanie Babies)
Monroe Correctional Facility (jigsaw puzzles, Scrabble, checkers, chess, playing cards)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society (Wii games for wellness programs)
New York Museum of Transportation (model fire trucks)
Notre Dame Learning Center (flashcards, math games, reading/phonics games)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (soft blocks, board books, multicultural dolls, peg puzzles for ages 2 to 3 years)
Pathway Houses of Rochester (games for adults)
Planned Parenthood - Roch/Syr Region (new crayons & coloring books)
PRALID (People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity) (Big Lego blocks, large building blocks, puzzles, balls, books, Play-Doh machine, DVD/Wii games)
Providence Housing Development Corporation (puzzles & games)
Rochester Childfirst Network (playground balls)
Rochester Family Mission (toys for children at Christmas)
Rochester Hearing and Speech Ctr (toys for toddlers and preschool, Fisher-Price or similar; puzzles & games for preschool)
Rochester Rehabilitation Ventures PROS (Wii fitness console)
Society for Protection and Care of Children (new board games, new cloth & board books)
Strong Behavioral Health (board games, card games, inexpensive toys & games for rewards, stress balls, Wii and Wii games, puzzles: crossword, word search, jigsaw, etc.-- see listing)
Sweden Senior Center (new large-print Pinochle cards)
Threshold at The Community Place (Bead Maze toy, coloring and activity books, crayons, board games, checkers, chess, Life, Monopoly, etc.)
Twelve Corners Day Care Center (toys for children ages 3 months through 12 years, board games, riding toys)
Visiting Nurse Service (quiet toys & puzzles for children)
Writers & Books (Magnetic Poetry kit & board; word board games: Scrabble, Boggle, etc.)
YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County (new children's toys, games, coloring books, crayons)

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TVs
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (TVs)
CDS Monarch (TV/DVD player)
East House (flat-screen digital TVs)
EquiCenter, Inc. (TV/DVD combo)
National Kidney Foundation Serving Upstate New York and Western New York (digital converter box for TV display)
Pathway Houses of Rochester (TV)

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Vans, Vehicles, Auto Supplies
ABVI-Goodwill (delivery van to transport goods, tractor unit for tractor-trailer)
Action for a Better Community (vans)
Bridges for Brain Injury (vehicle/van with donated maintenance services)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (vans)
CDS Monarch (power washer for van)
The Community Place - Aging Services (vehicle in good condition: minivan, van, 4-passenger car)
Disciples for Christ Community Outreach (full-size bus or passenger van, work truck& trailers)
EquiCenter, Inc (2- or 4-horse Gooseneck trailer)
H.O.R.S.E. Rescue & Sanctuary (1/2-ton or 3/4-ton 4x4 pickup truck)
Pathway Houses of Rochester (van)
Rochester Greenovation (cargo vehicles, 30-ft telehandler)
St. Peter's Kitchen (commercial van for pickups)
Second Chance Bird Rescue (working van)
Somali Community in Western New York (12-15 passenger van)
Successful Pathways (minivan or passenger van)

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