In-Kind Donations
A gift of hope can take many forms including resources and services that we use in our work advocating for kids. Every year, Voices benefits from the generosity of significant in-kind gifts of professional services, facilities, office supplies and children’s resources. Some of our ongoing needs are listed below.
For Our Kids
New, unwrapped gifts
Infants (0-12 months)
- Rattles and Teethers
- Busy balls
- Shape sorters
- Bath toys
- Baby piano, maracas, etc.
- Activity balls
- Squeeze toys that make noise
- Taggy toys
Toddlers (12-24 months)
- Bead maze
- Stacking rings
- Snap lock beads
- Shape sorters
- Work bench
- Simple puzzles
- Push toys/Pull toys
- See and Say
- Toy phone
- Toy camera
- Toolbox
- Busy gears
- Xylophone
- Large wooden blocks/stacking blocks
Pre-Schoolers (2-5 years)
- Musical instruments
- Matchbox cars
- Thomas the Tank Engine toys
- Dolls, especially African American
- Doll house
- GloDoodle
- Play food set
- Shake ‘N Go cars
- Puzzles
- Simple games (Memory, etc.)
- Play Doh
- Squinkies
School-Age (5-8 years)
- Flexeez
- Fuzzoodles
- Don’t Break the Ice
- Crayons and Markers
- Connect Four
- Operation
- Zhu Zhu pets
- Legos Hero Factory figures
- Lincoln Logs and Tinker Toys
- Hot Wheels
- Hexbugs
- Ben 10 action figures
- Dress-up/Pretend sets
- Uno
- Bongos
Pre-Teens (9-12 years)
- Twister
- Arts & Crafts supplies or sets
- Bop It!
- Sports equipment (kid- and full-size basketballs, footballs, etc.)
- Boys’ and girls’ watches
- Age-appropriate board games
- Jenga, Dominos
- Nerf N-Strike Blaster
- Simple digital keyboard
- Journals and pens
- Science kits
Teens (13-16 Years)
- Simple digital camera
- Simple MP3 player
- Simple digital keyboard
- Jewelry for girls (earrings, necklaces, charm bracelets)
- Watches for guys and girls
- Sports equipment (full-size basketballs, footballs, etc.)
- Alarm clocks with radio
- Arts & Crafts supplies or sets
- Journals and pens
- Board games/games (Backgammon, Mancala, Chess, etc.)
- Hip clothing
Older Youth (17-21 years)
- Gift cards:
- Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Itunes
- St. Louis Mills and St. Louis Galleria Malls
- Old Navy, American Eagle, Urban Outfitters, Norstrom Rack, TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Hollister, Gap
- AMC and St. Louis Cinema movie theaters
- Simple digital camera
- Simple MP3 player
- Simple digital keyboard
- Jewelry for girls (earrings, necklaces, charm bracelets)
- Watches for guys and girls
- Sports equipment (full-size basketballs, footballs, etc.)
- Alarm clocks with radio
Seasonal:
- New warm winter coats, hats, gloves, etc. for children of all ages
- New school supplies and back packs
- New holiday gifts
Throughout the Year:
- New books for children of all ages
- New clothes for children of all ages
- New home goods for youth moving into independent living
- New luggage
For the Office
- New computer equipment
- Printing services – for volunteer recruitment materials, identity materials (letterhead, business cards, etc.), events materials (invitations, programs, signage), etc.
- Advertising for CASA advocates – print, radio and TV ads
- Office supplies – especially 3” binders for CASA advocates to manage their cases, copy paper, print cartridges, etc.
Contact Laura Ragan at 314.552.2454 with questions or to arrange a donation.
Thank you. Voices for Children is a 501(c)3 nonprofit agency and all charitable gifts are tax deductible as allowed by law.
