If you are interested in providing any of the wish list items below, please contact Suzy Twohig at stwohig@morino.org or 202-263-4795. You may also contact the organization directly via the links below. Click here for more information on all of VPP’s investment partners.
ASIAN AMERICAN LEAD provides a bridge between Asian and American cultures for Asian-American youth through after-school programs, leadership training, mentorships, and family-support services.
[ ] File cabinet: HON (manufacturer) 42" wide lateral files 4 file drawers
[ ] File cabinet: HON (manufacturer) 25" deep suspension files 4 drawers (2)
[ ] Voice-conference telephone (Sound Station)
[ ] Window Washer software
[ ] Electric lawn mower
[ ] 10 Computer monitor filters
[ ] 10 Office chairs (healthy back/comfortable chairs for staff)
[ ] 2 Portable easels
[ ] Laptop projector for presentations
[ ] Industrial vacuum cleaner
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON provides after-school academic enrichment and athletic activities for 35,000 children annually throughout the region.
[ ] 60 Winter coats (sizes 7-14)
[ ] 30 Sweaters (male and female sizes 7- 2x)
[ ] 100 $25 Gift cards to Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy
[ ] 50 African American Cabbage Patch Dolls
[ ] 500 Hat and scarf sets
[ ] 250 Pair gloves (sizes 7-Adult)
[ ] 10 Laptop computers
[ ] 60 Used PC's for kids to take home
CENTER FOR MULTICULTURAL HUMAN SERVICES offers a broad range of mental health, educational, consulting, training, and social services in 27 languages to refugees and immigrants in Northern Virginia.
[ ] Gift certificates to supermarkets, department stores, Goodwill, or stores selling eyeglasses
[ ] Children’s books
[ ] Dictionaries (English and English/Spanish)
[ ] Backpacks for kids
[ ] Boxes of crayons, colored pencils, and clay
[ ] Bus tokens
[ ] Phone cards for clients to call their families in home countries
[ ] Computers
CENTRONIA provides child and youth development and family programming in a state-of-the art community education facility in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC.
[ ] 15 PC's
[ ] 2 Small refrigerators
[ ] 5 Printers
[ ] 3 Digital cameras
[ ] 250 Chairs
[ ] Cafeteria tables
[ ] 12 Conference tables
[ ] 5 Easels
[ ] 1 Laptop
CHILD AND FAMILY NETWORK CENTERS provides free and fully accredited preschool education as well as family support, literacy, job training, and health programs to families in Alexandria, Virginia.
[ ] Small TV/VCR/DVD combo
[ ] 1/2-size Refrigerator (to hold vaccines, PPD's and some medications, as needed)
[ ] 172 Children’s books in Spanish
[ ] Gift Cards for Target or Toys R Us (to buy classroom supplies)
[ ] Computers for our classrooms (call for specifications)
[ ] 172 Children’s books with tapes
[ ] Baby dolls and baby doll clothes
[ ] Real tools (small hammer, pliers, Phillips and flat head screw drivers, tape measure)
[ ] Playground equipment
[ ] 2 Colorful growth charts, one for in-office posting, and one portable to take to various classroom sites
HEADS UP runs after-school and summer education and enrichment programs for children living in the most under-resourced parts of Washington, DC.
[ ] Coats for approximately 50 children, all sizes
[ ] 5-10 Holiday dinners for families in need this season
[ ] Journals for each student (850)
[ ] AA Batteries (for the new CD players we just distributed with CharityWorks)
[ ] Educational audio CDs (again for the new CD players)
[ ] 10 Laptops with wireless Internet access capability for office
[ ] New conference room furniture (chairs especially!) for office
[ ] File cabinets for office
[ ] Donated retreat and training space for Heads Up full-time staff's professional development
LATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER provides academic assistance, employment, and wraparound services for low-income and at-risk youth.
[ ] Holiday gift baskets for teen mothers (includes toys, diapers, clothes) etc. (need as many as they can get)
[ ] Purchase of one semester of books (winter/spring) for a LAYC college student (about $500 per student per semester.)
[ ] We have several Youthbuild graduates who can get construction jobs but they are in the suburbs and they have no way of getting there - so the request is for a used car(s) that students can have which would enable them to get to their job site
[ ] LAYC has 12 homeless boys and boys aging out of foster care in our two residential houses - the request is for winter boots and jackets for each of these boys
[ ] LAYC has youth who want to attend summer sports camps - such as the Triple A Baseball
Camp (about $300 per summer registration).
[ ] Support one LAYC AMERICORP member for 1,700 hours of in-school educational enrichment support at one of three elementary schools ($1,500 per corps member).
[ ] Art supplies for the art and media house winter semester (50 kids at $20 per supplies for a total of $1,000).
[ ] 8 Laptop computers for 8 LAYC seniors in our Upward Bound Program who are headed to college next year.
[ ] Eye exams and glasses for approximately 100 elementary age students
[ ] Renovate the basement and install bathroom at one of the LAYC residential sites for homeless boys: LAYC needs a second bathroom in that building to accommodate the need of all of the youth residents living in the facility.
MARY’S CENTER FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH is a comprehensive community health organization provides health, social, and educational services to underserved families in Washington, DC.
[ ] 35 Educational toys
[ ] 30 Winter coats
[ ] 30 Gloves, hats, scarves
[ ] 10 Infant snow suits
[ ] 1 High chair
[ ] 5 Booster seats (for eating, not car)
[ ] 5 Exersaucers
[ ] Four families need holiday meal baskets (turkey/ham or whatever and fixings)
[ ] 6 Bouncy seats
[ ] 10x12 (or smaller) Mat or rug
SEE FOREVER FOUNDATION runs the innovative Maya Angelou Public Charter School, helping at-risk and court-involved teens realize their dreams of enrolling in college or embarking on a career.
[ ] 5 Smartboards (these are the ‘portable’ screens that you can project and use more or less as a computer) for classes see www.smarttech.com: we could help w/ specs (5)
[ ] 10-20 Desktop computers to help us upgrade technology infrastructure (we could provide specs)
[ ] New cafeteria furniture for Shaw: 10-15 tables, 100 chairs
[ ] 250 (students/staff) Maya Angelou/SF sweatshirts, baseball caps, or book bags – we could provide graphics/design: these run about $10-15/person
[ ] 190 Basic calculators
[ ] 5-10 Portable CD players to give to students for high achievement
[ ] 5-10 Ipod-types for same purpose
[ ] 5 Bicycles for same purpose
[ ] Fund overnight school-wide skiing trip in January (approx $30/person x 200 student/staff) = $6,000
