The News-Sentinel again invites you to help with our Holiday Wish List project, to make the season and coming year a little brighter for local nonprofit organizations and the people they serve.

The organizations were asked to suggest one larger item and three smaller ones they would most like to receive as donations. You'll also find a brief description of the organization's purpose and the name of a staff member to contact about making a donation or for more information.

Happy holidays!

1. 16-inch tricycle or Little Tykes riding toys

2. Small size trampoline

3. Educational/computer games for ages 2-10

4. Gift cards to United Art and Education or Sensory Critters

Purpose: To provide individualized service for children diagnosed with autism and other learning, communication or developmental delays between ages 2-10.

Contact: Dewayna Watts, 450-2134.

1. Flag (5 feet-by-8 feet poly)

2. Coffee maker (24- to 30-cup capacity)

Purpose: To promote independence, dignity and advocacy for all older adults and persons with disabilities.

Contact: Barb Coon, 745-1200.

1. Nonperishable food items

2. Gas cards

Purpose: To help improve the lives of those with HIV and AIDS and to educate the community in prevention of HIV.

Contact: Jeremy Brames, 744-1144.

1. Small dormitory-type refrigerator

2. Underwriting for driver uniforms

3. Copier paper (8 1/2 by 11 inches, 8 1/2 by 14 inches, and 11 by 17 inches)

4. Leaf or snow blowers

Purpose: To provide services to anyone 60 and older living in Allen County so they can remain independent and living in their homes. Services include transportation, home assistance, TeleCare and more.

Contact: Jenni Showalter, 426-0060.

1. Gift cards for home-improvement stores

2. 18-inch rotary paper cutter

3. Kongs for dogs

4. 50-gallon gas hot water heater

Purpose: To provide a limited-admission shelter and adoption center for stray and owner-surrendered cats and dogs, and to provide community education programs.

Contact: Jill Borkenstein, 744-0454.

1. New convertible child car seats

2. Miscellaneous baby items (wipes, lotion, shampoo, powder)

3. Canned food

4. Cereal

Purpose: Consisting of 125 Christian congregations, which reach out to touch the community through ministries (A Baby's Closet, food bank) of love, justice and mercy.

Contact: 422-3528, Ext. 101.

1. Office Depot gift cards

2. Stamps

3. Ink cartridges

4. 5-pound postal scale

Purpose: To coordinate cultural and entertainment resources of the community to benefit residents in nursing homes, assisted-living homes and subsidized senior apartment complexes.

Contact: Lillian C. Embick, 424-1064.

1. Sleeping bags

2. Blankets

3. Coats (large, XL, 2X, 3X)

Purpose: To offer a daytime drop-in shelter for homeless men and women.

Contact: Dottie Carpenter, 705-1690.

1. GPS systems

2. Gas cards

3. Event/activity tickets

4. Fast food vouchers

Purpose: To help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with measurable impact.

Contact: Shelley Schwab, 456-1600.

1. Wii Fit

2. Digital camera

3. CD player

4. Batteries

Purpose: To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

Contact: Kristy Burns, 744-0998.

1. Used washers and dryers

2. Used televisions/VCRs

3. Used furniture in good condition

4. Used VHS tapes, DVDs or music CDs

Purpose: To serve adults who needs long-term care or residential services.

Contact: Carrie Boedeker, 637-3166, Ext. 271.

1. Eliminator squirrel-proof bird feeder from Wild Birds Unlimited ($104.99)

2. Eco Tough Classic Too Bird Feeder from Wild Birds Unlimited ($49)

3. Large hummingbird feeder from Wild Birds Unlimited ($25.99)

4. Bird Seed and hummingbird feed from Wild Birds Unlimited ($30)

Purpose: To stimulate campers' interest in the birds that reside on the camp's 57 acres. Camp Red Cedar is dedicated to assisting people with and without disabilities in improving their lives in the direction of their choosing through a variety of recreational activities and experiences.

Contact: Carrie Perry, 637-3608.

1. Heavy-duty hand truck

2. Garbage disposal

3. Plants and shrubs

4. Wig shampoo and head forms

Purpose: To provide resources, education and support to people with cancer, to their families and to the community.

Contact: Cheryl Dafforn, 484-9560.

1. Hygiene products

2. Paper products and cleaning supplies

3. Diapers and baby wipes

4. Towels

Purpose: To improve the quality of life for individuals, families and the community.

Contact: Theresa Teders, 422-5625, Ext. 264.

1. Small kitchen table and chairs

2. Wall-mounted CD player

3. Computer speakers

4. Infant swings

Purpose: To provide education, support and advocacy to end domestic and other forms of violence while modeling equality and power sharing.

Contact: Dawn Witte, 456-4112.

1. Snow blower

2. Microwave

3. CD boom box

4. Office Depot gift card

Purpose: To serve women and children in a homeless crisis.

Contact: Candace Moore, 426-8123.

1. Fax machine

2. Two calculators

3. Paper cutter

Purpose: To help communities, families and individuals remove the causes and conditions of poverty.

Contact: Kim Myers, 399-4106.

1. Turkeys

2. Monetary donations

3. Holiday food

4. Rice

Purpose: To alleviate hunger in northeast Indiana through the full use of donated food and other resources.

Contact: Rebecca Aurand, 456-5289, Ext. 324.

1. TV with built-in DVD player

2. Portable CD players with headphones

3. Hand-held electronic games

4. Soft, stuffed animals without beans, button eyes or noses

Purpose: To serve severely emotionally troubled children, ages 6 and older, by providing therapy, education and family-support services.

Contact: Amanda Brunson, 484-4153, Ext. 2002.

1. 15-passenger van

2. Paper cups

3. Copy paper

4. Sports equipment

Purpose: To provide quality resources for children, families and community to promote personal, social and educational development to east Allen County residents.

Contact: Sharon Wilson, 749-9516.

1. Inflatable air mattress

2. Large key computer keyboards

3. A deep-cleaning carpet cleaner

Purpose: To create solutions that change the lives of adults and children with disabilities or other special needs, and their families.

Contact: Tony Belton, 469-2777.

1. Digital camera

2. Gift cards (movies, Hobby Lobby, Gordon's, Walmart)

3. Styrofoam plates, cups; plastic spoons, forks

4. Tea light candles and copy paper

Purpose: To provide peer support services to children, teens and their families who have suffered the death of a loved one.

Contact: Katie Burns, 423-2466.

1. Four-drawer locking file cabinets

2. Tempera paints

3. Two bags of play sand

4. Coloring books and crayons

Purpose: To promote and develop healthy relationships in individuals, families and communities so they are empowered to make positive life choices.

Contact: Sharon L. Dunn, 744-4326.

1. Industrial paper shredder

2. Vacuum cleaners

3. Electric typewriter

4. Heavy-duty metal shelving for storage unit

Purpose: To promote equity and opportunity for all women and their families.

Contact: Patti Van Leuven, 424-7977.

1. Towels and washcloths

2. Sheets and pillowcases

3. Blankets

4. Dish towels and cloths

Purpose: To assist men recovering from alcohol and drug addiction to become sober and responsible members of society.

Contact: Dan Bushee, 456-8097.

1. Digital photocopy machine

2. CD player

3. Two cases copy paper (Hammermill)

4. Norton Internet Security 2010

Purpose: To empower children and their families by instilling Christian values that will enable them to attain excellence in education, develop healthy relationships and spiritual strength.

Contact: Rosa Chapman, 615-0384.

1. Working forklift

2. Used or new postage stamps

3. Medicine and medical supplies

4. Working adult bikes

Purpose: To provide opportunities for low-income folks to help themselves through employment training, marketing handicrafts and encouraging volunteers to assist the poor.

Contact: Marian Waltz, 422-6821.

1. Digital camera

2. Craft/scrapbooking/art supplies

3. Floor and countertop displays

4. USB flash drives

Purpose: To build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.

Contact: Heather Barth, 422-3417, Ext. 107.

1. $20 gas cards for volunteer drivers

2. Personal-hygiene products

3. Holiday art projects from elementary students

3. Monetary donations

Purpose: To deliver nutritionally balanced meals by volunteer drivers to homebound clients who are unable to prepare their own meals.

Contact: Judith Gregg, 422-3296.

1. VCR/DVD player combo

2. DVD player

3. Gift cards

4. Bus passes

Purpose: Bringing hope and encouragement with Christlike love to emotionally hurting people.

Contact: Betty Kahlenbeck, 750-5070.

1. Microwave

2. Youth twin-size bedding

3. Journals or composition notebooks

4. Men's tube socks (size 10-13 white)

Purpose: To bring hope to a generation at risk through prevention, intervention and after-care services to children and families in crisis.

Contact: Mike Martin, 745-3322.

1. Large, mountable dry-erase board

2. Dixon Ticonderoga No. 2 pencils

3. Radio Shack 10-key timer

4. American Heritage dictionaries


Purpose: To end illiteracy with adult-education programs that help individuals succeed at work, at home and in the community.


Contact: Brian Schlichtenmyer, 426-7323.

1. 10-foot-by-10-foot EZ Up Canopy

2. Hand truck dolly

3. Folding file cart (a crate on wheels with a pull-up handle)

4. Flash drives

Purpose: To improve the health of babies by preventing premature births, birth defects and infant mortality.

Contact: Kristi Geiger, 482-4201.

1. White copier paper

2. Adult toothbrushes

3. Hand sanitizer

4. Dental floss

Purpose: To provide medical, dental and vision care services for low-income, uninsured residents of Allen County.

Contact: Nancy Schenkel, 426-3250, Ext. 218.

1. Multiple 8 GB flash drives

2. Child-size chef-style apron

3. 11-inch large nonmylar party balloons

4. Knitted uterus model (item 79802 at www.healthedco.com)

Purpose: To provide vital, effective, preventive health education that promotes physical, emotional and social well-being.

Contact: Linda Hathaway, 456-4511.

1. New, adult-size sweat shirts and pants (large-XXL)

2. Toiletries

3. Hats and gloves (adult-size)

Purpose: To bring the joy of the holiday season to individuals living with mental illness or developmental disabilities.

Contact: Jane Dawkins, 422-6441.

1. Paper cutter

2. Case of white copy paper

3. Reams of pastel- and bright-colored paper

4. Reams of legal-size white paper

Purpose: To conquer neuromuscular diseases.

Contact: Ashley Stoneburner, 486-6698.

1. Magazine subscriptions

2. Portable TV-DVD player combo

3. Children's stickers

4. Electronic thermometers

Purpose: To provide primary medical, dental and WIC services to those who face barriers to accessing these services through traditional health systems.

Contact: Mary S. Haupert, 458-2644.

1. $150 to underwrite Adopt-A-Listener

2. $50 to purchase SCA radios

3. Gift certificates for volunteers

4. Volunteer supplies (individually wrapped candies or lozenges, ground coffee, instant tea)

Purpose: Free 24/7 audio access to printed information for people with visual, physical, learning or language challenges, which helps to inform and reduce isolation.

Contact: Lisa Bordner, 421-1375.

1. Blankets

2. Winter hats

3. Gloves, mittens

4. Winter scarves

Purpose: To serve those in need in Allen, Adams and Wells counties.

Contact: Carol Vinnedge, 482-9125, Ext. 2220.

1. Copier with printing and scanning capabilities

2. Volunteer to change the lightbulbs

3. 4 boxes of highlighters

4. Self-adhesive prong fasteners

Purpose: To offer quality, affordable reproductive health services and is dedicated to bringing comprehensive, medically accurate sexuality education to the state of Indiana.

Contact: Theresa Browning, 1-317-637-4301.

1. Plastic bags (big ones that newspapers are delivered in)

2. 16-ounce Styrofoam cups and matching lids (for soup)

3. Monetary donations

Purpose: To feed 100-plus hungry families daily.

Contact: Kenneth Luegring, 423-6326.

1. Hams

2. Rice

3. Pasta

4. No. 10 cans of any vegetable

Purpose: To provide nourishing meals seven days a week to the needy.

Contact: Jan Kortenber, 424-8231.

1. Grocery store gift cards

2. Heater for waiting area

Purpose: To serve residents nonperishable food items once a month.

Contact: Rodger Rang, 456-4868.

1. Blankets, sheets, towels, washcloths

2. Bed frames (all sizes)

3. Warm coats, gloves, scarves

4. Food baskets

Purpose: To help the poor and needy to keep warm.

Contact: Steve App, 456-3561.

1. Cribs or Pack-n-Play

2. Diapers (all sizes)

3. Baby gates and safety locks

4. Cleaning and paper products

Purpose: To work with families to help them be safe, healthy and secure.

Contact: Lynn Noneman, 421-5002, Ext. 2237.

1. Laminator

2. Monetary donations

3. Motivational posters

4. Dry-erase boards and markers

Purpose: To offer one-on-one, research-based, individualized services to children who struggle academically.

Contact: Jeanne Widdicombe, 637-0144.

1. 8-foot plastic tables

2. Foam divided plates

3. Plastic silverware

4. 12-ounce plastic cups

Purpose: To enhance the lives of people with physical disabilities and their families.

Contact: Beth Moody, 483-2100.

1. Clothing store gift cards

2. Alarm clocks

3. Child underwear and socks (all sizes)

4. Laundry baskets

Purpose: To provide shelter, supportive services and affordable housing for homeless families with children as they move from shelters to permanent housing and jobs.

Contact: Carla Kilgore, 456-4172, Ext. 230.

1. Portable scanner

2. Bus passes

3. Toasters, pots and pans, tool kits

4. Duffel bags and suit cases

Purpose: To strengthen families by embracing the diversity and dignity of everyone.

Contact: Marlene McKinney, 423-6676.

1. Baby monitors

2. Baby wipes

3. Electric razors

4. Stationery

Purpose: To provide hospice care in the patient's home, in a nursing home or in the hospice home.

Contact: Kris Rajchel, 435-3222.

1. Nonperishable food and personal-hygiene items

2. Powdered milk

3. Microwave

Purpose: To serve those who reside in the core of Fort Wayne through its food bank, youth services and older adult programs.

Contact: Frank Zirille, 422-6618.

1. New child car seat

2. Diapers

3. Walmart grocery gift cards

4. New towels and washcloths

Purpose: To develop independent life skills that lead to self-sufficient families.

Contact: Marty Kocks-Hamrick, 745-9431.