Your gently used household items can support a neighbor in need with the essentials necessary to turn a place into a home.
FURNITURE DONATIONS NEEDED at THE EXCHANGE in LA CROSSE
October 16, 2025
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COATS FOR KIDS
September 22, 2025
We are thrilled to be a collection site for this year’s COATS FOR KIDS!!
We will be collecting new and gently used winter coats, snow pants, mittens, hats, snow boots, and scarfs. Please bring your donations to our studio in Sparta (2409 S. Black River St.), before October 27th. Our offices are open Monday-Thursday 8:30am-4pm; and Friday 8:30am-3:00pm.
Thank you for blessing the children!!
Financial contributions to purchase outdoor winter apparel items are also needed. Charitable contribution receipts for tax purposes are available if donations are sent to Coats for Kids, PO Box 802, Tomah WI 54660, or if they are brought in person to Lighthouse Assembly of God, 762 West Clifton, Tomah.
Distribution of winter gear will be at Lighthouse Assembly of God, 762 W. Clifton Street in Tomah, and is scheduled for Friday, October 31st from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM and Saturday, November 1st from 10:00 AM to 12 noon. Distribution will be on a first come basis. NO appointment necessary.
A limit of one of each different type of outdoor winter apparel item per person in attendance is in effect. No items will be available prior to distribution start.
Family Promise, Sparta
April 23, 2025
As warm weather approaches the needs shift for the families that they serve. Consider donating some much needed items:
Bug Spray, Sunscreen, Toilet Paper, Glass Cleaner, Paper Towels
You can also visit their Amazon wish list at: Family Promise of the Great Rivers
Thank you for your support!!
Be a Food Bank Hero!
April 18, 2025
Stanley Correctional Institution
October 14, 2024
Volunteers Needed for Spanish Speaking Inmates
We are in need of a volunteer(s) for our Spanish Speaking inmates at Stanley Correctional Institution. We have a growing group of men, some with limited English proficiency. We are looking for people who have a heart to share the gospel message through Bible Study, Pastoral Visits, or Services for this population. Schedules are flexible to the volunteers availability.
For more information please email: amber.purdun@wisconsin.gov or Cheryl.Webster@wisconsin.gov
Adult and Teen Challenge
February 24, 2022
You can MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Shop this Amazon wish list for Adult and Teen Challenge. Click Here
- Coffee (pre-ground or whole bean)
- Individually wrapped snacks/treats
- Art and Craft supplies
- Tampons/pads
- Journals
- Notebooks/ loose leaf paper
- Pens/ Pencils/ Highlighters
- Batteries
- NLT Recovery Bibles
- Coffee shop/ fast food gift cards (to bless our clients)
- Toilet paper
- Stamps
- Copy paper
- 55 gallon garbage bags
- Gallon freezer ziplock bags
- Picnic Tables
- Patio Furniture
- Small Ice machine
- 2 Laptops
- iPad
These items go directly to the residents to use and are shipped directly to the center when using the link above. Thank you for helping change lives!
Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Gifts (Year-Round!)
November 24, 2021
National Collection Week isn’t here yet, but you don’t have to wait to donate! Operation Christmas Child accepts shoebox gifts at their headquarters year-round! They can be mailed to Samaritan’s Purse, 801 Bamboo Road, Boone, NC, 28607. Many churches, families, and groups collect items monthly. It’s good for each shoebox to contain at least one “wow” item, such as a doll or soccer ball, as well as other fun toys, hygiene items, and school supplies. If you make your own year-round packing list, be sure to include a mixture of these items, as well as one month for collecting the suggested $9 per box donation. Here are suggestions of monthly items for those who would like to pack year-round:
- January – Hats, Gloves & Scarves
- February – Dental Hygiene Items
- March – Quality Crafts
- April – Stuffed Animals
- May – Hygiene items
- June – Toys
- July – Clothing Items
- August – School Supplies
- September – Games
- October – Letter & Photo
- November – $9 Donation
- December – Prayer
Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international relief organization. Their mission is to provide local partners around the world with shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene items, and school supplies as a means of reaching out to children in their own communities with the Good News of Jesus Christ. Operation Christmas Child ships these simple gifts outside the United States to children affected by war, poverty, natural disaster, famine, and disease; and to children living on Native American reservations in the U.S.
To learn more, please visit:
www.samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child
www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/frequently-asked-questions
Operation Christmas Child – Volunteers Needed!
October 27, 2021
Volunteers Needed in Illinois
We praise God that millions of Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts are currently being packed all across the country! After National Collection Week, Nov. 15-22, they will be sent to eight U.S. processing centers for inspection before being shipped around the world to children in need.
This mammoth task requires thousands of volunteers in late November and December. Will you be one of them? There is an urgent need for more volunteers at Operation Christmas Child’s Aurora, Illinois location. You can come individually or bring a busload from your church or community. Either way, you’ll play an integral role in bringing great joy and the Good News of Jesus Christ to millions of boys and girls!
Aurora Processing Center
800 N. Commerce Street
Aurora, IL 60504
Volunteering is great fun, but the Operation Christmas Child team takes your health and safety seriously. All local COVID-19 guidelines are followed at each processing location.
Don’t delay. Volunteer today
Hope Gospel Mission-Eau Claire
July 29, 2021
You can MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Hope Gospel Mission is running short on some needed items…
- Men’s and women’s underwear– all sizes
- Men’s Deodorant
- Razors
- Shaving Cream
- 3-in-1 bodywash/shampoo/conditioner
- Feminine hygiene products
- Brushes
- Hairspray
- Bleach
These items go directly to the residents to use. You can drop donations off at the Hope Gospel Missions office at 2650 Mercantile Drive Eau Claire, WI 54703. Thank you for helping change lives!
