The Children's Counseling Programs Wishlist:
Therapeutic games addressing the needs of 7-17 yr olds
Art supplies:
Easels
Paints
Paint brushes
Large Paper
Colored Paper
Creative art supplies/décor
Craft supplies
Anything else from glue, to glitter, to stencils, to scissors
Healthy snacks for our kids
Other Program Wishlists:
A group to clean grounds and assist in landscaping around the site that is The BRIDGE, just off Paradise Road in Modesto. Needed activities include disposal of old lumber and other discarded items, cutting down of weeds, and lawn mowing, etc.
$6000
($500/month, $125 per week) For 3-day supply
of fresh fruit for each group home child. (Required
by Title 22)
$4800
($400 per month) New Bedding & Towels for
our group homes (comforters, sheets, mattress
covers & pads, towels, etc.)
$2000
for new kitchen floor for a group home
$1000
for 14 new twin vinyl-covered mattresses for
the group homes
$600
for 10 cases of bottled water per month for
our Residential Homes
$500
Craft and Art Supplies for group homes, Outpatient
Counseling and non-public school
$300
for 6-weeks of family counseling sessions for
a family not covered by Medi-Cal or
private insurance
$250
for school clothes for a child in our group
homes
$200
for two children in our group home to participate
in little league football
$120
to buy a new book a month for a child in one
of our group homes
$100
to purchase a new holiday (Halloween, Christmas,
Easter) outfit for a child in our group homes
$75 - $125 for an infant swing for a baby in First Step.
$60
for four Music lessons for a Foster Child
$50
for children to go to batting cages
$40
for swimming lessons for one child
$25
Registration fees for basketball, soccer and
flag football leagues
$20
to rent a musical instrument for a Foster Child
for one month
$20
to provide a backpack and school supplies to
a child in a Sierra Vista program
$10
for a toy for children to play with in counseling
program waiting rooms
$1
-$5 Gift certificates to be used as incentives
for good performance in many of our programs
Beauty
supplies for teenage girls (keep ethnic diversity
in mind for purchases)
Gift
certificates for manicures and/or pedicures
- for teen girls in our group homes and moms
in our substance abuse recovery program
Child
Safety Lock kits to present to Parenting Class
participants
New
board games
New
books or used books in good condition for non-public
school libraries
Sensory
motor equipment like the large balls that a
child could roll on or squeeze balls, jump ropes,
etc
