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Children and Family
Urban Ministries

1548 Eighth Street
P.O. Box 41125
Des Moines, IA 50311
 
(515) 282-3242
 
Email info@cfum.org
 
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Immediate Needs at Children and Family Urban Ministries
 
Need     Details     Date Needed    

Gifts in Kind Spiral Notebooks, Markers, Colored Pencils,& Filler Paper
Supplies are needed for the after school program. Spiral notebooks and filler paper(70 pages-wide lined). Any markers and colored pencils.

Volunteering
The CFUM Easter Party is on March 27th. Volunteers are asked to be here from 12pm-4pm. During this time there will be an Easter program, crafts, and an Easter egg hunt. 50 dozen cookies are needed for this time.

Gifts in Kind Juice Needed
We are in need of juice for Haven & other mentoring programs. This would include juice boxes and 2qt. bottles of any flavor of juice.

Gifts in Kind Mechanical Pencils for Power Hour

Gifts in Kind Games for Children Grades 6-8
For The Haven after-school and all-day programs. Desired games: Apples to Apples, Balderdash, Set, MasterMind, Kadoo, Cranium, K-Nex, Dominoes, Yahtzee, DVD Computer Games, durable Chess Sets (no glass please).

Gifts in Kind Games for Children K-5
For The Haven after-school and all day programming. Desired games: Go Uno, Pick-up Sticks, Marble Works, Connect Four, Stacking Cups with Timer, Apples to Apples, DVD Computer Games.

Gifts in Kind Lip Balm and Kleenex
We are in need of lip balm, chapstick, and tissues for children in our program.

Gifts in Kind Roaster Oven
Electric Roaster Oven

Gifts In-Kind Special Breakfast Club Food Items
We are in need of breakfast items - taquitos, bacon, sausage, waffles, and syrup, granola bars as well as juice and fresh fruit.

Volunteering CFUM Librarian
CFUM has more than 1500 books in the childrens\\\' library. Please contact Curtis Brobst (curtis@cfum.org) if you would like to keep CFUM\\\'s library organized.

Gifts in Kind Backyard Boyz After School Snack\'s
The Backyard Boyz, after participating in a nutrition scavenger hunt at a local grocery store, are looking for healthier after school snacks. Donors are needed to restore the BYBz snack pantry with snack bars with food value, peanut butter, crackers, etc

Volunteering The Breakfast Club
Volunteers are needed 6:30 - 8:20 a.m. Assistance is needed Monday - Friday to serve breakfast and interact with children.

Volunteering The Haven
Volunteers are needed 3:00-5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday throughout the school year. Play with children and assist with reading, homework and computer learning.

Volunteering Tutors
Volunteers to help children with reading, math, writing & computer skills in the afternoons during The Haven from 4:00 - 4:30 Mon. through Thurs. throughout the school year. Contact Janelle at janelle@cfum.org or 515-710-5964

Gifts In Kind
Adult Gloves

Gift in Kind Boom Box

Gifts in Kind Recreational Equipment
Indoor and outdoor recess items. Basketballs, four-square balls, hula hoops, Ribbon Poi, ping pong balls and paddles, footballs, soccer balls (junior and full-size), bocce ball set.

Gifts In Kind Magazine Subscriptions
New Moon, Junior National Geographic, Muse, Click, Spider, Dig, or Cicada

Gifts In Kind Quarters for Raymond Day

Gifts in Kind Art Supplies
Craft project kits (instructions and supplies for 40-50 children of various ages). New markers, glue sticks and drawing paper are needed throughout the year.

Gifts In-Kind Books for Power Hour
New or gently used books are needed for Power Hour, which is held two mornings a month during Breakfast Club. Children (K-8) read and get to take a book home. Books for younger elementary grades are greatest need.

Gifts in Kind Incentives Gifts (Power Peso Store)
Incentive gifts for children in grades K-8 to reward academic efforts. Ideas include personal care products (hairbrushes, combs, lotions, lip gloss, manicure sets, Axe body spray, etc.), sports equipment, Lego theme sets, Geo Safari, and transformers.

Gifts in Kind 35 mm Film
35mm film is needed for program activities.

 
 
 
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