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Urban Ministries
1548 Eighth Street
P.O. Box 41125
Des Moines, IA 50311
(515) 282-3242
Email info@cfum.org
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. | ||||||||
Summer program needs
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