After School Program (K-6th grade)

  • School Supply Boxes (plastic with lids)
  • Backpacks
  • Pencil sharpeners
  • Colored pencils
  • Washable markers - usually 10pk
  • Erasers (‘pink pearl’ type)
  • Children’s scissors (Fisker brand - 5”, either blunt tip or pointed and 7”)
  • Protractors
  • New clothing
  • New or used digital camera

Youth Program (Middle School and High School)

  • Scientific calculators
  • USB/flash drives
  • Composition books, especially college ruled
  • Gift Cards (Fred Meyer or Target - $20 -$25 each)
  • Movie passes (Regal or AMC)
  • 3 Ring Binders: 1 ½ inch, 2 in, 3 in
  • Colored 2-pocket folders (that fit into three ring binders)
  • Pencil pouches (that fit into three ring binders)
  • Dividers (that fit into three ring binders)
  • College ruled paper
  • Spiral notebooks

Families

  • Gift Cards (Fred Meyer or Target - $20 -$25 each)
  • New blankets
  • Emergency Kits (flash lights, batteries, whistle, moist toilettes, duct tape, fire extinguisher)
  • First aid kits
  • Portable USB Drives

Other

  • Printing services
  • Video Production

Items we do NOT accept

  • Food – please donate to Northwest Harvest which provides food to our families during the holiday season
  • Computers, computer equipment, faxes, or other electronics
  • Toys – our families are served through the Forgotten Children’s Fund for toys ensuring each child receives a comparable gift especially selected for them each holiday season.

Please know that we are always especially grateful for cash donations which help us run our award-winning programs all year as well as purchase items for our families. Click here to make a donation online or mail your gift to PO Box 66958, Burien, WA 98166.

For more information or to make a donation, please contact Deandra Hee at deandrah@newfutures.org or (206) 248-9647.

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A bike was recently donated to New Futures and staff had an essay contest to choose which child would be given the bike. The winner was Consuela, who was ecstatic to receive the bike.

When Consuela first enrolled in our After School Program, she was below standards in seven of eight measurements. Today, she is reading above her fourth grade level. Her oral reading is at an 8th grade level!

Receiving a bike made Consuela’s day. But the progress she makes in our after-school program – paid for through donations from individuals like you – will make a lasting difference in her life.

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