• SPORTS EQUIPMENT - ESPECIALLY Soccer items from balls to cleats, old uniforms, etc.
• FOOD STAPLES (BASICS: Rice, Beans, Powdered Milk, Powdered Drink Mix, Salt, Lizano, Cooking Oil, Boxed Milk, Boxed Juice, Corn Flour, Sugar, Canned Tuna [they seem to like the Tico type with vegetables], Baby Formula, etc. Check out the CR Humanitarian Foundations Food Bank Needs).
APRIL
• Sports Equipment (fishing gear)
• Art/Creative Supplies, Crafts (craft projects for adult women - knitting, things to make Xmas ornaments, fabric for quilts (with backing)
MAY
• Sports Things (fishing gear)
• Tool/Paint/Building Supplies
JUNE
• Sports Things (fishing gear)
• Building Materials (especially that help them fix their homes up before the rains. Everything from aluminum nails, roofing materials, big tarps (they blue style ones or just LONG pieces of plastic), hammers, saws+++!!
• Things Geared towards Mothers for MOTHER'S DAY (Aug. 15) - Makeup, Bras & Women’s Underwear, combs, brushes, hair dye, old eyeglasses, hair clips, jewels, clothes
• SCHOOL SUPPLIES (I've heard it runs anywhere from $100-$180/year per child that a family MUST pay for for their children’s uniforms & school supplies. That's practically 1/2 a months salaries for many poor families!)
SEPTEMBER
• Clothes
• BEDDING - Blankets, Pillows, Sheets (especially Twins)
OCTOBER
• Shoes & Socks
• Clothes
• BEDDING - Blankets, Pillows, Sheets (especially Twins)
NOVEMBER
• TOYS - Stuff Animals
• Christmas ornaments
• Shoes & Socks
• BEDDING - Blankets, Pillows, Sheets (especially Twins)
DECEMBER
• CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
• PERSONAL HYGENE ITEMS
• HOUSEHOLD DECORATIVE ITEMS
• BUILDING MATERIALS (especially that help them fix their homes up before the rains. Everything from aluminum nails, roofing materials, big tarps [they blue style ones or just LONG pieces of plastic], hammers, saws+++!!
