How You Can Help - Specific Needs

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How You Can Help Our Homeless Veterans - Specific Needs

Imagine living in a shelter - what would you need? Clean, warm clothing, a blanket, gloves, and a backpack for starters. Now imagine being given a warm apartment without the means to outfit your new place. Our veterans need the same items we all use each day. The list of suggestions below is a start. Think of what you use from the time you wake up in the morning, throughout your day, until you fall asleep at night. Those same items will help our homeless veterans. Gently used items that you no longer use or that your family has outgrown make wonderful donations. For more ideas see our One Night of Hope wish list at target.com. Donations can be brought to the One Night of Hope Concert on February 19 at Shoreline Church-North Campus or email onenight@austin.rr.com to make other arrangements. All donors who include their name, phone number, address, list of items, and stated value will receive a letter of acknowledgement. You can include that information with your donation or email to onenight@austin.rr.com.

Monetary donations are also appreciated. Please make checks payable to ""CTVHCS"" (Central Texas Veterans Health Care System) and write "homeless"" in the memo section. You'll receive a letter acknowledging your gift.

These items should be new, sealed in packaging:
socks (all sizes)
underwear (mens, womens, childrens, all sizes)
athletic shoes (all sizes)
pillows
non-perishable food items:
canned goods: fruits, vegetables, soups
instant soup packets
hot cocoa/tea/instant coffee
tuna/vienna sausage/spam tins
peanut butter
instant cereal packets (oatmeal, cream of wheat )
Toiletries:
first aid kit
toothbrush/toothpaste/floss
razor and razor blades
shaving cream
shampoo
soap
deodorant
toilet paper
kleenex
baby wipes
Household items:
dish soap
sponges
paper towels
foil/plastic wrap/sandwich bags

These items can be new or clean and gently used:
jeans (all sizes)
sweatshirts and sweatpants (all sizes)
knit caps or wool caps
Shirts/pants/shorts/T-shirts (all sizes)
jackets (all sizes)
gloves
sheet sets/pillowcase
sleeping bags
blankets
backpacks (adult and children)
duffle bags
towels and wash cloths
alarm clocks
baking sheets/cake pans/roaster
pots and pans
dish set/coffee mugs
silverware
cooking utensils
dish towels/pot holders
playing cards
notebooks/pens/pencils
puzzle books: crossword, soduku, mazes, etc.
coloring books/crayons/paint with water
colored pencils/art supplies
toys (all ages)
books (baby to adult)

How Your Organization Can Help the Homeless Veterans of Central Texas

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The homeless veterans of Central Texas include males, females, and families with children. They need the items that we all use and take for granted each day.

Your organization can help by conducting a “Needs Drive.” Post the list of all needs or just choose a few.

Challenge your members to clean out their closets and donate gently used items that they no longer need. We all have something, perhaps books, clothing, or housewares, that we no longer use.

Or pick one item – for example: do a toothpaste or deodorant drive and challenge the members of your organization to donate 100 tubes of toothpaste or 100 tubes of deodorant.

One Night of Hope has a registry at www.target.com - challenge your organization to fill up the wish list.

Whichever you choose, you and your organization will be helping the veterans who have served our country and who now need our support. All donors who include their name, number, address, donation, and value of donated items will receive a letter of acknowledgement from the Central Texas Veterans Health Care Service. (You can include this with your donation or email to onenight@austin.rr.com.)

After your organization collects the items, either bring them to the One Night of Hope Concert at Shoreline Church-North Campus on February 19 or contact onenight@austin.rr.com to make other arrangements. The doors at Shoreline will open at 6:15. You’ll enjoy a free performance by the McCallum High School Knights of Steel while you drop off donations and meet members of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Thank you for your support of our veterans.