.: Realities For Children :.

AGENCIES SERVED:

The children served by the members of Realities For Children are provided for through recognized ‘Affiliate Agencies’. Providing services through these specific agencies helps to insure that the children receiving assistance are abused and at-risk youth and that all other resources have been exhausted. Realities For Children currently assists the youth served by 12 Larimer County agencies and programs.

AGENCIES SERVED

Emergency Funding Provided to:

Fundraising Sponsorship Provided to:

In an effort to better serve abused and neglected children in Larimer County, Realities For Children will be compiling a ‘Wish List’ of items needed by our affiliate agencies and posting it on the Realities For Children website. Our goal is to get the community at large more actively involved in meeting the tangible needs of local youth agencies and the families and children they serve. Wish Lists may contain ‘agency needed’ items.

Every other week, the requests received will be posted on the Realities For Children website and emailed to the Members and supporters of Realities For Children. Donated items from the list will be collected at Realities For Children and then delivered to the appropriate agency. To protect the privacy of each agency and its clients, the wish list items will remain anonymous unless otherwise requested by an agency. It is our hope that getting the community to respond to the non-emergent needs of our at-risk youth will leave more funding available for the immediate emergency needs of local agencies, helping all of us to reach even further into the darkness of child abuse and neglect.

If you have any requests that you would like to add to the Realities For Children “Agency Wish List,” please email them to megan@realitiesforchildren.com. You may also call 970.484.9090 por bring your items by the Realities For Children Office, located at 1610 S. College Avenue in Fort Collins. Any new requests can be added at any time and will be removed when said items are fulfilled.

Office Supplies:
office supplies
markers
stamps
cleaning supplies
paper goods
plastic silverware
paper shredder
new computers
new pens, pencils, markers
file folders
hanging file folders

Child Supplies:
diapers
wipes
non soy formula
baby food
gift cards,
craft supplies
baby swing
Baby food
Formula
Pacifiers
Baby wipes
New clothing
Swimsuits
New Potty Training Chair/Seats
Finger paint
Tempera paint
Scraps of fabric
Waterpaint
Felt
Craft feathers
backpacks for school or day hiking

Items for Mothers:
New women's socks
New women's underwear
New women's bras
New cosmetics
Femine Hygeine

Items for Mentors:
Gift certificates to local grocery stores (to buy food for activities, trainings & meetings)
Passes to EPIC for ice-skating to take Partnerships there for an activity
Passes to rock climbing gym in town to take Partnerships there for an activity
Passes for bowling in town to take Partnerships there for an activity
Pizza gift cards for our Senior Partner training
Restaurant gift cards for our Partnership graduation
Avalanche, Nuggets & Eagles tickets to give out to Partnerships
Cases of soda, juice boxes, bottled water
Boxes of granola bars, crackers, fruit snacks, bags of chips, bags of cookies
Plates, napkins, plastic ware, cups
Books of stamps
Reams of copy paper
Financial donations
Digital camera & photo paper
Gift Cards
Department stores
Grocery stores
Automotive/Gas stations
Kid’s activities (Fit for Fun, Discovery Center, Fort Fun, etc.)
Theaters
Restaurants
Ice Cream Shops
$10 gift cards for youth activities
(Starbucks, McDonalds, Best Buy, etc)
gift cards for groceries (King Soopers, Wal-Mart)
toiletry items

Household Supplies
Household cleaning supplies (scrubbing bubbles, windex, furniture polish, bleach, etc.)
Towels, hand towels, washcloths
Dishwasher detergent
Laundry detergent
Paper towels
Toilet paper
Kleenex
New sponges
New mops
Brooms
Vacuum cleaners
Bedding
Easy Chairs
Lamps
Table and Chairs for Transition Apartment
Cooking Utensils
Plates/bowls
Glasses
Flatware
Twin bed set
plates
silverware
sofa or loveseat
dining table and chairs (at least two)
television
entertainment center
coffee table
end tables
Other
Polaroid film
Disposable cameras
Blank journals
DVD players
DVDs rated PG-13 or lower

Outdoor
2 adult bicycles
New outdoor play equipment
Lumber (for raised garden beds)
Gardening tools
Patio umbrella
Patio chairs
bike rack for bike parking
bike locks
bike helmets
bikes
Lawn Tools
Pruning Shears
Large/Sturdy Broom
Weed Whacker/Eater
Extension Ladder
self-storage unit
Gas Grill
Portable Basketball Hoop
Miscellaneous Sports Equipment
Car Transmission Work
2 adult men’s bikes
2 adult women’s bikes