Our current needs to sustain the Warm Up Center and Overnight Shelter are listed below. Please drop off donations at the American Legion Hall at 3620 SW Alaska Street between 7 – 11 am or 6 – 9 pm. You can also view items on the shelter’s Amazon wish list, and either ship them through Amazon or buy them elsewhere and bring them to the shelter.
(A note about clothing donations: We appreciate them very much! What our clients need is clothing useful for adults living outside: sweats, jeans, socks, underwear, jackets. We cannot use items like children’s clothing, dress shirts, dresses, etc. Please take those items to West Seattle Clothesline.)
Ongoing Needs: Food Pantry
- Ground coffee (please, no whole bean coffee or Keurig pods. Folgers 3# cans are great!)
- Bulk oatmeal
- Powdered coffee creamer (like Coffeemate)
- Instant hot cocoa mix (for use with hot water)
- Sugar in five- or ten-pound bags
- Bread that fits in a toaster
- Eggs
- Pancake syrup
- Butter
- Milk
- Peanut butter
- Potatoes
- Grocery store gift cards so we can buy milk, eggs, butter, fruit. Our closest stores are Whole Foods, QFC, and Safeway.
- Ketchup (20 oz. bottle or smaller)
- Fresh or frozen veggies and fruit
- Vegetable oil for cooking
Other Ongoing Needs
- 12-ounce hot paper cups (no lids, please)
- 20-ounce paper bowls
- 10-inch paper plates (Dixie Ultra is good)
- Heavy-duty plastic cutlery
- Paper towels and napkins
- Disinfectant wipes and spray cleaner
- Stocking caps
- Winter gloves
- Medium and heavy weight winter coats/rain jackets
- Sweatpants for both men and women (larger sizes for men, smaller for women)
- Women’s sports bras
- Pants for both men and women (jeans or other material good for outdoors–no dress slacks, please)
- Sweatshirts, regular and hooded
- Study shoes and boots for both men and women
- Toothbrushes and toothpaste, dental floss
- Hand sanitizer
- Men’s and women’s underwear (new in the package, please)
- Laundry detergent pods
- Dawn dishwashing liquid
- Swiffer WetJet cleaner solution refill
- Disposable WetJet refill pads for Swiffer WetJet mop
- Aluminum foil 18-inch width
- Twin-size blankets (please no larger sizes, sleeping bags, or puffy comforters; must be easy to wash)
Ongoing Needs: Health
- Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen, Aspirin
- Cold medicine (day and night capsules)
- Pepto Bismol tablets
- Loperamide (Imodium )
- Ranitidine (Zantac)
- Nitrile gloves (small, medium, large)
- Non-stick gauze pads (large)
- Gauze rolls (2”, 4”)
- Adhesive bandages (Band-Aids)
- Ace wraps (Velcro style)
- Silicone square bandages (2”, 4”)
- Xeroform petroleum dressings
- Silvadene cream
- Triple antibiotic ointment packets
We also need a large-capacity washer and dryer stackable set!
If you have something you’re thinking of donating that is not on this list, please contact Keith Hughes first at Keith@wsnshelter.org.