The Morning Warm Up Center is open from 7 to 11 am, with breakfast and shower available. Our current needs to sustain the Warm Up Center are listed below. Please drop off donations at the American Legion Hall between 7 and 11 am. 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: sweatshirts, jeans, socks, underwear, jackets, etc. We cannot use items like children’s clothing, dress shirts, dresses, dry clean only, 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!)
- Powdered coffee creamer (like Coffeemate)
- Instant hot cocoa mix (for use with hot water)
- Instant oatmeal packets
- Bread that fits in a toaster
- Jelly in squeeze bottles
- Eggs
- Milk
- Butter
- Pancake syrup
- Potatoes
- Ketchup (20 oz. bottle or smaller)
- Fresh or frozen veggies and fruit
- Sugar in five- or ten-pound bags
- Vegetable oil for cooking
- Canned soup, chili, stew
- Grocery store gift cards so we can buy milk, eggs, butter, fruit. Our closest stores are Whole Foods, QFC, and Safeway.
Ongoing Needs: Medical
- Non-stick gauze pads (large)
- Gauze rolls (2”, 4”)
- Coban (1”, 2”, 4”)
- Ace wraps (Velcro style)
- Silicone square bandages (2”, 4”)
- Xeroform petroleum dressings
- Nitrile gloves (small, medium, large)
- Silvadene cream
- Triple antibiotic ointment packets
- Hand sanitizer
- Acetaminophen
- Ibuprofen
- Aspirin
- Cold medicine (day and night capsules)
- Pepto Bismol tablets
- Loperamide (Imodium )
- Ranitidine (Zantac)
- Excedrin Migraine
Other Ongoing Needs
- 20-ounce paper bowls
- 10-inch paper plates (Dixie Ultra is good)
- Heavy-duty plastic cutlery
- Swiffer WetJet cleaner solution refill
- Disposable WetJet refill pads for Swiffer WetJet mop
- Paper towels and napkins
- 12-ounce hot paper cups (no lids, please)
- Toothbrushes and toothpaste, dental floss
- Stocking caps
- Inexpensive winter gloves
- Men’s and women’s underwear (new in the package, please)
- 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 (smaller sizes)
- Pants for both men and women (jeans or other material good for outdoors–no dress slacks, please)
- Sweatshirts, regular and hooded: L, XL, XXL
- Shoes and boots (water resistant/good for winter is best right now) Men’s 10-11, Women’s 7-8.5
- Laundry detergent pods
- Dawn dishwashing liquid
- Disinfectant wipes and spray cleaner
- Aluminum foil 18-inch width
- Twin-size blankets (please no larger sizes or puffy comforters, must be easy to wash)
Need Just One (please contact Keith before donating, to prevent duplicates)
- Sewing machine (for alterations and mending)
- Serger (for alterations and mending)
- Sewing supplies (machine needles, thread, Fray Chek, fabric scissors, etc.)
- 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 first at Keith@wsnshelter.org.