In the ONCC’s “Spirit of Business & Community Care”, you can make a difference by donating needed items to our non-profit member organizations so they can continue to serve our community. Below is a list of organizations and the items they are currently requesting. For instructions on how to donate, please contact the organization directly. Visit the organization’s listing for contact information.
Blue Butterfly-Tidewell Hospice
View listing for contact information.
Wish List for Blue Butterfly Family Grief Center
- Teddy Bears / Stuffed Animals
- Keuring Coffee Pods
- Coffee Grounds
- Ziplock Bags
- Plastic Cutlery
- Aluminum Foil
- Paper Towels
- EXPO BrightSticks Fluorescent Markers
- Hand Sanitizer
- Hand Soap / Dish Soap
- Plastic Cups
- Paper Plates
- Ping Pong Balls
- Water Bottles
- Hershey Kisses
- Plastic Table Clothes
- Tissue Boxes
About Blue Butterfly
Tidewell Hospice’s Blue Butterfly program is an evidenced-based grief support program for children and families who have experienced the death of a special person. The program is 100 percent donor-supported and offered to all in need for free.
Easterseals Southwest Florida | InStride Ranch
- Play-doh
- Kinetic Sand
- Basket Balls
- Kick balls
- Hockey Nets and Sticks
- Tennis Rackets and Balls
- Laminating machines
- Velcro Dots
They also have wish lists on Amazon that are routinely updated:
Amazon Wish List: Adult Enrichment
About Easterseals Southwest Florida
Easterseals Southwest Florida provides services for persons with disabilities and their families across a lifetime by empowering individuals to live their lives to the fullest. View listing for more information.
Contact Information
Jill Gass
350 Braden Ave
Sarasota, FL 34243
941-355-7637
Family Promise of South Sarasota County
View listing for contact information.
Create Helping Kits with friends and family! For newly housed families, your gift is often the first thing that a family receives as they build their new home with pride and dignity.
Our Neighbors Helping Neighbors Kits now each have their own Amazon Wishlist to make shopping simpler! Shop online and have the items shipped directly to our office, or shop with friends locally and drop items off to Family Promise Offices at 850 Cockrill Street, Venice for families in need! We appreciate your continued support!
How to Make a Neighbors Helping Neighbors Kit:
- Gather a group of helpers. Unite your kids, friends, church group or chess club to create a Kit together. Welcome the community to participate in caring for struggling families!
- Decide which Kit to create.
- Assemble the elements. Not everything needs to be newly purchased, but please provide functional, clean, quality items.
- Place elements in designated container and drop of at 850 Cockrill Street, Venice, FL 34285, Monday to Friday from 9am-4pm.
Download Neighbors Helping Neighbors Kit Instructions
Good Samaritan Pharmacy and Health Services
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Items Needed:
- Vitamins – we need all kinds! adult multi vitamins, Vit C, Vit D, Vit B12
- Acetaminophen (Tylenol) 325 mg or 500 mg
- Allergy meds- Claritin (loratadine)
- Ibuprofen (Advil)
- Naproxen (Aleve)
- Pill cutters
- Artificial tears
- Toothpaste and toothbrushes
- Small bottles of mouthwash
- Cough syrup – robitussin (generic is fine)
- Soap (bars or body wash is fine)
- Razors and small cans of shaving cream/gel
- Band-aids (all sizes)
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