Home Free - In-Kind Donations
Used Cell Phones: Home Free accepts used cell phones with or without accessories. Through Shelter Alliance, a program of the cell phone recycling company GRC Wireless Recycling, Home Free is reimbursed for used cell phones donated by our supporters. You can donate your cell phone by dropping it off at Home Free or by sending it directly to Shelter Alliance. If you would like a Home Free cell phone donations box for collecting used cell phones at your place of work, church, or business, please call Kari at 763.559.9008
To ensure that we can accept your in-kind donation, please call Kari at 763.559.9008 before bringing items to the Shelter
- Personal Items: Full-size personal care items, including deodorant, bar soap, shampoo, conditioner, hair products for women of color, lotion, toothpaste, toothbrushes, combs and hairbrushes
- Linens: Twin size blankets and quilts.
- Clothing: New socks, underwear, nightgowns, slippers, T-shirts, sweatpants, sweatshirts, tennis shoes and children's shoes.
- Recreational Items: Gifts that can be used for bingo prizes.
- Cleaning supplies: Vacuum cleaners, mops, brooms, dustpans, small cleaning buckets, dust busters, sponges, rubber gloves, glass cleaner, liquid cleaner, toilet bowl cleaner, dish soap, furniture polish, Murphy Oil Soap, disinfecting wipes, liquid laundry detergent.
- Medicine Cabinet: Elastic bandages, cotton balls, cotton swabs, antibiotic ointment, first aid tape, cough drops, cold medicines, pain relievers, children's cold and cough medicine, children's pain relievers, thermometers, Vaseline, lip balm, ice packs, heating pads
- Infants and Children: Disposable diapers (sizes 4-6), wet wipes, new baby bottles (8 oz), spill- proof sippy cups, and pacifiers, baby monitors, medication droppers/cups/spoons, infant formula, baby food, juice boxes, healthy individually packaged snacks, children's medications, infant Orajel, girls hair ties and barrettes, kids toothpaste, toys for outside, craft glue, accordion folders, highlighters, washable markers, red pens
- Miscellaneous: Legal pads, small tool box, pens, shower curtains, electric alarm clocks, irons, small padlocks with key
- Gift cards: Bus cards, gift cards from: Target, K-Mart, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Cub, Rainbow, Superamerica, Office Max, Office Depot, Toys R Us, Sally's Beauty Supply, movie theaters, bowling alleys, Minnesota Zoo, Children's Museum
- Housekeeping Starter Kits: Laundry basket, cleaning rags, rubber gloves, dustpans, wastebasket, paper towels, toilet tissue, mop, broom, toilet brush, dishtowels, facial tissue, cleaning products, laundry detergent
To make an in-kind donation to Home Free, please contact Kari Hitchcock, Volunteer Coordinator, at 763.559.9008.