We appreciate your willingness to support the mission of Burt Children’s Center. Below you will find a listing of our current needs including financial, material and service related.

Should you be in a position to assist with any of these needs, please contact our Administrative Services Director at 415-922-7700 or you may submit monetary donations online via our partner site, Groundspring.org

Dream Items

• 7 passenger mini-van
• Exterior painting of our site
• Industrial size refrigerator/freezer
• New washer/dryer
• New play structure for back yard
• New outdoor matting for back yard
• Flat screen TV and/or Big screen TV
• Landscape services for front planting beds and side garden
• Overhead projectors
• Air conditioner for dining room
• Elementary size school furniture
• Computer server to network existing computer lab
• Powerpoint projector
• 2 Laptop computers (for teaching staff)
• Intercom system

Children’s Memberships/Scholarships

• YMCA
• Acro-sports
• San Francisco Boys & Girls Club
• Summer camp
• Youth theater
• Dance, art, sewing classes
• Activity sponsorships: Great America, Marine World, Exploratorium, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Sporting Events, Plays, Museums
• Children’s magazine subscriptions

Children’s Toys or Activities

• Nintendo, Xbox, Playstation systems
• DVD Player
• Garden Equipment (rakes, kids’ gloves, shovels, seeds, plants, etc.)
• Children’s Bicycles and safety equipment
• Roller blades, skateboards, athletic equipment
• Volleyball net and stand
• Jump ropes
• Dolls, Dollhouses and accessories
• Gameboys
• Non-violent video games, rated E for Everyone
• Board Games (for ages 5-12)
• Art sets, markers, colored pencils, crayons
• Coloring books
• Picture books and chapter books (science, space, sports, animals, San Francisco, people of color)
• Stuffed animals
• Puzzles
• Movies, Rated G
• Crafts supplies
• Remote controlled cars
• Posters
• Diaries, journals

Children’s Clothing and Accessories

• Boys’ pants, sizes 10-16
• Girls’ clothing, sizes small- extra large
• Sport jerseys, sweat shirts, t-shirts, etc.
• One-piece girls’ swimsuits
• Boys’ swim trunks
• Slippers
• Robes
• Pajamas
• Socks
• Tennis shoes
• Backpacks

Music Related Items

• MP3 Players
• Walkman CD Players
• CDs (Nothing with Parental Advisory Labels, please!)
• Stereos

Furniture/Home & Office Supplies

• Office/School supplies (folders, binders, pens, pencils, staplers, tape holders, glue, crayons, calculators, dry erase markers, permanent markers, easel paper, copy paper, etc.)
• Printers and printer cartridges (HP preferred)
• Paper shredder
• Fax machine
• Digital camera
• Walkie Talkies
• New or like-new office furniture (desks, tables, etc.)
• Small desks or tables for children’s bedrooms
• Two teacher’s desks
• Classroom size white board
• Filing cabinets
• Podium
• Bookcases
• Chairs (prefer a set)
• Large area rugs for living rooms
• Throw rugs for children’s rooms
• Bean bag chairs
• Throw pillows
• Window curtains for bedrooms
• Dining tables
• New toaster, microwave, food processor, blender, steam table
• Fans and space heaters
• Plants (indoor, easy to care for)
• Flashlights
• New umbrellas
• Batteries (especially AA)
• Scented and unscented soaps, shampoos, lotion, and bath supplies
• Afrobabies.com linens or wall posters (twin bedding)

Extras

• Children’s Gift cards (bookstores, clothing stores, music stores, restaurants, etc.)
• Staff appreciation gift cards (coffee shops, spas, salons, grocery stores, gym memberships, etc.)
• Coffee
• Silkscreen or embroidery service to provide personalized clothing and other merchandise displaying the Burt Children’s Center logo
• Monetary donations