Wishlist Items
Christmas is coming!
Gift cards are our preferred gifts for Christmas time. The holidays can be a challenging time for youth in our care. The number of youth we have in our care can change quickly with new youth arriving, sometimes on Christmas Day itself! If we have gift cards to use, our staff can make sure a new resident has a gift and immediately feels loved and welcomed.
Many of the youth we serve have never had a happy Christmas or opened presents. Our youth care staff know each of our youth well. Gift cards allow our staff to shop for exactly what each youth has on their list. A few gift cards are given directly to youth to go shopping and choose a gift for themselves and if they have family contact, their relatives.
Here are the stores we shop at most:
Target, Amazon, Wal-Mart, Kohl's, Kroger and Shoe Carnival
If possible, please include the receipt that shows the gift card amount.
For all campuses, please mail or deliver to our Nicholasville campus:
Development Department
1115 Ashgrove Road
Nicholasville, KY 40356
Donations of daily necessities are greatly appreciated
Help us provide daily necessities for our residents. Hygiene products, laundry and cleaning supplies, bedding and many other items are needed.
Contact-Free Donation Drop Off:
Mary Kendall Campus: Leave items outside the door of the Administration house (201 Phillips Ct Owensboro, KY 42303)
Nicholasville/Lexington Campus: Come to the guest entrance of the Leadership Center (white building on campus) and ring the doorbell inside the lobby. Donations may be left in the lobby.
Nicholasville Campus
Contact Our Office, (859) 523-3001 for delivery of these items. Items are listed in order of priority.
- Women's leggings (adult sizes M-XXL)
- Sweatpants and pajama pants (adult sizes M-XXL)
- Laundry detergent pods
- Feminine hygiene products (pads and tampons)
- Plain t-shirts (new, adult sizes M-XXL)
- Men's and women's underwear (larger, adult sizes)
- House shoes/slippers (adult sizes)
- Long basketball shorts (adult sizes M-XXL)
- Composition notebooks (no spiral binding)
- Card games, board games, etc.
- Gift Cards (Kohls, Walmart, $5 fast food, Target, Kroger, Amazon)
- Paper towels and toilet paper
- Disposable nitrile gloves (sizes M-XL)
- Deodorant (men's & women's)
- Shampoo and conditioner
- Origami paper
- Snacks (beef jerky, Slim Jims, cheese crackers, mixed nuts, trail mix, pre-popped popcorn, Quest protein bars)
- Lextran bus passes
- Candy Bars
- Chips (Single Serving Bags)
- Case of 12oz Gatorade
- Blow pops
- Make up
- Crazy socks
- Inexpensive Earbuds
- Gearbest MP3 Players
- Gel Pens
- Nice Planners/Journals (No spiral binding)
- Sketch Books (No spiral bindings)
- Poster Board
- Heavy Sketch Paper
- Calligraphy pens
- Yarn
- Scented lip gloss
- Scented lip glosssports player trading cards
- 2-pocket folders
Owensboro Campus
Contact Roy Hicks (270) 683-6481 for delivery of these items.
- *Urgent Need* Women's deodorant
- *Urgent Need* Shampoo and conditioner
- Women's ankle socks (adult sizes)
- Bikini and boy short style women's underwear, sizes M-XL
- Sports bras, sizes M-XL
- Paper towels
- Body wash
- Toothpaste
- Basketballs and volleyballs (girls' sizes)
- Art supplies, books (appropriate fiction, devotional/inspirational)
- Journals (no spiral binding)
- Hair accessories for teens
- Activity passes (laser tag, movie theater, escape room)
Quilt Ministry
If you're a quilter and would like to contribute to this ministry, see below for specifications:
- Quilts must be Twin or Full sized
- We currently lack boys' themed quilts with masculine colors (we have plenty of quilts for our girls to choose from!)
