Wish Lists

St. David's Center has an ongoing need for the following items:

• Baby care items (diapers, baby wipes, canned formula, blankets, etc.)
• Board books
• Cleaning supplies (laundry detergent, dish soap, window cleaner, etc.)
• Clothes, shoes, socks and underwear (2T - 6)
• Disposable cameras
• Educational toys
• Grocery and discount store gift cards (Cub, Wal-mart, Target, etc.)
• Non-perishable foods
• Toiletries (toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, etc.)

Specific Program Needs

• Community Special Needs Services
  • Foster Care
  • Group Homes
  • Therapeutic Recreation
• Early Childhood Education
• Early Intervention & Support
  • Family Place
  • Healthy Families
  • Early Childhood Mental Health Outreach
• Mental Health Services
• Therapies
  • Autism Day Treatment
  • Autism Support Services
  • Rehabilitation Therapy
• School Forest

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Community Special Needs Services

• Clothing Closets
  • Baby care items (diapers, powder, shampoo)
  • Baby beds
  • Coats, boots
  • Clothing, shoes, socks, underwear
• Education
  • Books
  • School supplies
• First Night Backpacks
  • Blanket
  • Coloring book
  • Lotion
  • Shampoo
  • Toothpaste and toothbrush
  • Stuffed animal
• Transportation
  • Car seats
  • Strollers

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Foster Care

• Baby Items
  • Booster seat
  • Bouncy seat
  • Car seat
  • Diapers
  • High chair
  • Playpen
  • Stroller
• Clothes (for babies through teenagers)
• Educational toys
• Holiday Party Gifts
  • CDs or DVDs
  • Gift cards for book stores, discount stores
  • Toys and games
  • Door prizes for the foster parents
  • 100 gift bags for the foster children (can include gift cards, small toys, etc.) 

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Group Homes

• Cleaning supplies
  • Clorox wipes, counter spray
  • Hand sanitizer
  • Lysol
  • Paper towels
  • Socks (any size)
• Holiday party gifts for staff
  • Gift cards

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Therapeutic Recreation

• Art Supplies
  • Canvas boards (5"x7" and larger)
  • Clay
  • Colored construction paper
  • Drawing pencils
  • Glue sticks
  • Individual sketchpads
  • Markers
  • Water-based paints in various colors
  • Watercolors
  • Watercolor paper
• Cleaning & Programmatic Supplies
  • Bug Spray
  • Car Wash supplies: towels, sponges, poster board, soap, etc.
  • Clorox wipes
  • Flushable bathroom wipes
  • Sunscreen
• Recreational
  • Gardening supplies
  • Sports equipment: bases, cones, etc.
  • Balls: basketballs, bouncy balls, footballs, Koosh balls, kickballs, soccer balls, Squishy balls, etc.
  • Frisbees
  • Interactive games (new and used): Board games, card games, dice games, educational games, puzzles, etc.
• Auditory/Visual
  • CD player(s); DVD player(s) (new and used)
  • CDs and DVDs (new and used)
  • Musical instruments
  • Books: animal, sports, educational, etc.
• Manipulative toys
  • Action figures
  • Animals
  • Building blocks
  • Cars, Trucks, etc.
  • Dolls
  • Legos
  • Handheld fidgets
  • Play-Doh

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Early Childhood Education

• Infant Books: Books with very simple images, other children or faces. Some examples include:
• Happy Baby Books by Priddy Books
  • Happy Baby ABC
  • Happy Baby Things That Go
  • Happy Baby Words
• Bright Baby Books by Priddy Books
  • Animals
  • Colors
  • First words
  • Trucks
• Helen Oxenbury Books
  • All Fall Down
  • Clap Hands
  • Say Goodnight
  • Tickle, Tickle
• Touch and Feel Series by DK Publishing
  • Farm
  • Pets
• Toddler Books: Books with images of household items and everyday activities. Some specific titles include:
  • Brown Bear, Carle
  • Goodnight Gorilla, Rathman
  • Hug, Alborough
  • I Went Walking, Williams
  • My Many Colored Days, Dr. Seuss
  • Tails, Von Fleet
  • The Runaway Bunny, Brown
  • What Makes a Rainbow, Swartz
  • Where is Mommy? Katz
• Baby wipes
• Batteries
• Cars and tracks
• Children's music CDs
• Dot painters
• Dramatic play items
  • Airport items
  • Cash registers
  • Dress up clothes
  • Fire fighter items
  • Pots and pans
  • Vet clinic
• Floor puzzles
• Games -- matching
• Listening Lotto
• Marble Works
• Paint brushes
• Socks and underwear; hats and mittens (sizes 2T to 6)
• Stamp pads

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Early Intervention and Support

• Polar fleece fabric (in baby-friendly colors and patterns)
• Art supplies
  • Colored pencils
  • Colored tape
  • Crayons
  • Glue sticks
  • Markers
  • Paint
  • Paper
  • Scissors
  • String
• Dramatic play items
  • Bags/purses
  • Cash register
  • Plastic food, plates, cups and utensils
  • Telephone
• Sensory Items
•  Bubbles
  • Play-Doh
  • Moon sand
  • Straws
• Toys
  • Action figures or army men
  • Small animals
  • Cars
  • Baby dolls
  • Small dolls for a doll house

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Family Place

• Clothing (socks, shoes, underwear, outdoor clothes, pants/shorts - sizes 3T-7)
• Digital camera & extra memory cards
• New CD Players
• Books on CD / tape
• Building brick people (Lakeshore Item #RA926)
• Doll clothing
• Fidgets from The Autism Store
• Hammering Kit (Lakeshore #LC955) and Replacement Boards (#LC954)
• Lego people of all shapes and sizes
• Moon dough, Model magic, Floam
• "No, David!" books by David Shannon
• Play figures for dollhouses (Lakeshore Soft & Poseable Families Set Item # DD315X)
• Puppets (Lakeshore Let's Talk Kid Puppets and Big Mouth Puppet Pals Item # RR65OX and #RR58OX)
• Puzzles (interlocking pieces - ages 5+)
• Washable dress-up masks (Lakeshore Item #DS224)
• Vinyl bean bag chairs & floor pillows

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Healthy Families

• Gift cards for grocery and discount stores
• Art supplies
  • Colored permanent markers
  • Play-Doh
  • Washable crayons
• Baby items
  • Board books w/ simple pictures
  • Crib sheets
  • Diapers
  • Lotion
  • Soft plastic blocks
• Toys
  • Bubbles
  • Cars (for ages 1-4)
  • Dolls (for ages 1-4)
  • Puppets
• Women's items
  • Deodorant
  • Lotion
  • Tampons, pads
• Organizing bins
• Picture frames

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Early Childhood Mental Health Outreach

• Backpacks
• Art supplies
  • Books (new or used)
  • Crayons
  • Paper or coloring sheets

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Mental Health Services

• Gift cards for interactive activities, such as:
  • Bowling
  • Children's Museum
  • Community Center passes
  • Edinburough Park
  • Indoor ice skating
  • Illusion Theatre
  • Roller skating
  • Science Museum
  • YMCA guest passes
• Interactive games and activities for children ages two to 12 years old
• Autism Shop gift cards or donation
• Book store gift cards or a donation to buy specialty books
• Decks of cards
• Jenga
• Target gift cards or donation for board games, card games, therapeutic games, doll house, puppets, animal sets, craft supplies

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Therapies

Autism Day Treatment

• Arts and crafts / group activities
  • Play dough / Moon sand
  • Markers / finger paints (washable)
  • Balloons
  • Bubbles / bubble machines
  • Child-sized utensils, plates, cups, bowls

• Clothing (Majority of children are male):
  • Hats, mittens, snow pants,  winter boots
  • Sweatshirts and pants (2T to 6T)
  • Socks and underwear (2T to 6T)

• Sensory items
  • Starburst candy / sugar-free gum
  • Koosh balls / fidgets / squishy toys
  • Straws
  • Whistles
  • Wind-up toys

• Children's books
  • Bear Feels Scared, Wilson and Chapman
  • Bear Feels Sick, Wilson and Chapman
  • Bear's New Friend, Wilson and Chapman
  • Bear's Loose Tooth, Wilson and Chapman
  • Beautiful Oops, Saltzberg
  • Berenstain Bear's Go to the Doctor, Berenstain
  • Berenstain Bear's Go to School, Berenstain
  • Berenstain Bear's Visit the Dentist, Berenstain
  • How are you Peeling? George
  • Llama Llama Misses Mama, Dewdney
  • Llama Llama Mad at Mama, Anna Dewdney
  • My Many Colored Days,  Dr. Seuss
  • The Way I Feel, Janin Cain
  • When Sophie Gets Angry, Really, Really Angry, Bang

• Technology
  • Batteries (AA, AAA, C, D, 9V)
  • iPods (for music and interactive games in treatment room) / iPod players
  • iPads (for communication, video modeling, etc.)

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Autism Support Services

• Art supplies
  • Paint, glue, large tablets of paper, markers, construction paper, popsicle sticks, glitter, stickers, chalk
• Bean bag toss, hula hoops, large blow up balls
• Board games with simple rules
  • Angry Birds Toss, Cat in the Hat I Can Do That, Chutes and Ladders: Super Hero Squad, Crocodile Dentist, Don't Spill the Beans, Hedbanz, Uno Moo Farm Animal Matching
• "Oh, David!" and "Oops!" by David Shannon
• Portable CD player
• Preschool song CDs like Laurie Berkner
• Farm animal set and farmhouse
• Legos, small and large; Ninjago
• Play-doh
• Toy people (of all races) / houses / furniture
• Transformers
• Yoga mats

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Rehabilitation Therapy 

• Autism Gift Shop cards for materials
• CD players for families for therapeutic listening
• Food gift cards for families
• iPads
• iTune gift cards to purchase applications for working with children
• Visa gift cards for families to purchase head phones for therapeutic listening

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School Forest

• Gift cards to Acorn Naturalist, Carolina Biological  or Nature Watch (for curriculum supplies)
• Animal calls (duck, turkey, etc.)
• Books
  • Aquatic Habitats, Gems
  • Coyotes Guide to Connecting with Nature, Young, Haas
  • Explore Winter! 25 Great Ways to Learn About Winter, Anderson
  • Exploring Water with Young Children, Chalufou, Worth
  • In a Nutshell, Anthony, Arbo
  • In My Backyard, Ruurs
  • Learning About Winter, Bryant, Keiper
  • Take a City Nature Walk, Kirkland
  • Winter Trees, Gerber
  • Who Lives in the Snow?, Jones, Powell
  • Who's Been Here, Hodgkins
• Field Guides by Stan Tekeila
  • Birds of Minnesota
  • Birds of Prey of Minnesota
  • Mammals of Minnesota
  • Trees of Minnesota
  • Wildflowers of Minnesota
• Nature in the City CD by Billy B
• Outdoor supplies
  • Fencing and posts (for rabbit and deer)
  • Pitch forks
  • Shovels (heavy-duty)
  • Kid-sized snow shoes
• Prism microscope (40x)
• Plastic totes with lids (variety of sizes)
• Winter tree identification kit

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