Spring Wish List

Here is an updated list of things we need:

School/Office supplies:
--Water based/finger paints in large bottles (1 liter if possible): primary colors plus black & white

--Ink for our Printer: Kodak 10C color & 10B b/w cartridges

--White glue, large bottles are fine. Glue sticks tend to dry up too quickly.

-- 2 pocket folders

--Notebooks- graph & lined, soft & hard cover

--Laminating sheets, letter size (8-1/2 x 11) or half letter size

--Bulletin board or cork board squares to hang stuff on the walls

-- Different kinds of paper for doing art projects: posterboard; bristol board or mount board; letter size cardstock, or heavy cotton bond paper, preferably with a sheen, for printing certificates;


Toys/gifts for Kids (& Moms!):

--Spinning tops of all kinds

--Kites

--Coloring books

--Marbles

--Musical instruments (not expensive ones) things like: tamborines, shakers (maracas), small, hand-held type instruments that kids can use to play along to songs

--Colored embroidery yarn  & thread for art projects for the moms

--Sewing needles for art projects for the moms


--Small toys for Children's Day presents (think of something about the size you'd get in a happy meal-- a car, a small doll, a small game or art kit).

Kids' clothes & shoes for our clothing bazaar fundraisers
Some suggestions: 
Things that sell well are light-to-medium weight clothing for babies, children, teens and small adults sizes (XS, S or M-- anything larger is generally too big for locals). Think summer or spring clothes. Sneakers, sandals, & flip-flops are also popular items. Please don't feel the need to go out and buy new clothes, pick stuff up at your local thrift store if you must, or canvas your neighbors for their used clothes-- help recycle clothing and help Hekab Be!

Questions? Email us: akumallibrary@gmail.com

Holiday Wishes

Our Holiday party is coming up fast! Here's a list of items the kids have said they hope to receive from Santa:

hot wheels race tracks
back packs & messenger bags
dolls, baby dolls & accessories
doll houses
skateboards or other thing with wheels you can ride
toy cell phones
soccer balls
diaries that lock with a key
wrist watch
connect 4 game
roller skates
stuffed animals
barbies
remote control cars
toy train sets
Max Steel action figures
dinosaur figures
toy instruments such as guitar

Other items we need:
--A low tech digital camera so we can share lots of photos with all our wonderful donors!

--White liquid glue (like Elmer's), large bottles are great. We use this much more than glue sticks which tend to dry out too quickly in this climate

--Notebooks, lined & graph paper

--Kids' clothes & shoes for our clothing bazaar fundraisers. Some suggestions: 
Things that sell well are light-to-medium weight clothing for babies, children, teens and small adults sizes (XS, S or M-- anything larger is generally too big for locals). Think summer or spring clothes. Sneakers, sandals, & flip-flops are also popular items. Please don't feel the need to go out and buy new clothes, pick stuff up at your local thrift store if you must, or canvas your neighbors for their used clothes-- help recycle clothing and help Hekab Be!

Autumn Wishlist

Here's an updated list of items we need.


Toys
Small toys or prizes for kids who participate in our reading programs:
Please remember: NO broken toys, NO big toys (no room in crowded homes), NO toys or games that require knowledge of English, and NO toys that need batteries (no money to replace them).

Some suggested items include:
--simple things like balloons, bouncing balls, sand toys, jacks, paddle-ball, anything you or your kids or grandkids enjoy
--silly bands
--bakugan toys
--tops
--transformer toys
--superhero toys
--building blocks like legos, duplos or megablocks
--hot wheels cars
--beads for making necklaces and bracelets
--educational games/toys for small children: block sets, puzzles using colors and shapes of varying types, games that require concentration such as memory, uno, crazy 8s)
--dolls
--small purses for young teen girls
--pencil cases with a kid theme (cartoon character)
--lunch bags and backpacks with kid theme


School/art supplies

--Notebooks (lined and graph paper)
--Posterboard weight paper
--Flat headed thumb tacks
--Foam sheets for art
--Popsicle sticks
--Double sided tape

**Several chess sets are also needed so that all the children can play at once**

Clothing
As always, we welcome donations of gently used clothing. We sell these clothes at minimal cost to local families to raise funds for library operations.

Things that sell well are light-to-medium weight clothing for babies, children, teens and small adults sizes (XS, S or M-- anything larger is generally too big for locals). Think summer or spring clothes. Sneakers, sandals, & flip-flops are also popular items. Please don't feel the need to go out and buy new clothes, pick stuff up at your local thrift store if you must, or canvas your neighbors for their used clothes-- help recycle clothing and help Hekab Be!

Questions? Email us: akumallibrary@gmail.com