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!
December 5, 2012
October 25, 2012
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
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
June 20, 2012
Wishlist for Summer & Back to School
Items we most need for our summer program include:
-water based liquid paints or finger paints, large size bottles (1 liter) preferred, we almost always low on paints
-letter size sheets for laminating machine
-printer cartridges: HP 21 & 22 and Kodak 10B & 10C
-liquid white glue (like Elmer's), large bottles are great
-poster board (white and colors)
-brown packing tape
-double sided foam tape
-hula hoops
-colored foam sheets for art projects
-bug spray, preferably child friendly (low or no deet content), such as citronella based products
-book shelves, we need at least 2 sturdy metal ones for our Spanish collection and could use 1 for the English section
-a digital camera
Items we will need for the end of August to give out school supply packets to the kids:
-notebooks (lined and graph paper)
-crayons (in sets of 8 or 10 colors)
-colored pencils (in sets of 10 or 12 colors)
-erasers (the white ones are most favored by the kids)
-small bottles of white glue or glue sticks
We are also in need of gently used clothing for our fundraising clothing bazaars. 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!
-water based liquid paints or finger paints, large size bottles (1 liter) preferred, we almost always low on paints
-letter size sheets for laminating machine
-printer cartridges: HP 21 & 22 and Kodak 10B & 10C
-liquid white glue (like Elmer's), large bottles are great
-poster board (white and colors)
-brown packing tape
-double sided foam tape
-hula hoops
-colored foam sheets for art projects
-bug spray, preferably child friendly (low or no deet content), such as citronella based products
-book shelves, we need at least 2 sturdy metal ones for our Spanish collection and could use 1 for the English section
-a digital camera
Items we will need for the end of August to give out school supply packets to the kids:
-notebooks (lined and graph paper)
-crayons (in sets of 8 or 10 colors)
-colored pencils (in sets of 10 or 12 colors)
-erasers (the white ones are most favored by the kids)
-small bottles of white glue or glue sticks
We are also in need of gently used clothing for our fundraising clothing bazaars. 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!
April 25, 2012
Wishlist April 2012
Here are some things the library needs these days:
--New games and puzzles:
Especially well loved by the kids are the extra large piece floor puzzles, we could use a few more! Also, smaller puzzles for young kids (30 pieces or less) and 100 piece puzzles.
-Games we'd love to have: chess, checkers, chinese checkers, connect 4, mastermind, memory, mousetrap, candyland, hi-ho cherry-o, chutes & ladders, other games that are either in Spanish or don't require words. Games we don't need (already have them): scrabble, monopoly, pictionary, guess who.
--Supplies:
-most school supplies
-printer cartridges: Kodak 10B & 10C, HP 21 & 22
-liquid white glue (like elmer's), large bottles are great
-poster board
-tissue paper
-1/2 page size notebooks (we have full page size ones, but need smaller ones for the younger kids)
-balloons
-letter size sheets for laminating machine
We are also in need of gently used clothing for our fundraising clothing bazaars. 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
--New games and puzzles:
Especially well loved by the kids are the extra large piece floor puzzles, we could use a few more! Also, smaller puzzles for young kids (30 pieces or less) and 100 piece puzzles.
-Games we'd love to have: chess, checkers, chinese checkers, connect 4, mastermind, memory, mousetrap, candyland, hi-ho cherry-o, chutes & ladders, other games that are either in Spanish or don't require words. Games we don't need (already have them): scrabble, monopoly, pictionary, guess who.
--Supplies:
-most school supplies
-printer cartridges: Kodak 10B & 10C, HP 21 & 22
-liquid white glue (like elmer's), large bottles are great
-poster board
-tissue paper
-1/2 page size notebooks (we have full page size ones, but need smaller ones for the younger kids)
-balloons
-letter size sheets for laminating machine
We are also in need of gently used clothing for our fundraising clothing bazaars. 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
January 4, 2012
2012 Wish List
Many many thanks to all those who donated gifts and other goodies during the Holiday season!
Thanks to you, we are very well loaded on school supplies, but we are now low on art supplies. Things we could use include:
--Water based paints, we are almost always low on these. Liter size bottles are best, but we'll take whatever you can fit in your suitcase!
--Glitter, sequins, any of that shiny stuff that can be glued onto art projects
--Feathers, beads, pendants, fake flowers, stickers, all that good stuff
--Foam craft sheets in various colors
--Refills for glue guns (the sticks)
Art supplies that we don't need at the moment include: watercolors, crayons, colored pencils or markers, we have plenty!
We are also in need of gently used clothing for our fundraising clothing bazaars. 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
Thanks to you, we are very well loaded on school supplies, but we are now low on art supplies. Things we could use include:
--Water based paints, we are almost always low on these. Liter size bottles are best, but we'll take whatever you can fit in your suitcase!
--Glitter, sequins, any of that shiny stuff that can be glued onto art projects
--Feathers, beads, pendants, fake flowers, stickers, all that good stuff
--Foam craft sheets in various colors
--Refills for glue guns (the sticks)
Art supplies that we don't need at the moment include: watercolors, crayons, colored pencils or markers, we have plenty!
We are also in need of gently used clothing for our fundraising clothing bazaars. 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
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