2017 Summer Wishlist

If you would like to Donate Here  via PayPal then you would not only be helping the Hekab Be to run its day to day operations but also you will be ensuring the kids of Akumal get the best possible experience out of the Hekab Be Summer Program.

Here is a Summer Program Wish List of things we desperately need for the program and for the back to school pack that we give to each child at the end of the program in time for them to start the new school year!

Summer Program Wish List 2017

• Notebooks
• Geometric rulers
• Backpacks
• Pencils / Erasers
• Pencil cases
• Calculators
• Spanish dictionaries and Spanish - English dictionaries
• Canteens / Water bottles
• Lunchboxes
• Black school shoes / White tennis shoes
• Poster paint
• Poster sized sheets of card
• Craft glue / small glue gun sticks.
• Craft materials
• Medicated shampoo for head lice

Summer Wish List - Help Replenish Our School Supplies!

We are in need of the following items for our summer program & to provide supplies to children who need them when they go back to school in the fall. Unfortunately, someone broke in and stole many of our supplies, so we are hoping to re-stock in the next few months. Please bring some if you can on your next trip!


-Scotch tape
-White school glue (large bottles are good- glue sticks tend to dry out)
-Washable markers
-Notebooks
-Durable pencil sharpeners (metal ones are better than plastic)
-String/thread for making necklaces
- Pencils
-Pens
-Erasers
-Colored pencils
-Notebooks
-Scissors (round tip, child-size preferred)
-Paint Brushes
-Clay, Play Dough
-White Paper
-Art Paint (water-based tempera, watercolors, etc.)
-Beads for making jewelry
-Coloring books
-Colored tape or duct tape with designs for art/craft projects


-Gently used, light weight clothing for our fundraiser bazaars:
Any infant or child's clothing is a big hit. Also smaller size adult clothing or shoes (size S, M or L- anything larger than XL doesn't sell well). Shoes, athletic gear (cleats, shin guards, ballet shoes/clothes), jeans. Nothing heavier than sweatshirt or light fleece weight jackets or pants.


Questions? Email us: akumallibrary@gmail.com
Or send us a PM on facebook

Winter Wish List

Here are some items the library needs for projects with the kids:

-Colored pencils
-Scotch tape
-Colored tape or duct tape with designs for art/craft projects
-Washable tempera paints (large/liter size bottles are good)
-White glue (large bottles are good)
-Washable markers
-Notebooks
-Durable pencil sharpeners (metal ones are better than plastic)
-Child size scissors with blunt tips
-String/thread for making necklaces

-Gently used, light weight clothing for our fundraiser bazaars:
Any infant or child's clothing is a big hit. Also smaller size adult clothing (size S, M or L--
XL and bigger don't sell well). Shoes, athletic gear (cleats, shin guards, ballet shoes/clothes), jeans. Nothing heavier than sweatshirt or light fleece weight jackets or pants.

Questions? Email us: akumallibrary@gmail.com

Thank you to everyone who donated gifts for the children!

You helped make many wishes come true, and we couldn't have done it without you!! Wishing you Happy Holidays and a wonderful New Year!

(Please check back in January for an updated Wish List)

Holiday Wish List: Updated 12/8/15

Every holiday season, Hekab Be puts on a HUGE holiday party and invites the townspeople to come and celebrate. And every year, we have somewhere over 100 people attend, and no child leaves empty-handed!
Please help us make sure we can be successful yet again this year. Regular library patrons who are children are asked what they would like from Santa (yes, we really do have a Santa come each year).
Here is their list:

--Monster High doll (3)
-- Frozen doll (Elsa) (4)
--Mermaid doll
--Children's paint/art set
--Imaginex dinosaur
--Toy train set
--Hotwheels cars/track (3)
--Remote control car (2)
--Mini speaker set to connect to phone or mp3 player (4)
--Batman & Robin action figures
--Iron man & Flash action figures
--Spiderman action figure
_-Marvel super heroes action figures set
--Soccer ball (5)
--Clothing for 4 year old boy 
--Makeup kit (2)

We also need smaller gifts to give to other children, such as: stuffed animals, beading kits, puzzles, drawing sets (coloring book w/markers or crayons), really anything you think a child would love, we'll find a home for it!

Fall Wish List 2015

Here are some items we'd need to restock our supplies after the summer:

--White paper
--Colored pencils
--Notebooks
--Tape
--Glue (Liquid white glue in large bottles)
--Paint (water based, in large bottles if possible)
--Hand held Pencil Sharpeners
--Erasers
--Scissors
--Colored paper
--Silicone glue
--Art materials

Items for our fundraiser bazaars:

- Gently used clothing for children and adults

- Gently used shoes for children and adults

- Gently used housewares and other items such as suitcases, kitchen items, etc.

Wish List March 2015

Please remember that the library runs on a tiny budget, funded entirely by the donations of our wonderful supporters. Hekab Be does not receive any government or other funding and virtually all of our programs are provided to local children and families free of cost.

Please consider making a monetary donation instead of bringing supplies, as this is truly what our little library needs most to stay open. Donations can be made on our main blog page:  http://hekabbe.blogspot.com/ or by clicking HERE



ART & SCHOOL SUPPLIES:

 Water based paint in large bottles

 Liquid glue in large bottles

 OTHER SUPPLIES:

Learning games and toys for monthly prizes

Puzzles

ITEMS FOR KIDS:

Shoes: sneakers and sandals  for kids from 3 to 15 year old

Hats (for outside activities)

Organic/environmentally friendly sunscreen (safe to use in water)

Organic/environmentally friendly bug spray

ITEMS WE DO NOT CURRENTLY NEED:

Stickers

Crayons

Notebooks

Markers

Erasers

Cameras

Pencil sharpeners

Items needed for Bazaar fundraiser!

We are planning to do another bazaar in February and still need items! Cleaning out your closets? Need to reduce the clutter in the new year? Please bring your gently used clothing, shoes and household items to Hekab Be. 

Our fundraiser bazaars are wildly popular and a great way for the local residents to obtain needed clothes and other items at affordable prices.

We kindly ask that you refrain from bringing badly worn, stained, torn clothes and household items that are broken.

Thank you for your support!

Hekab Be Winter 2015 Wish List

ART & SCHOOL SUPPLIES:

Water based paint in large bottles

Aprons for art projects

Liquid glue in large bottles

Notebooks with lined paper

Dry erase markers

Art paper

Items for making crafts

Children’s scissors with safety tip

OTHER SUPPLIES:

 

Small games and toys for monthly prizes (examples: card games, small balls, bubble kits, character-themed pencils, pens, etc., small stuffed animals)

Gently used digital cameras

Large floor puzzles

Children’s snorkel masks and tubes

Swim goggles

BAZAAR ITEMS:

Gently used clothing for children and adults

Gently used shoes for children and adults

Gently used housewares and other items such as suitcases, kitchen items, etc.

HEKAB BE FALL 2014 WISH LIST

ART SUPPLIES

- Gently used digital cameras

- Children’s Scissors

- PAINT: Tempera and acrylic, primary colors are best

- Watercolor paper (heavy)

- Rolls of silver and gold paper (wrapping paper is good)

- Sticky Tac for mounting

- Clay that air dries (not Plastilina or PlayDoh)

- Mat board in all sizes

- Small aprons for children’s for art and other messy activities

CLASSROOM/OFFICE NEEDS & SCHOOL SUPPLIES

- Small games and toys for monthly prizes for the children

- Gently used group games (with all pieces intact); for example, Monopoly, Connect Four, etc.

- Wood puzzles for preschool children and large floor puzzles

- Interlocking foam pieces for floor covering

- Pillows or cushions for reading area

- Dry erase markers

- Notebooks in all sizes (50-200 pages with lined paper)

- Glue in bottles

- Zippered pencil cases

- Backpacks

- Paper towel dispenser for the bathroom

- LCD projector

- Desktop computer

BAZAAR ITEMS

- Gently used clothing for children and adults

- Gently used shoes for children and adults

- Gently used housewares and other items such as suitcases, kitchen items, etc.

SPORTS EQUIPMENT

- Snorkel gear and masks for children

- Baseball bats

- Tennis balls

- Gently used soccer cleats in all sizes

Wish List - Summer 2014

- Yoga mats

- Large floor puzzles

- Gently used digital cameras

- Small games and toys for monthly prizes for the children

- Gently used group games (with all pieces intact); for example, Monopoly, Connect Four, etc.

- Wood puzzles for preschool children

- Interlocking foam pieces for floor covering

- Pillows or cushions for reading area

- Carpet squares

- Small and medium dry erase boards

- Dry erase boards and markers

- Chalk and erasers

- Gently used floor fans

- Ziploc bags

- Gently used clothing for children and adults

- Gently used shoes for children and adults

- Gently used soccer cleats in all sizes

- Paper towel dispenser for the bathroom

- Notebooks in all sizes (50-200 pages with lined paper)

- Glue in bottles

- Zippered pencil cases

- Backpacks

April 2014 Wish List!!

Items for Bazaar - gently used children’s and adult’s clothing and shoes, housewares, etc.

Small toys, stuffed animals, games, and puzzles for monthly prize bags
Snorkel gear and masks for children
Watercolor paper (big sheets/tablets)
Salad spinners (5)
Aprons for kids
Gorilla glue
Large exacto knives
Staplers
Backpacks
Dry erase markers
Disposable cameras
Mat board in all sizes
Plain canvas bags for decorating
Clear fishing line
Leather strips for jewelry making
Stretchy plastic beading thread
Plastic clasps for making jewelry
Supplies for making earrings
Sandpaper
Cornstarch
Shaving cream
Rollers for smoothing out wallpaper (small)
Rolling pins
Printer Ink HP 21
Acrylic paint in basic colors
Electric pencil sharpeners

Larger items:
Yoga mats
Paper Cutter
Big white board for classroom
Stand fans
Paper towel dispenser for the bathroom
LCD projector
Desktop Computer with large screen
Outdoor spotlights
Boom box/Sound system with USB port
Musical instruments (small)

Fundraiser Bazaar May 17th

We are looking for donations of used items for our upcoming fundraiser:

 --Gently used clothing and shoes for adults and children, all sizes (best sellers are XS-M; XL & up tend to be too big for locals)

 --Gently used housewares, toys, and games (please do not bring housewares or toys that no longer work or are missing pieces)

Questions about particular items can be directed to Anne: directorakumallibrary@gmail.com

2014 Spring Wish List - March

Foamy (square sheets in all colors and large pieces)

Acrylic or tempera paint in large containers

Electric pencil sharpener

Sandpaper

Rolls of gauze bandage

Activity books (puzzles, etc.) for older children

Coloring books

Small toys and games for monthly prizes

Glue in bottles

Small zippered packs like pencil cases

Plastilina

Pencil sharpeners

Tennis shoes in all children’s sizes

Theme books (small with 30-100 pages)

Plastic bowls in all sizes

Watercolor paper or thick, white paper

Muffin tins

Rolling pins and rollers (like you use to roll the bubbles out of wallpaper)

Coffee filters

Wax paper and aluminum foil

Small paper bags in natural and white

Ribbon and trims

Stickers

Magazines

Old hair dryers and irons

Large size Ziplock bags

White t-shirts in assorted children’s sizes

Sponge brushes

Bigger Items:

Paper cutter

Plastic storage containers

New ceiling fan for office

Laminator

LCD projector

New doors for the classrooms

Plastic chairs for the classrooms

Paper towel dispenser for the bathroom

(We do NOT need crayons, ruled paper, or markers) 

Questions? Email us: directorakumallibrary@gmail.com

2014 Updated Wish List

We've surveyed our supplies, and here are things we currently need:

Art/school supplies:

--Foamy all colors and sizes
--Plastilina (sold in Mexican papelerias, kind of like modeling clay)
--Notebooks
--White Paper (Bond)
--Paint in all colors and types (preferably water based)
--Erasers
--Folders (with pockets inside and possibly designs on the outside)
--Colored pencils
--Pencil sharpeners
--Electric pencil sharpener
--Tongue depressors
--Backpacks
--Foam paint brushes
--Hot glue guns and glue refills for them
--Large acrylic hobby paints in primary colors
 
First aid kit items:
Antibiotic ointment such as Neosporin
Rolls of bandage and gauze
 

For our buildings:

--Large sturdy bookshelf
--New sink for bathroom
--Sensor spotlights
--Large lightbulbs (high wattage for classrooms)

For our bazaar fundraisers:

--Gently used clothing and shoes for adults and children, all sizes (best sellers are XS-M; XL & up tend to be too big for locals)
--Gently used housewares, toys, and games (please do not bring housewares or toys that no longer work or are missing pieces)

Questions? Contact Anne Gabbert: directorakumallibrary@gmail.com

Wish List - December 2013

LIBRARY WISH LIST
Modeling clay (plastilina sold in Mexican papelerias)
Playdough
Large cork boards or bulletin boards
Chairs for the classrooms (either VERY durable plastic or wood)
Small games and toys for Christmas gift bags for the children
LCD projector
Used desktop/CPU computer
Foamy for projects
Rope (not nylon) for repairing swings and other projects
Chain, at least 20 meters
Ceiling fans
Clothes, shoes, and household items for the Bazaar (sale) in January

Gifts for Boys:

Max Steel Action Figure (7)
Hot Wheels Cars (7)
Hot Wheels Racetrack (5)
Remote Control Car (8)
Remote Control Boat (2)
Remote control motorcycle
Remote control plane
Skateboard (3)
Puzzles (3)
Ball cap with rap group
Skateboard Scooter
Chemistry set
Backpack with wheels
Roller skates
Football
Soccer Ball

Guitar toy
Sombrero

Gifts for Girls:

Monster High Doll (4)
Skateboard (4)
Barbie Doll (4)
Baby Doll that talks (4)
Doll (2)
Barbie House (2)
Piano/keyboard toy
Monster High Dollhouse
Paint Set
Crayons
Dora Backpack
Roller Skates
Dollhouse
My Little Pony
Plastic Bracelets

Kitchen Play Set (toy dishes, pots, etc)

Fall 2013 Wish List

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Musical Instruments: 

Electric piano keyboard, guitars, tambourines, trumpets, any other small instruments, sheet music.  

Items for a Bazaar or “Beach Sale”: 

Household goods, decorative items, clothes in all sizes but mostly for children and adult small, shoes (clearance flip flops are perfect!), sports items.

Art Supplies: 

Colored and white yarn, colored embroidery thread, plain bags and other items for embroidering, needles, embroidery hoops, craft sticks plain and colored, posterboard, clear plastic sheets for protecting papers and making stencils, plastilina or clay (NOT playdough), balloons, thick colored paper, scrapbook paper, decorated paper for projects, scotch tape, fishing line, glitter, pipe cleaners, paper and Styrofoam plates, glass jars with lids, shoe polish, dried beans, corn, and lentils, liquid glue (not glue sticks), food coloring.

School Supplies: 

Scissors for children, notebooks for children to work in (not with too many pages; more like a workbook), erasers, colored pencils, washable markers, old magazines and newspapers.

Office,Teacher and Maintenance Supplies: 

Exacto knives, dry erase markers and erasers, white bond/copy paper, nails, light bulbs, sealant/paint for the ceilings, printer ink HP 21 and HP 22, cork boards, 

Items for the Children: 

Sports items such as footballs, soccer balls, cones, volleyball net, ping pong balls, baseball gloves. Coloring books, puzzles, small prizes and gifts (games for boys and girls, small items).

Wishes for Summer

Musical instruments:

--We would like to be able to provide plastic recorders (the instrument) for each of the children participating in our summer program. We will need about 50 of them!

-- Any other instruments that people have available to donate would be most welcome, especially: guitars, coronets, drums (even small hand drums), shakers (maracas!), tambourines, triangles, & other small hand instruments.


Other items needed:
--Cotton bond paper

--Bristol board or mount board 

--Play dough or other similar modeling clay

--Notebooks- graph & lined

--Small gifts/toys for children: beach toys, puzzles, coloring books, tops, action figures, small building sets, small jewelry making sets, toy cars, etc.

Kids' & small adult size 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!

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!