Program Wish Lists & Drop-Off Locations

Your in-kind item and food donations make daily life a little brighter for those we serve every day by meeting urgent needs when they arrive at a shelter or when unhoused veterans, individuals and families move into an apartment or home. Items needed upon arrival include sheets, towels, hygiene items, diapers, blankets, etc.

Drop-Off Locations
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Program wish list

Catholic Charities accepts new, unused items only.

Urgent needs

  • Kid-friendly goods (outdoor toys, night lights)
  • Enrichment items, such as construction paper, craft supplies, puzzles, games, headphones, earbuds, etc.
  • Small kitchen appliances
  • Craft kits for older children and teenagers
  • Craft kits for adults with disabilities
  • Twin and full sheet sets
  • Bathroom towel sets
  • Dish sets
  • Silverware sets
  • Personal care items (shampoo, body wash, textured hair products)
  • $25 gift cards for clothing, shoes and other personal needs
  • $10 gas gift cards for people in programs to get to and from appointments or work

Cash donations are always welcome

Your cash gift supports essential, everyday needs across our programs—from utilities, supplies, and 24/7 shelter staff to counseling, employment services, food pantry support during peak seasons, and the Harbor House domestic violence hotline. You may designate the program you’d like to support, if you wish.

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Ongoing program needs wish lists

St. Anthony Family Shelter

  • $25 Walmart gift cards
  • $10 QuikTrip gift cards (to help clients get to work and appointments)
  • Baby formula (Regular & Soy)
  • Diapers (Size 6)
  • Pull-ups (Sizes 2T-3T, 3T-4T)
  • Diaper bags
  • New booster and car seats
  • Cleaning supplies (Lysol spray, Clorox wipes)
  • Laundry soap
  • Paper goods (plates, bowls, spoons, forks)
  • Ziplock bags
  • Trash bags (10 gal, 55 gal)
  • Bed linens (comforters, twin & full sheet sets)
  • Bed pillows
  • Bath towels/wash cloths
  • Shower curtains
  • Brooms and mops
  • Laundry baskets
  • Small kitchen appliances (microwaves, crockpots, toasters, coffee makers, mixers)
  • Hair products (especially ethnic products)
  • Adult backpacks (male & female styles, solid colors)
  • Lotion
  • Teething toys
  • Tummy time mats
  • Sippy cups
  • Baby carriers
  • Outside toys (jump ropes, water balloons, etc)
  • Craft items (finger paint, paint brushes, puff paint)

Harbor House

  • $25 gift cards
  • Kitchen essentials (small appliances, dish sets, silverware, cooking utensils, etc.)
  • Air mattresses (full/queen preferred)
  • Twin & full-size sheets and comforters
  • New pillows
  • New phone chargers (iPhone / USB-C with Block)
  • Laundry detergent pods
  • Disinfectant wipes
  • AA & AAA batteries
  • Kool-Aid packets
  • Breakfast foods
  • Diapers (sizes 5, 6, & 7) and Pull-Ups
  • Baby wipes
  • Ladies’ body wash
  • Textured hair care products (gel, curl cream, etc.)
  • Sleep/Shower caps
  • Journals
  • Heating pads

Adult Day Services

  • Amazon gift cards
  • XL Adult hygiene wipes
  • Baby wipes
  • Clorox wipes
  • Plastic Ziplock bags (all sizes)
  • Crafting beads
  • Paper plates (no Styrofoam, please)
  • Bottled water
  • Construction paper
  • Cotton balls
  • Acrylic paints
  • 8 oz. paper cups (no Styrofoam, please)
  • Popsicle sticks
  • Pipe cleaners
  • Brown lunch sacks
  • Coffee filters
  • Glue and glue sticks (small glue guns and sticks)
  • Feathers and poms for crafting
  • Skinny ribbon
  • Foam pieces (square and ball)
  • Felt-all colors
  • Shaving cream
  • Dish soap
  • Food coloring
  • Wooden skewers
  • Dry beans (all kinds)
  • Cupcake liners

Our Daily Bread Food Pantry

See the Food Drives page for current needs and drop-off locations.

Foster Grandparents

  • $25 gift cards to Dillons, Wal-Mart & Target
  • New large-print puzzle books
  • Hand/body lotion gift sets
  • Tea gift sets
  • New lap blankets or throws
  • New queen-size sheets or comforters
  • New towel sets
  • Women’s fuzzy slippers (all colors)
  • Adult coloring books and pencils
  • Gardening sets (kneeling pads, chairs, etc.)
  • New small kitchen appliances
  • New dish sets
  • New pots and pans sets

Other programs

Household essentials for unhoused families and veterans. See drop-off locations below.

Amazon Wish List

Items purchased from our Amazon Wish List will be shipped directly to Catholic Charities and distributed to programs as needed.

Amazon Wish List
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Donation drop-off locations

If you are donating non-food items, the following locations are currently accepting item donations.

Catholic Charities Administration Office

437 N Topeka Ave
Wichita, KS 67202

Tues, Wed, Thurs: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Tues, Wed: 9:00 AM – Noon

Need to drop off at a different time? Please call (316) 264-8344, ext. 1262

Catholic Charities
Pittsburg Office

1005 E Jefferson St
Pittsburg, KS 66762