The Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento serves between 1,200 and 1,800 children annually.
In order to provide each child with the proper services we depend on donations from our community. Donations of all kinds are helpful. In-kind donations such as clothing, shoes, and gently used toys are a way for us to defray costs while monetary donations help fill in funding gaps in other programs. Gift cards are also a great gift and a way for us to purchase what we need when we need it.
Here is a list of items we need throughout the year:
Gently used clothing, shoes, and accessories (such as belts, hats, etc.)
New socks (of all sizes)
New underwear (briefs, boxer-briefs, boxers, girls and women's underwear of all sizes)
New bras (of all sizes, especially larger sizes)
Boys/Men's plain white undershirts
Boys/Men's plain white T-shirts
Boys Basketball shorts
Blankets or quilts
Throw pillows
Bean-bag chairs
Gift Cards (Target, Wal-Mart, DD's Discounts, Ross, Burlington, TJX)
DVD Players
Toiletries- tootpaste, deoderant, bodywash, etc.
Magazines (to be used for art projects/collages, etc.)
Clothing Room
Our clothing room is stocked with 100% donated material given to us by members of the community. We are able to give children who come in with nothing a full tote of clothing items, hygiene products, shoes, socks, and all the necessities! We accept both new and gently used clothing items.
Funding
The majority of the operating costs are met through State Foster Care Rates. This is augmented by annual contracts with Sacramento County Children's Protective Services and Department of Mental Health. In addition, some funding is received from the State of California for nutritional needs and for the required physical examinations for school aged children.
As a charitable non-profit agency, the Children's Receiving Home receives community support through tax deductible contributions and donations. This figure amounts for approximately 15% of our annual operating expenses.
How YOU can help:
The Children's Receiving Home's needs tend to ebb and flow as the age and gender of children coming through our door is always unknown. Currently, we are in need of the following items:
Reliable 4 door vehicle and/or van
First Aid Supplies: Band-Aids, all sizes; 4x4 and 2x2 gauze pads; Neosporin; medical tape; Ace bandages; Ice and Heating packs
Hand Sanitizer
Over the counter medications such as:
- Tylenol – 325 mg
- Motrin – 200 mg
- Hydrocortisone and Antifungal creams
- Children’s liquid Tylenol and Motrin
- Children’s vitamins – preferably “gummies”
- Cough drops
- Hydrogen Peroxide
Beach towels and bath towels
Nintendo Wii games: Adolescent aged games
Microwaves
Vacuums
DVD Players
New or used (in working condition) personal CD players, Walkman, MP3 players, etc.
New and used CDs - NO cursing
Batteries - especially AA
Musical instruments: preferably guitars
T-Shirts: Men's Large and Extra-Large
Men's Body Wash and Cologne (Preferably brand name such as Axe)
Women's Body Wash and Body Spray (Preferably brand name such as Bath & Body Works)
Pajama bottoms: for teenager population
Shoes of all sizes, especially womens size 8
Hair Brushes and Combs
Women's Deodorant
Hair products: especially styling products for African-American Hair, but also conditioner for all hair types, boar hair type brushes, hair wraps, Pink Oil hair conditioner, Cream of Nature shampoo
Hair Cuts/Styles for African-American hair
Tampons and Sanitary Pads
Aveeno/Eucerin types of body lotion
Laundry baskets
Brooms and dust pans
New water pitchers
Large 6'x8' or 8'x10' area rugs - neutral colors
New or used potted plants (fake preferred)
Sports themed decorations for adolescent dorms
Off-site Outings: Need for Gift Certificates
As a way to keep our children occupied in a healthy and fun way, we take them on as many off-site outings as we can. Many times we are able to use gift cards that have been generously donated to us by businesses or individual members of the community. The most popular gift cards for our kids are as follows:
Movie Theatres
Sunrise Rollerland
Golfland Sunsplash
AMF Bowling
Country Club Lanes
Pizza Hut
Round Table
Jamba Juice
Other Restaurants
Sporting Events: Rivercats, Kings, Monarchs, etc.
To donate tickets to an event or local venue please call Tanya Kravchuk at (916) 482-2370 ext. 303
You can also mail tickets to:
Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento
Attn: Ticket Donations
3555 Auburn Boulevard
Sacramento, CA 95821
Recreation Equipment
As many as 1,800 children may stay at our facility within just one year. Due to the high overturn of clients we are constantly replacing lost or damaged equipment. The following items are recreation supplies we can use throughout the year:
Arts & Crafts Materials: paint, chalk, poster boards, construction paper, Crayons, pencils, stickers, models (airplanes, cars, etc.), modeling clay, latch hook kits, paint by numbers, marker posters, sketching pencils, needle point kits (with plastic needles only), blank canvases, shoe boxes with lids (for making keepsake boxes), plain picture frames (small, no glass) for kids to decorate
Sporting Equipment: sports jerseys (mesh for team sports), basketballs, softballs, baseball mitts/gloves, removeable bases, soccer balls, portable soccer net, footballs, flags for flag football, volleyball & net sets, tennis balls & rackets
Swimming Pool toys - noodles, diving toys, balls, etc.
Games for all types of gaming systems (including handheld games)
For more information on what types of recreation equipment we can accept, please call our Donations and Fund Development line at (916) 482-2370 ext. 305
Activities & Recreation Needs
Immediate Needs
All donations made to the Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento are tax deductible. Please be sure to fill out a donations receipt so we can thank you and also send you your tax deduction letter.
All in-kind donations should be brought to the Donation Area Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento. There is a Donation Area in the upper parking lot of our facility located at 3555 Auburn Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95821.
Donation Hours are Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Due to limited staffing a representative may not be present at the time you drop off your donation. If there are no Donation Receipts available at the Donation Area please be sure to stop by the front desk so they can give you a receipt.
