Wish List

The following coalition members have a need for the items listed below. If you have any of these items and would like to make a donation, please call or click on the link and send an email to the organization with the need. In your email, please be sure to include:

  • Your name
  • Address and telephone number
  • Brief description of item you wish to donate

Buffalo Public Schools Adult Education Division

Les Leopold
389 Virginia Street
Buffalo, NY 14201
716-888-7088

  • A large building to house a one-stop adult literacy and education center.

Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Buffalo, Inc.

Stephanie Connors
Community Outreach Coordinator
40 Gardenville Parkway, Ste. 300
West Seneca, NY 14224
(716) 712-2064

www.cccsbuff.org

  • Eight (8) new computer workstations
  • Eight (8) chairs

Literacy Empowerment Action Plan of Western New York

Cheryl J. Jessel-Yates
Program Director
3200 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14217
(716) 873-0429

  • Computers (6-7) with printer
  • Copier
  • Telephone system
  • Adult desk and Chairs
  • Three Round Tables (four client chairs each)
  • Books at all levels
  • Office supplies
  • Instructional Materials

Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo

Rebecca Rowe
Director of Program Operations & Specialized Services
282 Babcock St.
Buffalo, NY 14210
(716) 825-1016 x216

Aquariums
Books
Bookshelves (all sizes)
Coat Hooks
Composition Notebooks
Dry Erase Boards
Dry Erase Markers
Erasers for Blackboard & Dry Erase
Folders (All types)
Hanging File Folders
Hanging File Totes
Journals
Lamps
Shoebox Storage Totes
Pencil Erasers
Pencil Sharpeners (electric & hand held)
Pencils
Pens
Plastic Bins
Plastic Plants, Trees, and Flowers
Plastic Stackable Paper Separator Trays
Student Dictionaries
Three Hole Punchers
Gardening tools: Rakes, Shovels, Hoes, Gloves, Seeds, Kneeling Pads, Sun Hats, etc... Balloons
Beads
Face Paint
Clear Plastic Contact Paper
Colored Pencils
Construction paper
Craft Supplies: Felt Squares, Small Ceramic Tiles, Burlap, Hook and Latch Tools, Beads, Multi-colored Spindles of Yarn
Different colors of material
Drawing Boards
Drawing Notebooks
Drawing Paper
Easels
Flower Pots
Glitter
Glitter Glue
Glossy Photo Paper
Hot Glue Gun & Glue Sticks: clear and glittered
Markers
Mural Paper
Paints (Oil & Water-based)
Paint Brushes
Paper Mache
Poster Boards
Scissors
Seasonal Posters & Creative Art Designs
Tape
Area Rugs (Kid Friendly)
Basketball Pinnies (Jerseys)
Basketballs
Blink Card Games
Chalk
Connect Four Games
Crossword and Word Search Puzzles
DVDs rated PG 13, PG, and G
Folding Tables
Footballs
Giant Legos
Gym Bleachers
Large Mirrors
Gym Mats
Pool Ball Sets
Uno Games CD-R's
CD-RW's
Photo Illustration, Graphic Design Computer Programs
P.A.System
Leap Pad Systems & Games
Polaroid Cameras & Film
Radio with CD Player
Music Looper Software
Typing Skills Software 

Literacy Volunteers of Buffalo & Erie County

Robin Mitchell
Executive Director
1313 Main St.
Buffalo, NY 14209
(716) 876-8991

  • A conference table, chairs and other office furniture including comfy lounge chairs.
  • A portable bookshelf that can fit in a car, for displaying books at tabling events.
  • Various size bookshelves.
  • Complimentary advertising for tutor recruitment on the little plastic triangles they attach to parking meters along Elmwood.
  • 24 copies of Fantasia's new book Life is Not a Fairy Tale
  • 24 copies of Kyle Maynard's new book: No Excuses: The True Story of a Congenital Amputee Who Became a Champion in Wrestling and in Life
  • 50 mentor bags/composition notebooks/colored pencil sets/packs of index cards/pens and pencils
  • Backpacks
  • A book binder and binding supplies (covers, binder edges)
  • Learning software/CD's for kids and adults
  • Book and tape sets for kids and adults
  • Water bottles, baseball caps, mugs, sweat shirts, other giveaway-type stuff for family literacy events
  • New board books for babies/toddlers
  • Tabletop book rack/shelves
  • Ribbons/awards/certificates for excellence
  • Dyslexia learning/tutoring program (Barton) - $ 300 ea.
  • Flash card sets for phonics, vocabulary, math
  • Laser printers
  • State of the art MAC computer with graphic software.
  • 6 - 10 computers for children's tutoring program
  • Kids games, toys, puzzles, educational toys, posters, etc; to stock our student tutoring programs and to use as family literacy incentives
  • Small rugs to use for story time
  • Small comfy chairs for little children
  • 4 cork boards
  • 2 drawer filing cabinet
  • Soaps/lotions/hygiene products
  • Small fridge
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 Follow the Right to Literacy Declaration!



Last June, Read to Succeed Buffalo hosted the Right to Literacy Convention in Buffalo where a declaration proclaiming the Right to Literacy was drafted and signed. The Declaration has since traveled the country, gaining support and momentum for the literacy movement in America.

Click on the video above from Literacy Powerline to learn more!