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Ukrainian Refugee Resettlement Collection Drive
Monday, April 25, 2022 at 8:30 am through Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 6:00 pm
The JCC East Bay is partnering with the Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay to host a collection drive for Bay Area-based Ukrainian refugees and their families in need of household supplies during the process of settling into homes. We invite you to support these refugees by donating approved household items at the JCC East Bay in Berkeley.
From April 25 to May 25, there will be donation bins located at the front of the building during our normal operation hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30am-6pm) where you can drop off the items. (We will only be accepting newly purchased items listed below). Together, we can provide relief and support to Ukrainian refugees in the Bay Area!
Acceptable Donation Items:
- Toiletries: newly purchased FULL SIZE shampoo, conditioner, soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, dental floss, lotion, and shaving items. These can be bagged together into individual complete sets (welcome kits), or provided in bulk (preferred).
- Small household items: newly purchased sets of dishes, utensils, mixing bowls, pots, pans, microwave, toaster, blender, rice cooker, electric teapot, or vacuum. Please no plastic or anything alcohol-related. We are not currently accepting donations of gently used items.
- Cleaning supplies: newly purchased brooms, mops, vacuums, scrubbers, dustpans, buckets, cleaning products including dish soap and sponges, laundry detergent, and Clorox/Windex.
- Baby items: new packs of diapers and wipes, baby soap/shampoo/wash, plush toys.
- School supplies: backpacks, lunch boxes, pencils, pens, binders, lined paper, notebooks, markers, crayons, colored pencils, scissors, tape, staplers.
- Gift cards: Best stores are Target, Safeway, Amazon, and VISA cards. We put these directly into the hands of those who need them.