Financial Donations:
Please Consider Making a Financial Contribution to Our Work.
1. Donate Online
You can also make a secure online donation directly to us using your credit card simply by clicking on the “donate” icon. You can determine how your contribution will be used as PayPal allows you to specify the purpose of your donation, or we will put it towards the project most in need.
2. Send Us a Check:
We are in the process of registering as a 501(c)3 charitable organization. We can now accept tax-deductible donations. Please send a check to:
Shining Hope for Communities
14 Red Glen Road
Middletown, CT 06457
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Make an In Kind Donation:
We are in need of school supplies, arts and crafts materials, toys and games in good condition, sports equipment, medical supplies, girls’ clothing, and computer equipment.
If you are interested in making an in kind donation please contact Jessica at jessica@hopetoshine.org. You can also specify that we use your financial contribution to purchase an item on the list below.
The Kibera School for Girls especially needs the following:
- Laptop computers in good condition and Pentium 3 or higher.
- Digital Cameras
- Printers
- A photocopy machine
- Sports equipment for children ages 4-10 (especially soccer equipment)
- Notebooks
- Pencils
- Paper
- Crayons
- Markers
- Chalk
- Pens
- Erasers
- Scissors
- Classroom resource materials
- Montessori materials
- Construction Paper
- Play kitchen toys
- Children’s educational toys and games
- Girls clothing for ages 3-10
- Women’s clothing
- First aid kits
- Pads
- Underwear
- Soap, laundry soap, and shampoos
- Birth control medications
- Blankets
- Shoes for children ages 3-10
- Garden tools and equipment
We also really need backpacks!