DONATE GOOD STUFF
  • Home
    • About Us >
      • Annual Reports
    • Our Founder
    • Our Board
    • Press
    • Contact
  • Search
    • Nominate a Charity
  • Blog
  • Events
    • Current Events >
      • Eco Fair 5k - Powered by Donate Good Stuff >
        • Eco Fair 5K 2022 - Support the Event
    • Past Events >
      • Annual Cookie 5k >
        • 2021 Cookie 5K for Donate Good Stuff
        • 2020 Donate Good Stuff Cookie 5k
        • 2019 HeroSearch Cookie 5k
        • 2018 HeroSearch Cookie 5k >
          • 2018 5k Photos
        • Cookie Fun 5k - 2017
        • Cookie Fun 5k - 2016 >
          • Race Photos 2016
      • City Clean Up events >
        • 2021 St Paul Citywide Drop-off Events 2021
        • 2020 Community Clean Up - St Paul
        • 2019 Community Clean Up - St Paul
        • 2018 Community Clean Up - St Paul
        • 2017 Community Clean Up - St Paul
        • 2016 Community Clean Up - St Paul
        • Community Clean Up - St Paul
      • Donation Collection Events >
        • Donate Food & Warm Clothes - Twin Cities
        • Donations for Homeless Youth
        • Donations for Homeless Youth 2016
      • Partnership with MN Rollergirls
      • Beer and Books Fundraiser
      • How to donate masks >
        • How to make masks & supplies
        • MN Medical Donations Map
      • Trafficking Community Discussion
  • My Donations
    • Member Registration
    • Member Login
    • My Pending Donations
    • My Donation History
  • Nonprofit Login
    • Register Your Organization
    • Manage Profile
    • Add Listings
    • Manage Listings
  • Support Our Work
    • Donate
    • Become a Sponsor
    • Volunteer >
      • Volunteer Event Calendar
      • Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
      • Volunteer Login

Donation Collection for Homeless Youth

Picture

GOAL: ​1150 Meals before Thanksgiving

Final Tally:  in 1150 total items including  717 meals!!

On any given night just in MN, there are a reported 1150 homeless kids on their own.
​We thought 1150 meals and/or basic need items would be a good target.

Inspiration for the Drive

Picture
Picture
Inspired by a news report about kids sleeping under bridges, in mall parking ramps and even porta potties, we were moved to ask friends, family and neighbors to collect donations to help.
  1.  Shop or gather donation items
  2. Contact us on Facebook or Jennifer@HeroSearch.org to arrange pick up / drop off
  3. We will distribute directly to three locations that serve homeless youth
               YouthLink (Minneapolis)
               Hope4Youth (Anoka)
               Booth Brown House (St Paul)

                                     OR
  • Donate directly (to the shelters above or one near you) and send us a private message to let us know the amount
                             WE WILL MATCH ALL DONATIONS
                                              (up to our goal)

What Items are Needed?

Picture
  • Macaroni ‘n’ Cheese (cups) - These fly off the shelves
  • Canned / Cup Meals (Pastas, Stews, heat-and-eat meals) - Kids may not have access to heat or prepare food
  • Granola / Fruit / Breakfast Bars or fruit cups
  • Backpacks - They wear out carrying everything with them
  • Warm socks - most shelters close during the day
  • Gently used or new warm coats, hats, mittens, scarves - youth styles so they aren't ridiculed at school
  • New packaged underwear (a rarely donated basic need!)
  • Tampons
  • Toothpaste, toothbrushes
  • Lotion - hands get very dry out in the cold

Home

SEARCH

DONATE

Contact

Copyright © 2020
  • Home
    • About Us >
      • Annual Reports
    • Our Founder
    • Our Board
    • Press
    • Contact
  • Search
    • Nominate a Charity
  • Blog
  • Events
    • Current Events >
      • Eco Fair 5k - Powered by Donate Good Stuff >
        • Eco Fair 5K 2022 - Support the Event
    • Past Events >
      • Annual Cookie 5k >
        • 2021 Cookie 5K for Donate Good Stuff
        • 2020 Donate Good Stuff Cookie 5k
        • 2019 HeroSearch Cookie 5k
        • 2018 HeroSearch Cookie 5k >
          • 2018 5k Photos
        • Cookie Fun 5k - 2017
        • Cookie Fun 5k - 2016 >
          • Race Photos 2016
      • City Clean Up events >
        • 2021 St Paul Citywide Drop-off Events 2021
        • 2020 Community Clean Up - St Paul
        • 2019 Community Clean Up - St Paul
        • 2018 Community Clean Up - St Paul
        • 2017 Community Clean Up - St Paul
        • 2016 Community Clean Up - St Paul
        • Community Clean Up - St Paul
      • Donation Collection Events >
        • Donate Food & Warm Clothes - Twin Cities
        • Donations for Homeless Youth
        • Donations for Homeless Youth 2016
      • Partnership with MN Rollergirls
      • Beer and Books Fundraiser
      • How to donate masks >
        • How to make masks & supplies
        • MN Medical Donations Map
      • Trafficking Community Discussion
  • My Donations
    • Member Registration
    • Member Login
    • My Pending Donations
    • My Donation History
  • Nonprofit Login
    • Register Your Organization
    • Manage Profile
    • Add Listings
    • Manage Listings
  • Support Our Work
    • Donate
    • Become a Sponsor
    • Volunteer >
      • Volunteer Event Calendar
      • Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
      • Volunteer Login