Steiner Ranch Fire: Donations, Volunteers, & Resources > Homes Lost - personal items needed
Please list the neighborhood, street, or just a list of items needed. Certainly, if you know of families in need, ask if we can help here.
DO NOT provide personally identifiable information. Contact me and we’ll coordinate distribution of those items to specific home owners privately.
EXAMPLE
- Rocky Ridge; Stapp Ct. – backpacks for 3 kids, hand tools, and gluten free snacks
NEEDED
- Please contact me Family of 4 with two girls ages 3 1/2 and 6.
- Taco Bell gift card (the littlest loves to eat here!)
- Italian Restaurant gift card
- Kohls or department store gift card for parents to find clothing
- WalMart, Target
and HEBgift cards - World Market or Pier One gift card
- Carters and Children’s Place gift card or clothing
- Justice gift card or clothes (6 year-old loves sparkles!)
- Academy Sports gift card (soccer starts next week)
- Zhu-Zhu pets
- Pillow Pets
(specifically, a penguin for the oldest) - The girls wear 5T and 6X to 7 (tall and thin)
- Their shoe sizes are 10 and 13
- Any other gift card or new item that you think would be helpful or comforting would be wonderful. Everything was lost, even their wedding rings in the fire.
- FOUND (NO LONGER NEEDED) –
We’re looking for a microwave for temporary use. Family who lost everything has a place to stay but could use a microwave. - FOUND (NO LONGER NEEDED) –
Looking for 2 twin quilts/comf. for guests to borrow. Sheets would be great,too.
Little Girl’s Clothes Available for Fire Victims–I have used girl’s clothes from newborn through size 5 (winter) and newborn through size 4 (summer) for free. Mostly Gymboree brand.
I spent half a day sorting through all the clothes we can’t or don’t wear and marking in the sizes to make them easy to see, then drove from Waco to Elgin intending to deliver them to Bastrop Church of Christ, which had posted that they were taking donations. But when I called them for directions to their location, I was told they were not taking any more clothes because they already had a semi-trailer full of clothes. Most of the clothing I took was like brand new, it just didn’t fit anyone anymore. I am guessing that a lot of the clothes on that semi-trailer were also nearly new, so why are people asking for gift cards to go buy new clothes? Most of the donations locations tell me they have plenty of clothing.
Send people there and let’s save the cash for things that can’t be re-used, like pain killers for all the injured animals, and supplies for the firefighters.