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Help us in our mission to improve the lives of children and families.  Giving to Caring for Kids, Inc. is easy.  Every positive thought, word, action, item, or monetary donation made on behalf of Caring for Kids and the lives we impact, is forever appreciated. 

Your donation will help us to continue to provide free-of-charge services to our clients.  We rely on the generosity of our donors to support the various services and programs we provide for children in foster care, foster families, adoptive families, and birth parents.  Your financial or Wish List donation will touch the lives of the many Ohio children and families in need. 

Three ways you can help Caring for Kids:

1. Donate online

2. Mail your donation to:
           Caring for Kids, Inc.
           650 Graham Road, Suite 101
           Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221

3. Fulfill a Wish List item
       Mail in or drop off item(s) during regular business hours

Types of Donations

Event Sponsorship

Funds for this type of donation go directly towards sponsoring Caring for Kids’ Great Strides Horse Camp.  Twice each summer, with the help of a local equestrian facility, our agency runs a week long camp for foster and/or adoptive children. 

Riding lessons, arts and crafts, hiking, and fishing are just a few of the activities the children participate in while at Horse Camp.  Your donation will go directly towards sponsoring a child(ren) so that he/she can attend this fabulous camp at no cost.  Giddy up! 

Annual Appeal

Caring for Kids’ Annual Appeal supports a year of services for birth parents, adoptive families as well as foster children and parents.

Training Fund

Help us continue to provide outstanding training opportunities for the members of our community.  Funds allocated for training purposes will go directly towards the purchase of DVDs, books, trainer stipends, and other training materials needed for pre- and continuing foster care training as well as post-adoption issues.

The Edgar and Gladys Swinehart Memorial Fund

This gift will be dedicated in the memory of Ed and Gladys Swinehart, parents of our executive director, who supported loving options for children and strong families.  Your contribution will help support a variety of our agency’s special projects. 

WISH LIST ITEMS

Your donations are appreciated more than we can put into words.  While monetary donations are always gratefully accepted, we understand there are those who prefer to give tangible items, which we certainly appreciate as well.

Wish list items can be mailed in or dropped off item at our Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio office during regular business hours.

We have year-round needs for the following items:

 For Children in Foster Care Placements 

• School supplies
  • Pens, pencils, erasers, spiral notebooks, composition notebooks, rulers, colored pencils, sets of 8-10 markers, 24-count crayons, notebook filler paper (wide-ruled and college-ruled), glue sticks, dry-erase markers, book sox
• Backpacks for all school-aged children, especially for those ages ten to seventeen
• Clothing for children of all ages*
• Pajamas for children of all ages*
  
• Bright colored, soft fleece blankets or throws to provide comfort upon placement
• Stuffed animals (new with tags attached) to provide comfort upon placement
• Coloring books
• Journals (preferably with locks) for teen girls
• Diapers – all sizes
• Gift cards for shoes and boots from Famous Footwear, Payless, Target or Kohl’s

For Birth Mothers

• Maternity clothes*
• Journals/Composition notebooks

For Newborns

• Onesies/Sleepers to leave the hospital*
• Receiving or baby blankets

For Our Office

• 8.5 x 11 White copier paper 
• 1 x 25/8 White address labels 
• Gift cards to Staples, Office Max, Sam’s Club, or Wal-Mart

For Our Parent and Children Resource Lending Library

• Amazon.com gift cards

For Our Monthly P.L.A.Y. Group

• Paper products (cups, plates and napkins)
• Craft supplies – gift cards to Michael’s, Pat Catan’s, or JoAnne’s
• Disinfecting wipes

* We apologize, but we are currently unable to accept used clothing, no matter how gentle its use.  Clothing donations must be new with tags attached.