Household Goods
The Pine Ridge and Navajo organizations listed below can use your donations of new or very gently used household items (please do not send goods that are broken, chipped, cracked, or stained).
You can purchase these items locally and ship them yourself or order online and have them shipped directly to the reservation.
- Blenders
- Butter dishes
- Cake pans
- Casserole dishes
- Clothesline
- Clothespins
- Coffee mugs
- Coffee pots
- Colanders
- Cookie sheets
- Cooking utensils
- Crockpots
- Cups
- Cutlery (sets or singles)
- Decorative items
- Dishes (sets or singles)
- Drinking glasses (sets or singles)
- Dustpans
- Egg beaters
- Electric skillets (especially useful for families that have no stoves)
- Flashlights w/batteries
- Frying pans (no scratched nonstick, please)
- George Foreman grills
- Glass baking pans
- Heating pads
- Juicers
- Ladles
- Laundry baskets
- Manual can openers
- Measuring cups
- Measuring spoons
- Mini-muffin tins
- Mixers
- Mixing bowls
- Muffin tins
- Pasta spoons
- Picture frames
- Pitchers
- Plastic food storage containers
- Pots and pans
- Salt and pepper shakers
- Saucepans
- Serving spoons and forks
- Smoke detectors
- Strainers
- Sugar and creamers
- Tea kettles
- Tea pots
- Toaster ovens
- Toasters
- Tongs
- Waffle makers
- Whisk brooms
- Wooden spoons
Ship to:
UPS/FedEx*:
Alice Phelps, Director
First Families Now
2900 BIA 27
Porcupine, SD 57772
U.S. Mail:
Alice Phelps, Director
First Families Now
2900 BIA 27
Porcupine, SD 57772
or
Etta Shirley, Principal
Little Singer Community School
6 Miles So. of Birdsprings Chapter House
Winslow, AZ 86047
Etta Shirley, Principal
Little Singer Community School
P.O. Box AQ
Winslow, AZ 86047
*When entering this address on Amazon orders you may get a message that says “This street name or number appears to be invalid.” Ignore it and continue by clicking on the “Ship to this address” button and it will accept it.
Please Note: Due to the volume of donations shipped to the reservation FoPRR cannot verify delivery of your boxes. If you require confirmation of delivery, please purchase delivery confirmation from the post office or use your shipping service’s tracking system.
Paper, Plastic and Foil
Some of the organizations we support have an ongoing need for paper, plastic and foil products. Purchase these locally and ship yourself or order online and have them shipped directly to the reservation.
- Aluminum foil
- Cupcake liners
- Facial tissue
- Paper cups
- Paper plates
- Paper towels
- Plastic containers
- Plastic wrap
- Toilet tissue
- Trash bags, all sizes
- Wax paper
- Zipper seal storage bags
- Zipper seal freezer bags
Please donate these items to:
UPS/FedEx*:
Alice Phelps, Director
First Families Now
2900 BIA 27
Porcupine, SD 57772
U.S. Mail:
Alice Phelps, Director
First Families Now
2900 BIA 27
Porcupine, SD 57772
or
Etta Shirley, Principal
Little Singer Community School
6 Miles So. of Birdsprings Chapter House
Winslow, AZ 86047
Etta Shirley, Principal
Little Singer Community School
P.O. Box AQ
Winslow, AZ 86047
*When entering this address on Amazon orders you may get a message that says “This street name or number appears to be invalid.” Ignore it and continue by clicking on the “Ship to this address” button and it will accept it.
Please Note: Due to the volume of donations shipped to the reservation FoPRR cannot verify delivery of your boxes. If you require confirmation of delivery, please purchase delivery confirmation from the post office or use your shipping service’s tracking system.
Personal Care
Many of the organizations we support have an ongoing need for toiletries and other personal care items listed below. Purchase them locally and ship yourself or order online and have them shipped directly to the reservation.
- Bar Soap
- Brushes
- Combs
- Conditioner
- Dental floss
- Deodorant
- Disposable razors
- Facial tissue
- Hair accessories
- New bathmats
- New bath towels, hand towels, wash cloths
- Panty liners
- Q-tips
- Sanitary napkins
- Shampoo
- Shaving Cream
- Tampons
- Toilet tissue
- Toothpaste
- Toothbrushes
Remember, if you are sending anything liquid please double wrap it and seal well in a plastic bag.
Please donate these items to:
UPS/FedEx*:
Alice Phelps, Director
First Families Now
2900 BIA 27
Porcupine, SD 57772
U.S. Mail:
Alice Phelps, Director
First Families Now
2900 BIA 27
Porcupine, SD 57772
or
Etta Shirley, Principal
Little Singer Community School
6 Miles So. of Birdsprings Chapter House
Winslow, AZ 86047
Etta Shirley, Principal
Little Singer Community School
P.O. Box AQ
Winslow, AZ 86047
*When entering this address on Amazon orders you may get a message that says “This street name or number appears to be invalid.” Ignore it and continue by clicking on the “Ship to this address” button and it will accept it.
Please Note: Due to the volume of donations shipped to the reservation FoPRR cannot verify delivery of your boxes. If you require confirmation of delivery, please purchase delivery confirmation from the post office or use your shipping service’s tracking system.
Sewing, Knitting, Etc
Sewing, Quilting, Needlework, Knitting, Crocheting Supplies
The organizations listed below use any supplies related to sewing, quilting, needlework, knitting and crocheting. Here are some suggested donations, but please feel free to send anything else that is related. Purchase items locally and ship them yourself or order online and have them sent directly to the reservation.
- Batting
- Bias tape
- Blanket binding
- Bobbins, any size
- Bodkins
- Buttons
- Cone thread
- Cone thread adapter
- Cording
- Crochet hooks
- Cutting mats
- Elastic
- Embroidery floss
- Embroidery hoops
- Fabric of any color and any type: cotton, fleece, etc.
- Fabric markers with washout or disappearing ink
- Felt
- Folders for storing patterns
- Fusible web (Stitch Witchery)
- Hooks and eyes
- Interfacing, sew in or fusible
- Ironing boards
- Irons
- Knitting needles
- Lace
- Lining
- Magnets (to pick up pins)
- Marking pencils or pens
- Measuring tapes, fabric and metal roll up
- Needle threaders
- Needles
- Needlework supplies
- New twin, full or queen size flat sheets
- Pillow forms
- Pillow stuffing
- Pin cushions
- Pins
- Pressing ham
- Quilting needles of all sizes
- Ribbon
- Rotary cutters
- Rulers
- Safety pins, all sizes
- Scissors – fabric, paper, embroidery
- Seam binding
- Seam rippers
- Sewing baskets
- Sewing books
- Sewing gauge
- Sewing machine needles, any size
- Sewing machines
- Sewing patterns of all types
- Sleeve board
- Snaps
- Tailor’s chalk
- Thimbles
- Thread, any color
- Trim, ric rack, bias tape
- Velcro (hook and loop)
- Yarn
- Yardsticks
- Zippers
- Zip Loc bags, large and small for storing patterns and notions
Please donate these items to:
UPS/FedEx*:
Alice Phelps, Director
First Families Now
2900 BIA 27
Porcupine, SD 57772
U.S. Mail:
Alice Phelps, Director
First Families Now
2900 BIA 27
Porcupine, SD 57772
or
Etta Shirley, Principal
Little Singer Community School
6 Miles So. of Birdsprings Chapter House
Winslow, AZ 86047
Etta Shirley, Principal
Little Singer Community School
P.O. Box AQ
Winslow, AZ 86047
Beading Supplies
Please donate any of the following items to be used to teach students traditional beading techniques.
- Seed Beads: any color in sizes 9, 10, 11
- Crow beads, any color
- Mini-crow beads, any color
- Tile beads, any color
- Bugle Beads, any color
- Earring Wires
- Beading needles, long and short, in sizes 10 and 11
- Soft leather scraps
- Beading thread, Size D
Please donate these items to:
UPS/FedEx*:
Alice Phelps, Director
First Families Now
2900 BIA 27
Porcupine, SD 57772
U.S. Mail:
Alice Phelps, Director
First Families Now
2900 BIA 27
Porcupine, SD 57772
or
Etta Shirley, Principal
Little Singer Community School
6 Miles So. of Birdsprings Chapter House
Winslow, AZ 86047
Etta Shirley, Principal
Little Singer Community School
P.O. Box AQ
Winslow, AZ 86047