Wish List

For questions or comments about the Wish List, please contact Susan Bernier
at (423) 787-8753 or by sending us an email.

Holston Home for Children accepts monetary gifts, gift cards, new clothing, new shoes, and the items listed below. Many children arrive with very little or with nothing but the clothes they are wearing. One of the first things we do is to make sure that these basic needs are met.

Items that are currently needed are highlighted in yellow:

School Related Needs

• Walmart or Amazon gift cards ($25 for birthday gifts)
• Indoor leather basketballs
• 3-Ring binders (white, 1” or 2”)
• Divider inserts with pockets for 3-ring binders
• Canvases (5×7 or 8×10)
• Colored copy paper (not white)
• Large construction paper
• Drawing art paper (9×12 or 12×18)
• Charcoal pencils
• Gel Pens
• Colored pencils (48-72 count) and Pens
• Mechanical (not wood) pencils
• Pencil pouches
• Graph paper
• Tempera paint (gallon-size black & variety of colors in small bottles)
• Art supplies – oil pastels
• Water color paper
• Water color paint sets
• Pastel paints
• Acrylic paint (small bottles)
• Plastic paint palettes
• Sharpie markers (permanent)
• Markers (waterproof)
• Highlighters
• Dry erase markers
• Expo board cleaner (spray)
• White out tape
• Hand Sanitizer
• Clorox wipes
• Facial tissues
• Elmers Glue (liquid) and Elmers Glue Sticks
• Cardstock (white and multi-colored)
• Compass (math)
• Green hanging file folders
• Headphones
• Texas Instrument calculators (TI83 or TI 84)
• Word Puzzle Books: Crossword, Sudoku, Word Search, etc.
• Composition notebooks (NOT wire-bound)
• Padded Backpacks (for college students – large enough to hold laptop)
• Over-the-counter medications: Tylenol, Advil, Aleve, Midol, Benadryl, cough drops
• First aid items: Band aids, gauze pads, gauze wraps, Neosporin, burn spray, sunscreen, Hydrocortisone cream

Speech & Drama Needs

• Digital timer
• Buzzers
• Small laminator
• Laminator pouches
• Poster board
• Foam board
• Fabric
• Yarn
• Used costume pieces (hats, gloves, full costumes)
• DVD’s of musicals, plays or Shakespeare
• Board games: Charades, Guestures, Spontuneous, Picwits, or any “Murder Mystery” games

Other Residential Essential Needs

• Twin-size XL sheet sets (white)
• Twin-size XL comforters
• Towels (not white)
• Pillows
• Twin-size XL mattress pads
• Twin-size XL blankets
• HE laundry detergent
• Lysol bathroom cleaner
• Umbrellas
• Duffel bags
• Med-sized plastic totes

Personal & Hygiene Needs

• African-American hair products
• Hair gel
• Hair brushes
• Chapstick
• Combs
• Shampoo & conditioner
• Liquid hand soap
• Deodorant (for men & women)
• Body wash – not bar soap (for men & women)
• Lotion
• Lice kits

Clothing Essentials (all clothing must be new)

• Belts
• Socks
• Underwear
• Bras
• Tennis shoes (women size 7-11 & men size 7-14)
• Pajama sets
• Collared shirts (men & women S-XXL)

Larger Items Needed

• Car seats
• Booster seats
• Baby gates
• Bed frames (full)
• New mattresses (full, twin & twin long)

Christian Life Needs

• Bibles (KJV, NLT)
• Jesus Today (by Sarah Young)
• Crazy Love (by Francis Chain)
• Compelled by Love (by Heidi Baker)
• I Dared To Call Him Father (by Bilquis Sheikh)
• Peace Child (by Don Richardson)

Adventure Based Counseling

Early Childhood Ministries

• Cardstock (white or colored)
• Photo paper
• Watercolor paint sets
• Paint brushes (toddlers/preschoolers)
• Scissors (toddlers/preschoolers)
• Board books
• Outdoor playground equipment: balls, large dump trucks, sand
  toys, toddler size riding toys, push lawn mowers toddler toy
• Sidewalk chalk
• Bubbles: soap and blowing wands, battery operated bubble blowers
• Toddler play vacuum cleaners

ITEMS NOT NEEDED

• Pianos
• Used items: clothes, toys, games, stuffed animals, bedding, towels, shoes, etc.