Donations

  • Jacob's Heart Children's Cancer Support Services provides family-centered care that addresses the emotional, practical and financial struggles for families of children and teens during treatment, families experiencing anticipatory grief and those who

    Jacob's Heart

    Jacob's Heart Children's Cancer Support Services provides family-centered care that addresses the emotional, practical and financial struggles for families of children and teens during treatment, families experiencing anticipatory grief and those who are bereaved.

    In-kind gifts are vital to the work at Jacob’s Heart. We accept produce, goods, clothing, toys, furniture and more on behalf of the families we serve.

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  • Gift for Good

    Donate your quality vintage, antiques, art, jewelry or collections to Tumbleweed Found to sell and we will allocate your commission to a community organization. Contact us to learn more.

    2024
    August, September and October: Jacob’s Heart

    Jacob's Heart Children's Cancer Support Services provides family-centered care that addresses the emotional, practical and financial struggles for families of children and teens during treatment, families experiencing anticipatory grief and those who are bereaved.

  • Grey Bears improves the health and well-being of seniors and our community through food and meal deliveries, volunteerism, resource conservation and recycling.

    Greybears

    Grey Bears improves the health and well-being of seniors and our community through food and meal deliveries, volunteerism, resource conservation and recycling.

    ​​Your financial gifts, recycling, thrift and vehicle donations directly support weekly food deliveries to 4,200 seniors, conserves resources and lowers our collective carbon footprint. Our thrift store accepts We accept Clothing, shoes, housewares, textiles, luggage, furniture…and more.

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  • Dedicated to improving the quality of life for women, children, and families in Santa Cruz County for 90 years and is a strength-based family center. Our service providing programs include Early Education Center, Services for Children & Youth, Servic

    Walnut Ave. Family & Women’s Center 

    Dedicated to improving the quality of life for women, children, and families in Santa Cruz County for 90 years and is a strength-based family center. Our service providing programs include Early Education Center, Services for Children & Youth, Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence, Family Support Services, and Community Engagement. Many of the families participating in Walnut Avenue programs are from under-served populations due to poverty, early pregnancy, lack of stable housing, and/or domestic violence.

    We accept new household goods, large items, vehicles for families.
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    We accept toys, towels, printer paper, housewares, clothing, art supplies, and games. See our Wish List

  • ​Hopes Closet provides free clothing and the basic necessities for children in need! Hopes Closet serves children ages birth through pre-teen who are living in low-income, foster care, or homeless situations and we strive to deliver these services in

    Hopes Closet

    ​Hopes Closet provides free clothing and the basic necessities for children in need! Hopes Closet serves children ages birth through pre-teen who are living in low-income, foster care, or homeless situations and we strive to deliver these services in a dignified manner to ease an immediate burden for families when they need it most.

    Hopes Closet accepts clothing, books, CDs, household goods, small appliances, bicycles, vehicles.

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  • WINGS: No One Goes Solo

    WINGS is an acronym for "With Inspiration No-one Goes Solo."

    This programs address the loneliness, anxiety and fear of a breast cancer diagnosis.

    They provide
    -different levels of emotional support to patients from a new diagnosis, through surgery, through chemotherapy and/or radiation, or those ending treatment.

    - financial assistance based on where the person is in their unique cancer journey.

    -encouragement including care packages, a personal phone call, food, prosthetics and other financial assistance, the founders book, Thrive in 5 in Five.

    Consider I Have Wings for your jewelry donation—unwanted costume or estate jewelry (even one earring!) to support survivors through our No One Goes Solo programs throughout the year. It’s recycling at its best and all donations are tax deductible!

    They clean, repair and resell most jewelry to fund our programs, some may support other nonprofits in need of jewelry and/or senior craft projects.

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  • Hope Services is Silicon Valley’s leading provider of services to people with developmental disabilities and mental health needs. “Developmental disability” means a severe and chronic disability attributable to a mental or physical impairment that be

    Hope Services

    Hope Services is Silicon Valley’s leading provider of services to people with developmental disabilities and mental health needs. “Developmental disability” means a severe and chronic disability attributable to a mental or physical impairment that begins before adulthood, such as intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, and Down syndrome. In addition, we serve those who have mental health conditions. We serve approximately 3,700 people and their families in nine Bay Area Counties and provide a broad spectrum of services.

    Hope also operates a number of businesses to raise funds and provide employment for people with developmental disabilities, including a recycle/reuse business for clothing and household goods, auto donations, HopeTHRIFT stores, and staffing solutions for businesses.

    We accept clothing, books, CDs, household goods, small appliances, bicycles, cars and other vehicles, and more. Donate

Preserve History

  • The California State Library welcomes both financial and material donations to build our collection. Your assistance in helping the State Library preserve a record of our times for future research and educational use is greatly appreciated.

    California State Library

    The California State Library welcomes both financial and material donations to build our collection. Your assistance in helping the State Library preserve a record of our times for future research and educational use is greatly appreciated.

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  • The California State Archives

    California's first legislature, meeting in 1849–50, charged the Secretary of State to receive "…all public records, registered maps, books, papers, rolls, documents and other writings . . . which appertain to or are in any way connected with the political history and past administration of the government of California." The Act Concerning the Public Archives (Chapter 1, Statutes of 1850 (PDF)) was the first law signed by California's first governor on January 5, 1850. The California State Archives, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State, continues to serve in the spirit of those early instructions, providing a repository for the state's permanent governmental records as well as other materials documenting California history. The California State Archives serves a wide variety of researchers whose interests range from legislative intent and public policy to genealogy and railroad history in California.

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