Want to Donate to The Women's Center?
The Women's Center is funded through a variety of sources including the United Way of Waukesha County, government and
private foundation grants, and corporate and community donations. Donations to The Women's Center support the free
programs and services offered to clients. Services include emergency shelter, transitional living, group and individual
counseling, onsite and respite childcare, legal advocacy, employment counseling, Hispanic outreach, community education,
child abuse prevention programming, and a 24-hour crisis line.
See "urgent need items" under In-Kind Donations.
Download The Women's Center's Wish List.
Download the Book Wish List (these books are needed to give to clients).
To make a donation, contact The Women's Center at 262-547-4600 or fill out and return the donation form
to The Women's Center.
Click here to view our Financial Report
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Please mail all donations to:
The Women's Center
P.O. Box 554
Waukesha, WI 53187-0554
We are now also accepting online donations. To make an online donation, click here
(Visa, MasterCard or Discover)
The Women's Center is a 501(C)3 organization and tax deductable to the fullest extent allowed by law.
All contributions will be acknowledged by mail.
Easy Ways to Give -- "Give-Back Programs":
Goodsearch
Use Goodsearch as your main search engine and they'll give money back to The Women's Center. Also, shop select stores
online through GoodShop, and they'll give 3% of your purchase back too! Visit their link to find out more:
www.goodsearch.com
Shelter Alliance -- Donating Cell Phones
When you donate your old cell phones to The Women's Center, we keep some for clients to use for emergencies, and the
rest we sent to Shelter Alliance. Shelter Alliance pays us $10-$30 for every phone we send in.
In-Kind Donations
The Women's Center and Sister House Shelter are in need of the following items. Please contact The Women's Center at
262-522-3833 if you are interested in making an in-kind donation and to arrange for delivery of your donation.
Non-perishable food and essential household and personal care items are requested. Due to limited storage space, we are
unable to accept gifts of clothing, knick knacks, decorations, stuffed animals, used games and toys.
The Women's Center greatly appreciates ALL donations. However, there is an URGENT need for the following items:
- Pampers: sizes 5 and 6
- Food for client food boxes
- Gift cards to: Walgreens, Pick 'n Save & assorted area retailers
- Socks for boys
- Slippers for women and children
- Infant clothes
- Ethnic baby dolls
Items for Shelter use:
- Waukesha County bus tickets
- Baby monitors and 9-volt batteries
- Assorted sizes of batteries
- Alarm clocks
- Pots, pans, mixing bowls, dishes, etc.
- Kitchen utensils
- Pillows and pillowcases
- Twin size sheets and blankets
- Laundry detergent and Fabric softener
- Full size personal hygiene items (shampoo, soap, lotion, etc.)
- African American hair care products
- Baby care items (wipes, diapers)
- Pack and Play portable cribs and play pens
- Cleaning products
- Paper towels
- Mops, brooms, bag less vacuums
- Kitchen and bathroom linens
- Clorox wipes
- School supplies
- Phone cards
Family Dollar, Wal-mart, Target, Kohl's, Walgreen's, groceries, gas, fast food places.
Food Items:
- Macaroni & cheese
- Spaghettis and mini ravioli
- Tuna
- Peanut butter and jelly
- Condiments (Mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, etc.)
- Syrup
- Spices
- Breakfast cereal
- Snacks for school lunches (i.e. granola bars)
- Cookies
- Coffee and creamer
- Hot chocolate
- Sugar
- Cooking oil
- Vanilla extract
- Cake and brownie mixes and Pancake Mix
- Canned soup and fruit
- Hamburger and Tuna Helper
- Rice-A-Roni
- Books, journals, and diaries
- Arts and crafts supplies
- Jewelry, and hair accessories
- Nail care items and make-up
- Personal Care products for boys
- Games and handheld video games
- Non-violent toys
- Personal CD player
- Dolls (mixed races)
- Backpacks (plain)
