"If you want to be happy for an hour, take a nap.
  If you want to be happy for a day, go fishing.
  If you want to be happy for a month, go on a honeymoon.
  If you want to be happy for a year, inherit a fortune.
  If you want to be happy for a lifetime, help children with disabilities."                                                              -Unknown

C·A·R programs need program supplies that make the day-to-day program activities more interesting and rewarding to the clients. Please consider making an in-kind donation of any of the following items. Remember, your in-kind donations are a tax deductible gift.

Creative Recreation

 Palo Alto Location

• Hand puppets
• Dramatic play clothes (to fit older kids-10+)
• Large feltboard (for circle time feltboard stories)
• Matching games (i.e. shape, color, picture, etc, matching)
• Puzzles (less than 100 pieces)
• Hot plate
• Playdough
• Markers
• Computer games (literacy, math, etc)water toys (i.e. sprinkler, water guns, etc.)
• Sand toys
• New bike helmets (to fit teens)

San Jose Location

• Arts and crafts supplies (paper, drawing tools, clay, poster board, markers, paints , etc.)
• Arts and Crafts Books (for ideas and patterns)
• Books
• Puzzles (100 piece or fewer)
• Board games
• Matching games (colors, letters, words to picture, etc.)
• Bicycles w/ helmets to fit teen and adult
• Computer games
• Video game console (Play Station, Xbox or Nintendo)
• DVD/VCR Player
• DVDs  (G rated movies)
• CD Player
• Hot Plate
• Microwave

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Computer Cafe

• Educational software
• Gift cards to Target (or other store which sells software) to purchase educational software

Independent Living Skills

• Dining room table with removable leaf for 6-8 people
• 6-8 samll to medium sized dining room chairs, no arms
• Gift certificates to Safeway  for cooking classes
• Gift certificates to Michael's and or other art supply stores for  our monthly art classes
• Gift certificates to The Home Depot or Loews or other home supply  store for Pergo or similar-type hard flooring
• Gift Certificates to home furnishing stores for blinds, curtains,  lamps, etc for the program apartment

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L.E.A.R.N. Program

• Outdoor furniture (picnic tables with umbrellas and chairs or benches)

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Horticultural Therapy Program

• Large market umbrella
• Bird bath (a heavy, quality one approx. $150)
• Metal welcome sign (a heavy, quality one approx. $150)  
• Large commercial oval galvinized planters approx. $90 a piece. 

Betty Wright Swim Center @ C·A·R

• Installation (electricity) of AC, $2,450
• Windows $8,500/panel (5 total)
• Chemical pulsar (water quality) $1,500
• PT table $1,500
• Hose wheel $200
• Re-roofing $50,000
• Paint ceiling of pool $1,500 (Estimated)
• Install energy efficient, non-flickering lights $3,000
• Acoustical sound tiles est. $10,000
• Floor tiles est. $15,000
• Radiant heated floor replacement

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Infant Program

• Batteries - all sizes
• Snack foods (animal crackers, Cheez-Its, juice boxes)
• Crayons
• Bleach and laundry detergent
• Non-toxic paint
• Large construction paper
• Markers
• Glue
• Stickers
• Bubbles

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All Programs

• Cameras: 35mm, digital (Canon  Rebel), or Polaroid
• Video cameras
• Food & snacks
• Gift certificates (Safeway, Albertson's, Costco, Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target and Toys-R-Us (C·A·R is on a registered list))
• Passes (movie, Great America, SF Zoo, Happy Hallow Park, Chucky Cheese, Golf Land, Discovery Museum, Exploratorium, Tech Museum, Bowling, Ice Rink, Cal Train, Bus)
• Money (petty cash)

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