HOW TO HELP

Our COVID-19 Needs List

CLEANING SUPPLIES

To help keep our communal living environment clean and COVID-19-free!

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• Hand soap#

• Body soap#

• Paper towels#

• Toilet paper*

• Lysol spray*

• Lysol wipes*

• Hand sanitizer*

• Dollar Store laundry detergent for individual use

• Large containers of laundry detergent for house use

• General cleaning supplies

MENTAL & PHYSICAL HEALTH SUPPLIES

​To help the women in recovery, who are already dealing with so much, face the threat of COVID-19 in the best possible mental and physical state 

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• Devotional or self-help style books

• Phone cards for calling loved ones

• Disposable gloves

OTHER

• ​Sets of dishes#

• Baby wipes#

• Dish towels#

• Wash cloths#

• Baby monitors 

• Kitchen towels - new or gently used

• Diapers

• Tampons

• Bunk beds#

PAPER & PLASTIC KITCHEN ITEMS

To help keep up with leftovers and in case the need arises for folks to eat meals in their individual rooms rather than in the communal kitchen

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• Paper bowls

• Small paper plates

• Ziploc bags, all sizes, especially gallon-sized

• Saran wrap

• Clamshell food containers

• Plastic utensils

• Paper napkins

• Paper towels

• Kitchen garbage bags (13-gallon)

EASY BREAKFAST, LUNCH, & SNACK FOODS FOR KIDS

To help supplement now that schools and childcare centers have been closed and to take some of the pressure off of Helena Food Share

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• Easy Mac - especially this! Easy Mac is a (relatively) healthy snack that older kids can make for themselves with only water

• Easy, healthy fruits and vegetables, like fruit cups, fruit pouches, packaged apple slices, packaged baby carrots, and sugar snap peas

• Granola bars

• Juice boxes

• Shelf-stable milk

• Cereal

• Shelf-stable applesauce

• Other easy, healthy, kid snacks

• Grocery store gift cards

PLEASE NOTE: YWCA Helena is currently accepting limited used items because of sterilization concerns. Please contact Molly at 406-438-7187 for more information.

* These items often have purchase limits which limits YWCA Helena's ability to purchase them for our residents, so if you're able to purchase one (or more!) of these items for us, please do!

#  YWCA Helena is especially in need of these items currently.