Refugee Wish List of Items

The IRC ensures that refugees have basic necessities – beds, linens, kitchen table and chairs, cooking utensils and hygiene products – but we rely solely on donations to go beyond the basics to help recently arrived refugee families create their new homes in Central Maryland. Please consider enlisting your friends, relatives and colleagues on a joint fundraising project to support refugee families in their critical first months in the U.S. Below is a refugee wish list of ideas to help refugees rebuild their lives.   

• Basic Needs Items: bus passes, international phone cards, English dictionaries, cooking supplies 

• For Refugee Children: school supplies, computers, printers 

• Appliances: televisions, microwaves, radios, lamps, irons, clocks, phones 

• Transportation: bikes, automobiles 

• *Furniture: gently used sofas, chairs, dressers, desks, bookshelves, coffee tables

Donations can be dropped off during business hours at our office at the Baltimore Resettlement Center, 3516 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224. All donations are tax deductible. Tax receipts are provided upon request. In order to receive a tax receipt, please fill out a donation form (available at our office). For more information, please contact Jessica Li, Advocacy & Outreach Coordinator, at (410) 558-3182 or by e-mail at jessica.li@theIRC.org.
 
*For furniture items, please contact Dan Kunimoto, Logistics Coordinator, at dan.kunimoto@theIRC.org to coordinate a drop off or pick up.