We found an e-mail from a group called the Brooklyn Young Mothers Collective, which is located at Douglass Street and Fourth Avenue that needs some basic items donated. The group works with–you guessed it–young mothers and provides reproductive health education, legal information, educational support and more. The organization’s managing director writes:

We are seeking donations for particular items to very practically help keep costs down, but also as a way of involving our great community…Here are some of the things that we need to make our space thrive. If you can donate any of them, we would be grateful and can pick up. In addition, we do have 501c(3) status, so we are happy to write up a letter for tax deduction purposes.

**please note, there is a volunteer opp listed below, as we are looking for a volunteer tech person who is PC saavy.

**please note: If you have baby clothing or items related to donating to some of our young mothers, we have quarterly baby showers and will be organizing a separate donation list for that (once we have our office more organized).

**finally, please note: we need to make our office neat and clean, so please only offer items that are well-kept and in good-great condition.

The group needs a changing table, TV, VCR, DVD player, desk lamp, kitchen supplies, a sofa, a radio with CD player, storage bins, 2 staplers, paper & office supplies, two shelves to be mounted on wall for books, a rolling coat rack, four folding chairs and a storage cabinet or locker.

The volunteer opportunity is for a tech person who can provide some training “on file maker pro, excel, and word AND possibly someone who could be on call for us for questions after that.” They are also looking for someone to donate storage space for clothing that is given out at group baby showers.

If you’d like to help or have questions, you can email withwomannyc (at) yahoo (dot) com or call 718.596.7074 . We understand that the list of needed items is changing as donations are being made, so do check with them. They will arrange to pick up any donated items. You can find their website here if you want to check it out.