The Center for Women in Transition receives donations from groups and individuals to offset operating costs. These donations allow us to spend more of its operating budget on programs and services for its residents and clients. While we appreciate all donations, we regret that we cannot usually pick up items.

Please call Betsy at 314-771-5207 for more details and/or to arrange for your
donation delivery.

At this point, we are only accepting donations for the following items:

Clothing
• Women's Clothing (Sizes 10 and larger) including jeans, khaki pants, shirts, and pajamas
• Winter Coats (All sizes)
• New Socks/Underwear/Bras (Sizes 8 and larger)
• Women's shoes (sizes 8 and up)

Household items
• Pots, pans and other cookware
• Kitchen appliances (microwaves, toasters, coffee makers)
• Shower curtains
• Bath towels
• Queen size comforters and/or sheets
• Pillow cases
• Cleaning supplies and equipments (brooms, mops, bucket, vacuum, etc.)

Personal needs
• Deodorant
• Soap
• Sanitary napkins
• Tampons
• Toilet paper
• Tooth paste
• Combs and brushes
• Mouth wash (non-alcohol
• Kleenex
• Hand soap

Cleaning products for each apartment
• Pine sol
• Furniture polish
• Lysol disinfectant wipes
• Windex

For the Kitchen
• Set of pots
• Silverware
• Serving Utensils
• Baking Utensils
• Cutting boards
• Aluminum foil
• Plastic wrap
• Paper towels
• Zip lock bags (small, medium, large)
• Serving dishes
• Trash bags (small, medium, large)

Office Items
• Pens
• Pencils
• Copy Paper
• Postage Stamps
• Batteries (AA, AAA, C, D)

For the Laundry
• Detergent
• Bleach
• Fabric softener
• Stain remover
• Dishwasher detergent

For the pantry
• Grocery store gift cards
• Nonperishable food items
• Admission to local attractions