Shelter Needs

Please visit our Amazon Wish List to see items that you can purchase to help support our Family Shelter.

Our top 5 items that we need are:

• Cookware — pots, pans
• Mop / bucket combo
• Broom / dustpan combo
• Toilet paper
• Paper towels

Please also sign up for our quarterly newsletter. Each quarter, ACCESS Housing identifies its most immediate needs related to our shelter program and food pantry needs.

Currently with our units being renovated, specific to content needs are:

• Cash donation for specific mattress covers (ie. Bed bug proof, etc.)
• Donation for 3 queen-sized mattresses
• 5 Microwave ovens for the countertop
• Adult-size dishes — dinner plates & bowls
• Kid-size dishes — lunch plates & bowls
• Queen-size FITTED Sheets — we do NOT need the top sheet

These types of donations can be dropped off to our office Mon — Thurs, 8 am to 5:30 pm. To make other arrangements, please email admin@acchouse.org

We also have Food Pantry needs, click here to find out our current needs.

This quarter’s “Community Ask” is on FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES for our food pantry as the summer months are upon Colorado! With many school programs traditionally ending with the summer months, ACCESS Housing knows our local “food desert” is a challenge for families with growing children. As part of our food pantry summer efforts, our ASK is towards fresh ingredients for making a nutritious family meal. As we are all seeing the rise in food prices, with a possible $75 donation, this amount can cover fresh ingredients for FOUR of our unit families during a week in July or in August. Items to be purchased include but are not limited to: salad mixes, fresh apples, oranges and bananas, and hearty vegetables in season from local farmer stands, etc.

Starting in September, ACCESS Housing will be expanding its Food Pantry Program for monthly distribution on the third Sunday of every month to the larger community. Based on a pre-set box, team members and volunteers will be in our parking lot from 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm for pick-ups based on a first come, first serve distribution.

Food Bank Needs:

• Cash Donations to support purchasing fresh fruits & seasonal vegetables
• After School Snacks: portable fruits (i.e. apples, bananas, oranges, carrots, celery, etc.), fixings for a classic peanut butter & jelly sandwich, pretzels
• Holiday related:
  Thanksgiving — turkeys, potatoes, green beans, cranberries, fresh dinner rolls
  Halloween — pumpkins, all the ingredients to make pumpkin pie
  Spring time — ham, potatoes, salad mixes
  Winter Holiday — any meal items related to a traditional family dinner — share your family traditions by providing a complete meal for a family of four. (Menu of your traditional choosing.)