Wish List for Indiana Youth Group

To purchase online, sign in to Amazon via smile.amazon.com, and choose Indiana Youth Group as your charity and they will donate .05% of your purchase to us! Then search for the Wish List for Indiana Youth Group. If you are donating any items on this list but not buying through Amazon.com, please select ‘Buying this gift elsewhere,’ so there are not duplicate items purchased. When you purchase gifts for IYG through Amazon, we are only sent your name. Please email us and let us know who you are and what you’ve bought! Also, we definitely accept gently used items. Thank you!

Please drop off donations at 2943 E. 46th St., Indianapolis (46th & Binford). Please call first.

Practical Items for Center:

Kitchen & Bathroom

Frozen foods: veggies, entrees, vegetarian burgers / Healthy snacks (granola bars, trail mix, chips, salsa, nuts, dried fruit) / Trash bags: 35 & 55 gallon & tall kitchen drawstring
#40604 Freezer baskets (3)
Paper Towels (cases) / Coffee
Toilet paper (cases) / Soda (diet, regular)
Kroger, Marsh, gift cards

Office

Staples gift cards / Colored pocket folders / Copy paper (white) – (cases)
Forever postage stamps / Paper pads (8½ x 11 & legal size) / Post-It Notes 3 X 3”
General office supplies

Miscellaneous

Steel cages for backyard flood lights / Folding chairs
9 volt batteries for smoke alarms / Lowes or Target gift cards / 14” x 20” & 25 x 20” furnace filters
Flashlights / Grass seed patch / 15-passenger van (might as well ask!)
Install back window in pit / Storage shed / Funds to install a back window

Fun items for YOUTH:

Electronics:

iPads – multiples (can be utilized for homework) / Wireless mouses
New computer and monitor

Art Supplies:

T-shirt screen printing frame and supplies / Silk screens for t-shirt printing
Canvases: pre-stretched / Pens
2 ¼ “ button making supplies / 1” button making supplies
Supplies for art projects
Jewelry supplies

LGBTQ-themed DVDs:

Saving Face / Lots more DVDs listed at http://www.indianayouthgroup.org/reference-info
Kinky Boots / Milk

LGBTQ-themed Books:

TITLE AUTHOR/EDITOR

My Gender Workbook / Katherine Bornstein – need 15 copies
My Tiki Girl / Jennifer McMahon
This Is Push: New Stories from the Edge by Where We Are, What We See / David Levithan
Love Together: Longtime Male Couples on Healthy Intimacy and Communication / Tim Clausen
Lots more books listed at http://www.indianayouthgroup.org/reference-info

Miscellaneous

Items for Prize Box: Small “prize” LGBTQ-related gifts or toys to give out for rewards to youth / Subscription to FTM Magazine. Order from http://www.ftmmagazine.com/
New board games

YOUTH PROGRAM INCENTIVES

Suicide Prevention Program:

VISA or MC Gift Cards for completion of Suicide Prevention Program ($35) / Speedway Gas Cards ($10 value) to help attendance at suicide prevention program / Marsh gift cards ($25) for party at completion of the program

UNDERWRITE YOUTH PROGRAMMING

Financial Sponsors are needed for the following programming:

GLBT book club / $250
Girls who like girls / $500
Boys who like boys / $500
Gender variant / $500
Dating and Relationships / $500
“IYG the Musical” / $200
Youth Council / $500
Straight Allies / $500
Youth of Color / $500
Art Group / $500

Underwrite Youth Social Activities

Financial sponsors are needed for the following youth events:

LGBTQ youth prom / Pizzas ($200), pop/ice ($75), rent ($150), DJ ($150), décor ($150) / Total: $725
Annual Fall GSA Leadership summit / Breakfast ($200), lunch ($400), rent ($150), underwrite youth travel ($100 - $300) / Total: $850 - $1050
Annual Spring LGTBQ youth summit / Breakfast ($300), lunch ($500), rent ($150), underwrite youth travel($100 - $300) / Total: $1050 - $1250
Thanksgiving dinner / Meal and desert / Total: $250
December holiday party / Meal and desert / Total: $250
Halloween party / Décor ($100), DJ ($100), food ($200), marketing ($100) / Total: $500
Annual Talent/Variety Show / Sponsorship / $250
2016 Spring Benefit / ($500, $1,000, $2,500, $5,000)
2016 Art Auction Benefit / ($500, $1,000, $2,500, $5,000)
A trip to an outlying GSA ($40/20) / Help decorating IYG float ($75) / Annual lock-in ($75)
Send youth to National GSA conference ($400) / $400
Help decorate IYG float / $75
Various other events!

Volunteer Opportunities:

·  Informational booths at summer Pride Festivals and various events throughout the year

·  Speakers at our activity center (what’s your expertise, job, passion, or social cause?)

·  Spring and Fall Work Days (one Saturday in April and October)

·  Yard work & gardening

·  Committee members

·  Help with the annual Art Auction

·  Help with youth summits

Building Maintenance/Upkeep:

·  Build steel cages to surround A/C units outside and back yard flood lights

·  Insulate and winterize basement

·  Replace cracked siding in front of house

·  New screened windows for east and south side windows in the pit

Indiana Youth Group (IYG) --- 2943 East 46th Street --- Indianapolis, Indiana 46205

Phone: (317) 541-8726 --- Fax: (317) 545-8594 --- www.indianayouthgroup.org

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