House of Hope Wishlist
Welcome to our SoKind registry! Your support gives House of Hope moms the tools they need to succeed. We happily accept gently used items as well as new items.
Be sure to click "GIVE THIS GIFT" button: This website compiles our wishlist items, but does not sell them. If you would like to 'claim' a gift, be sure to click on the 'Give this gift' button so the gift will be claimed in your name, and so that we won't receive any duplicates. Then, you can follow our instructions on how or where to give the gift.
Thank you for supporting our vision to end the cycle homelessness in the Cedar Valley.
Kwik Star Gas Cards (gas only) to help provide transportation for our families $10 each
Save your spare change or host a drive at your work, school or group! Residents can use points that they earn by participating in life-skills and more to purchase quarters to use at the coin laundry across the parking lot.
We stock our apartments with sink stoppers when new residents move in to help with dishes and other objects to ensure the drain does not clog!
Help us keep our building and resident living space nice and clean!
Any kind
We use this to stock apartments when families move into House of Hope! These can be any brand, 2-in-1, or separately shampoo and conditioner!
We supply these to apartments when families move into House of Hope!
Passes are available for purchase at the MET transit Office, located at 1515 Black Hawk St, Waterloo. Office hours are 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday.
We have plenty throw blankets but would love comforters for the beds here! We kindly ask if you are sharing these items with us to make sure they are a size for a twin bed.
We are in need of 13-gallon, kitchen, and 45-gallon trash bags for stocking our store, building, and apartments! Any brand.
Please note: when purchasing, we kindly ask that you select smaller quantity boxes rather than bulk or multi-packs. This helps ensure we can distribute items evenly so every apartment is properly stocked.
For both kitchen and bathroom use
The ladies appreciate the quickness of cleanup with these! Thanks!
We supply these to families when moving into the House of Hope.
Dollar General is a block away. It is great option for moms without a car to get some groceries until they can break that transportation barrier! $10 cards would be a great help.
Any brand - We love pods because they "lighten the load" as families are transporting their laundry to and from the laundromat.
We stock the apartments with these when new ladies move in. The ladies can take theirs when moving out to minimize expenses upon leaving HOH.
Women's or teen boy's appreciated
We are in need of Pull Ups in sizes :
2T-3T, 3T-4T, 4T-5T
Any brand is appreciated!
We offer cleaning products in our "store" in exchange for points the women earn for completing activities within our program! We also use bathroom cleaner to prepare an apartment when a new family moves in.
No specific brand needed. Lysol, Clorox, etc.
Aunt Jackie, Miss Jessie, Shea Moisture, Mielle
We use these items to stock apartments when a family moves in!
any brand will do!
A kit would contain one each of the following:
Thick body lotions (Olay, cocoa butter, eucerin, Cera ve)
bonnets for sleeping or satin pillowcases
Shampoo (Aunt Jackie, Miss Jessie, Shea Moisture, Mielle)
curl gel (Aunt Jackies, Miss Jessies, plain aloe gel)
gel for edges (ecoco styling gel, shea moisture, mielle)
wide tooth combs
hair picks
hair parting comb
leave in conditioners
boar brush/comb for styling edges
big scrunchies or hair ties
10 total kits needed. Thank you!
We offer cleaning products in our "store" in exchange for points the women earn for completing activities within our program! We also use floor cleaner to prepare an apartment when a new family moves in.
No specific brand needed. Pine Sol, Fabuloso, etc.
We have limited counter space, we kindly ask for microwaves that are counter top friendly.
This tape is safe on our walls, glass and personal items
We happily accept gently used
Home curtain rods (adjustable) - new or gently used
Similar to the one shown (silver or black)
Can be purchased from anywhere. The easiest to use are those with a week view on each page, and a size that can fit in a purse.
These boxes are used for our Financial Empowerment Scholarship. This tool helps participants on their journey of taking back their power over their own finances.
We would love to have a hose cart to facilitate many people's job at House of Hope!
Any brand will do!