Host a shoe collection

Financial donations go further when you buy Wholesale (click here)

Whether your group collected for new socks, blankets or school supplies - you can stretch your dollars by buying wholesale through www.dollardays.com .  Click on this link to see our Wish List.  You can purchase online and ship directly to us or to you.  Free shipping deals weekly.  We purchase from this vendor routinely with good results.

Emergency Food Boxes

Provided to families left suddenly homeless due to: fire, flood, lack of space in a homeless shelter and more.

We welcome these specific food items and complete boxes.   Click for complete details and contents


Help our needy from your town. No need to come to Lowell
Collect Cell Phones (click for poster)
Be sure to designate The Wish Project on your collection poster and on the box of phones when you ship them.

Get Service Hours

And raise money for Wish Project
Put out a box, mail them in, they send the check to us!

For details on this national program www.shelteralliance.net

Monthly Service Projects 2012 (click and print list)

Every year kids need backpacks and school clothes in September, Christmas gifts in December and warm blankets in October.  Instead of making each mom wish for the goods, we supply them in bulk to the partner social service agencies. Have another idea for project? We want to hear about it. 

Contact Jill Maker at jill@thewishproject.org 978-441-WISH (9474) for info.

Projects that span the year:Click pics for details


Birthday Bags

Newborn Kits

New Year's Eve  Baby New Year Project Collect diapers in all sizes at your New Year's party and help our newest clients get off to a clean healthy start in life. Newborn sizes go out in kits.

January -  Our Home Clean Home provides a bucket filled with cleaning supplies and a mop and broom as housewarming kits for families moving from shelter to homes. 

February - Valentine's Cheer-up  Think Spring with a flower themed craft or card for the home bound seniors citizens in our area.

March - Diaper Drive and Newborn Birthday Baskets- (we welcome baby cribs, strollers and gear all year long). 

AprilBeds for Kids - There are many ways to raise $100 including our Sleep-a-thon or a simple collection jar. A gallon jug of pennies is about $100 which buys a new bed for a child.  Every child deserves a bed to sleep in. We welcome clean used mattresses. To Sponsor a Bed you can also donate $100  through our homepage donate button. 

May - Mother's Day "Gift Bag Brigade"  (click to download .pdf file)- 500 bags needed 2010 for women in shelters and transitional housing Register to donate bags. New slippers, toiletries, makeup samples and more welcome.  We also welcome goods toward bags, completed bags or you can sponsor a bag for $25 in the name of a woman in your life.

June  Give Big to Wish We will bring the BIG truck to you. Easy to plan, popular with the neighbors and really good for the environment.  We run these all through spring and fall.

July Backpack Attack Goal is 3,000 filled backpacks per year.  We welcome new packs, supplies and complete packs.  Inexpensive backpacks are available through www.dollardays.com  sign up to donate complete packs or have a drive for supplies.

August"Wish Kids" Back to School Clothing drive - Winter casual clothes for kids 3T-Juniors.   Consider a "Jeans for Teens drive".  Jeans for Teens Drive are very welcome.  Collect new socks and underwear for kids.  Navy school uniforms welcome.

September (all winter): Coats for Kids - Help us collect warm coats for kids and teens.  Register your school for prizes with Anton's Dry cleaners . The shortest supply each year are for teen sizes and adult 2x,3x and larger.   New hats, gloves and mittens welcome too.

October Second Saturday of the month- Judy Keen Memorial Blanket the Valley Event  Download Collection Box Poster Collect clean blankets all month and donate them during our event at the warehouse! We welcome blankets all winter long.

November - Emergency Food Relief. We are collecting complete emergency food boxes for families stranded in motels or displaced due to fire.  Click for instructions/contents

December - "The Magic of Christmas"  Christmas gift giving program.  2,000 people helped last year!  Sponsor one person or the whole program for gifts.  We have plenty of small and large groups that need toys, gift bags and other things.   Gifts for teens and senior citizens are in prime demand.   We help: babies, families, teens, spousal assault families, mentally and physically challenged, single adults in shelters and home bound seniors (57 agencies).