Other Ways to Help​

Donate - Blue Skies is accepting the following items at this time:

• Donate your gently used musical instruments to our Instrument Loaner Program -
  • The more instruments we have in our inventory, the more children we can help through this program each year.
  • Each donated instrument saves us $360 to $720 in instrument rental costs per year.

• Donate office supplies:
  • Ream of white copy paper 8.5 x 11 -or- 8.5 x 14
  • #10 envelopes
  • Postage stamps
  • HP Ink - #96 or #97
  • Gift cards to office max or office depot
  • Dryline whiteout
  • Post it notes
• Donate brand new socks to our Shoe Give Program
• Donate a brand new backpack to our Back-to-School Backpack Program
• Donate a warm coat, hat, gloves, scarf or blanket to our Winter Warm Up Program

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​Sponsor or Donate to an Event:

• Donate items or services to our Annual Dinner & Charity Auction 
  
• Donated an item to our annual Casino Night Raffle.
• Sponsor or attend a fundraising event!

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Support Monthly

• Sponsor-A-Child - you can make a significant difference in a child's life for just $50 per month.
  
• We're looking for individuals like you who will make a commitment to change the lives of our local homeless, low-income and foster children. Will you commit to send a monthly donation? A donation of $10 per month is a great help. 
• ​Donate a gift card to Office Max/Office Depot, Staples, or Fred Meyer.

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Fundraise

• Team up with friends, coworkers, or your church & create a 5/10/15 donation club (5 friends, 10 months, $15/month each)

• Initiate $5 Jeans Friday at work ($10 if you don’t wear jeans)

• Put on a community event - concert, picnic, car wash, walk-a-thon, etc.

• Take up a collection at your holiday party, bunco group or bridge party, church group, etc.

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​Consign clothing at any of the following consignment stores and tell them you are donating the items to Blue Skies For Children:
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Kids Clothing:

• WeeOnes ReRuns - 2450 James Street Phone: 733.6794
• Half Pints - 2701 Meridian Street Phone: 734.0880

Women's Clothing:

• ​The Clothes Rack - 1905 James Street Ph: 738.7759 (acct #1151)