WANT TO DONATE AID? YOU’RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE!
HERE’S WHAT WE NEED AND HOW TO GET IT TO US.
Our volunteer-powered humanitarian aid warehouse in Utah collects, sorts, packs, ships, and distributes aid supplies to refugees resettling in Utah and to refugees living in countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Jordan, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Lebanon, Syria, and Ghana. We only collect items that have been requested. All donated items must be new.
Many groups and organizations host service projects to collect and assemble aid kits or make blankets and other needed items that we distribute to refugee families around the world. Are you or your group interested in hosting a service project? We can help! Click here to learn more and get some ideas for your service project.
1. VIEW OUR NEEDS LISTS AND KITS LISTS
2. FIND OUT HOW TO GET AID TO US
NEEDS LISTS AND KITS LISTS
We often get asked: “What do you need most?” We need everything on our lists, but our URGENT needs include:
Hygiene kits, women’s kits, baby kits, school kits, sleeping bags, blankets, diapers, and feminine hygiene pads to send to refugees abroad.
Rice cookers, pot and pan sets, vacuum cleaners, tall kitchen garbage cans and bags, pillows, twin size sheet sets, mops, brooms, dust pans, and size 3-6 diapers to help refugees resettling in Utah.
Scroll down to view our entire, up-to-date Needs Lists and Kits Lists for all of our aid distribution programs. Please note that we can only accept items on the lists, and all items must be new. Click on a list to open a printable PDF file.
We distribute your aid to refugees in Utah and those living in camps and shelters around the world! You make a difference in their lives!
INTERNATIONAL AID
Refugee families and internally displaced people around the world are in need of diapers and other baby supplies, feminine hygiene supplies, soap, shampoo, tooth brushes, toothpaste, towels, toilet paper, deodorant, clothing (shoes, socks, underwear, coats, jackets, gloves, hats) backpacks, notebooks, pens, pencils, crayons, markers, blankets, sheets, sleeping bags, tarps, cleaning supplies, laundry detergent, mosquito nets, umbrellas, plates, pots, pans, walkers, crutches, wheelchairs, and other items.
The Needs List and Kits List below include the currently needed items. Please note that only the items on the lists below are needed at this time, and all items must be new. Click on a list to open a printable PDF file. Thank you!
UTAH RESETTLED REFUGEE AID
Refugee families arriving in Utah to resettle are in need of pillows, pillow cases, sheets and comforters for twin and full size beds, clothes hangers, pack-n-plays, diapers, towels, shower curtains, small trash cans, razors, shaving cream, toilet bowl brushes, plungers, feminine hygiene products, first aid kits, rice cookers, dish sets (plates, bowls, glasses, forks, knives, spoons, stock pots, sauce pans, frying pans, baking dishes, serving bowls, paper towels, mops, brooms, dust pans, kitchen garbage cans, garbage bags, floor lamps, table lamps, vacuum cleaners, lightbulbs, notebooks, pens, and other household items.
The Needs List and Kits List below include the currently needed items. Please note that only the items on the lists below are needed at this time, and all items must be new. Click on a list to open a printable PDF file. Thank you!
3 WAYS TO DONATE AID
1. DROP-OFF LOCATIONS
Items on our Needs List can be purchased directly and taken to our humanitarian aid warehouse in American Fork, Utah.
LHI Humanitarian Aid Warehouse
920 E State Road, Bldg H
American Fork, UT 84003
Hours: M–F 9:00am–1:00pm
We also have many other drop-off locations throughout Utah. Email Traci at traci@lhi.org to find a location near you!
2. GIVE BACK BOX
If you have items to donate but aren’t near one of our drop-off locations in Utah, you can send your items directly to our warehouse through an organization called Give Back Box. Through them, you can download and print a prepaid shipping label for $20. Just fill up a large empty Amazon box or any shippable box (up to 70 lbs), apply the shipping label, and drop it off at any UPS location.
PLEASE NOTE: We do not receive any information from Give Back Box about requests for labels. If you would like to notify us about a shipment you are sending, please email Traci Parson at traci@lhi.org. Thank you!
3. AMAZON WISHLIST
Items from our Needs List can be purchased from our Amazon Wishlist to be shipped directly to our warehouse.
Please note:
Needs on the ground can change rapidly. Donated aid may be rerouted in response to those changing needs.
“We are not meant to be in this country. We did not want to come. We were forced to flee or die. Americans perceive desperate brown masses swarming at their golden shores, wildly inventing claims of persecution for the opportunity to flourish in this prosperous land. The view from beneath the bridge is somewhat different: reluctant refugees with an aching love of their forsaken homeland, of a homeland that has forsaken them, refugees who desire nothing more than to be home again.”