Children from the I Have a Dream program walking up Rangitoto Island.
 
 

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Donations

While the project is fully funded in terms of hiring the Project Coordinator and paying for major operational costs, as well as the future tertiary study fees, we are very appreciative of donations of resources and supplies, as shown below. Also, we welcome corporate partnerships, such as HP and Microsoft's provision of the Computer Lab, ANZ Bank's donation of used PCs for the Dreamers' families, and Fuller Ferry's subsidy for our Field Trip to Rangitoto.

School Supplies

* Pencils
* Calculators
* Basic Folders
* Ruled Notebooks w/ easy tear paper (w/out the spiral binding)
* Ring Binders
* Pens
* Erasers
* Felt Tips
* Scissors (Adult and Kid scissors)
* Pencil Carriers
* Tape (Scotch, masking, duct)
* Staplers
* Chalk
* Erasers

Art Supplies

*Water color paints
* Paintbrushes (small through large sizes)(50)
* Acrylic Paints
* Nice white paper
* Posterboard (All Colors)
* Crayons
* Glitter
* Glue
* Thin Markers in a 20 marker set ( 7 sets)
* Markers (Thick & thin) (20 sets)
* Colored Pencils
* Clay
* Scraps to glue (Like felt, fluffy balls, etc.)
* Large Rolls of Paper (Any Color)

Games

* Chess
* Pictionary
* Checkers
* Sorry
* Decks of Cards
* Twister
* Kids Pictionary
* Scategories Junior
* Any game involving Pokemon
* Water Toys for outside in the summer (Slip n'slide, crazy octopus, etc.)
* Basketball
* Whistles
* Boggle and Boggle Jr.
* Scrabble and Scrabble Jr.
* Spelling oriented games
* Educational board games (Primary school grade)

Supplies for the Centers

* Disposable Cameras for field trips
* Globe
* World Map
* Addition, Subtraction & Multiplication Cards
* Paper used to practice writing cursive
* Educational Software (CD-Roms to help with literacy and numeracy)
* 3 hole punch
* Plastic Cups, bowls & plates (35) - Not Disposable
* Photo Albums for pictures of Dreamers
* Props for the skits that the Dreamers do: Costumes, whacky hats, etc.
* CD Burners
* Digital Cameras

Incentive Gifts for the Dreamers to work for by doing well in school

* Stickers
* Little sets of Legos
* Matchbox cars/hotwheels
* Anything else for primary school children
* Yo-yos
* Travel Board Games
* Prizes and Christmas Gifts

Books

* Children’s Books
* Children’s Biblical Books
* Math Workbooks
* Writing Workbooks
* Any workbooks for Primary School (Math, writing, science, maps, geography)
* Workbooks for children learning to write cursive
* World Atlas
* English Dictionaries
* Short Chapter Books
* Science Topic Books

Food

* Fruit/snacks for after school programme daily
* Bottles of juice for after school programme daily

Dreamer Field Trips

* Bus transportation services
* Ferry transportation services
* Entry/admission to parks and entertainment
 

Cleaning Supplies for the Centers

* Paper towels, Kleenex, Bars of soap