Wish List

For the Food Pantry

Ensure, Boost, Carnation Instant Breakfast
Peanut butter
Canned meats
Canned soups
Yogurt
Ginger ale
Popsicles
Hot chocolate mix
Powdered Milk - small boxes
Rice - small bags
Dried Beans - small bags
Pasta - small bags, boxes
Macaroni & Cheese
Juices - individual servings
Fruit - canned
Cereal
Instant Oatmeal, Malt-O-Meal, or Cream of Wheat
Meat - canned, such as Tuna, Chicken, Ham, etc.
Fruit cups, pudding cups, cookies, etc

Grocery store gift cards are always welcomed

For Patients' Homes

Space heaters
Lock boxes (available at Cothron's)
Toilet Paper
Paper Towels
Travel-sized Shampoo/Conditioner, Deodorant, Soap, Lotion, or Toothpaste
Pet Food - small bags/cans (when the owner is ill a pet can suffer too)

For Hospice Austin's Christopher House

soothing music CDs, especially Bedtime Beats and Music for the Mozart Effect
Combination VHS/DVD players
family-friendly DVDs
coloring books
crayons
drawing tablets
colored pencils
playing cards
board games
dominoes
backgammon set
checkers set
clipboards
wood and plastic puzzles
steno pads
word-find and puzzle books
plastic toys for very young children
rosaries

Children's Books 

Ages 3 to 9

Lifetimes: A Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children  by Bryan Mellonie
The Rag Coat by Lauren A. Mills
When Dinosaurs Die:  A Guide to Understanding Death by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf by Leo Buscaglia
The Dead Bird by Margaret Wise Brown
Badger’s Parting Gifts by Susan Varley
After the Funeral by Jane Loretta Winsch
Saying Goodbye to Daddy by Judith Vigna
The Empty Place by Roberta Temes
The Spirit of Tio Fernando by Janice Levy
Pablo Remembers by George Ancona
Everybody Needs A Rock by Byrd Baylor
Aarvy Aardvark Finds Hope by Donna O’Toole
The Next Place by Warren Hanson
What's Heaven? by Maria Shriver
Squirrel and Oak: A Story of Hope by Megan Prescott

 Ages 9 to 13

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
The Lost Flower Children by Janet Taylor Lisle
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Annie and The Old One by Miska Miles
Sounder by W. H. Armstrong
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
Beat the Turtle Drum by Constance Greene
A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Smith
Robin On His Own by J. M. Wilson

For Teens 

Help for the Hard Times by Earl Hipp
Straight Talk About Death for Teenagers by Earl Grollman
Facing Change by Donna O’Toole
How It Feels When a Parent Dies by Jill Krementz
Everything You Need to Know When a Parent Dies by Fred Bratman
When a Friend Dies by Marilyn Gootman
Teenagers Face to Face With Bereavement by Karen Gravelle

Adult Reading Material

When the Bough Breaks (Forever After the Death of a Son or Daughter) by Judith R. Bernstein, Ph.D.
A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis
How to Go on Living When Someone You Love Dies by Therese Rando
Fatherloss by Neil Chethik
Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Large Print Bibles