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Thanksgiving Season Food Needs

Here’s a list of essential food items needed to make this Thanksgiving season a little brighter for those in need.
  • Whole fresh or frozen turkeys
  • Boxed or canned stuffing
  • Canned cranberries
  • Canned fruits
  • Frozen mixed vegetables, frozen green beans, frozen corn, and frozen carrots
  • Vegetable, chicken stock or beef stock
  • White granulated and brown sugar
  • Cream of chicken, cream of mushroom, cream of celery, and cream of broccoli soups
  • Flavored coffee creamer
  • Dry goods such as crackers, snack bars, pudding, or Jell-O mix
Urgent Needs
Thanksgiving Items Needed:
 
  • Whole fresh or frozen turkeys
  • Boxed or canned stuffing
  • Canned cranberries
  • Canned fruits
  • Frozen mixed vegetables, frozen green beans, frozen corn, and frozen carrots
  • Vegetable, chicken stock or beef stock
  • White granulated and brown sugar
  • Cream of chicken, cream of mushroom, cream of celery, and cream of broccoli soups
  • Flavored coffee creamer
  • Dry goods such as crackers, snack bars, pudding, or Jell-O mix
Food Items

Help us provide food for people living on Rescue Mission campuses and to families in need throughout Orange County. We use the food you donate to distribute 400 food boxes each month.

Canned items:
– Tuna
– Meat
– Fruit
– Vegetables
– Spaghetti or marinara sauce
– Beans
– Soup

Packaged items:
– Peanut Butter
– Rice
– Cereal
– Snack bars
– Pasta
– Instant noodles

Household & Clothing

Your donations of household items and clothing are used to support people living on Rescue Mission campuses.

Items:
– New or gently used clothing for men, women, boys and girls in all sizes
– New undergarments, all sizes
– New or gently used hair appliances
– New hair accessories
– New Bedding, twin or queen size
– New Towels
– Toilet Paper
– Napkins
– Cleaning Supplies
– Laundry Supplies
– Plug-in alarm clocks
– Excellent condition DVD’s, rated G or PG
– Reusable water bottles

Excluded Items:
– BBQs
– Mattresses
– Firearms
– Car seats
– Unusable Items

Vehicles & Property

To donate any of the items listed below, email us at info@rescuemission.org to start the process. Please note that some donated vehicles are made available for graduates of Rescue Mission programs and others are auctioned and the proceeds are donated to the Rescue Mission, at the discretion of the Rescue Mission.

Vehicles:
– Automobile
– Motorcycle
– Boat / Water Craft
– RV

Property:
– Residential
– Commercial

Food Box

Due to the increasing inflation costs affecting families in Orange County, the demand for food boxes has grown significantly, and we urgently need your support to help meet this critical need.

Residents:

– Liquid hand soap
– Soap bars
– Shampoo
– Conditioner
– Toothpaste tubes
– Toothbrushes
– Underwear for kids
– Underwear for adults
– Razors
– Shaving cream
– Laundry detergent
– Toilet paper
– Feminine product

Homeless Outreach:

Travel Size:

– Soap bars
– Shampoo
– Toothpaste tubes
– Deodorant
– Hand wipes

And:

– Toothbrushes
– Socks

Baby Items

Items Needed:

  • Diapers, especially sizes 5 & 6
  • Pull-ups, all sizes
  • Baby wipes
  • New & gently used clothes, sizes 3 months – 4T
  • New/in-box car seats
Give By Stock

Thank you for your interest in supporting Orange County Rescue Mission. To help you facilitate a gift of stock, please use the following two simple steps:

STEP 1 – Initiate the Stock Transfer

The most convenient way to transfer securities to Orange County Rescue Mission is via electronic transfer. Simply contact your broker to initiate the transfer of your securities from your account into Orange County Rescue Mission’s account with the following information:

UBS Financial Services: 20 Pacifica, Suite 1500, Irvine, CA 92618
DTC number: 0221
Account Name: Orange County Rescue Mission (Tax ID# 95-2479552)
Account Number: XV 39927

Click here to download a sample letter to send to your broker to initiate the transfer.

STEP 2 – Notify Orange County Rescue Mission

Please be sure to contact us once your transfer has been completed so that we may send you an acknowledgment letter for your tax purposes. This is important because the donor’s name is not always included with the electronic transfer of stock or a certificate that has been issued in the name of Orange County Rescue Mission. You may notify us through one of the following ways:

1. Use the sample letter provided above and send us a copy of the letter to:

Orange County Rescue Mission
Anna Song, Chief Development Officer
1 Hope Drive
Tustin, CA 92782

2. Email or call Anna Song, Chief Development Officer:

Anna.Song@RescueMission.org
(714) 247-4377

3. Complete the form.

Tap or click here to complete the form.

For more information about tax-savvy ways to donate appreciated stock to charity from The Wall Street Journal, click or tap here.

If you have any questions, please contact Anna Song at (714) 247-4377 or Anna.Song@RescueMission.org.

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Thanksgiving Season Food Needs

Item Donation Details

Donating items that would otherwise be purchased enables us to use more cash donations to provide more services to help people become restored.

Drop off donations at the donation warehouse daily from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, located at 1 Hope Drive in Tustin, 92782. Donations can also be ordered online and delivered to Orange County Rescue Mission at the same address. For questions about item donations, please email info@rescuemission.org.

We do not have a donation pick-up service.

For furniture donations, please contact us first by emailing info@rescuemission.org or calling the Warehouse Manager at 714-247-4333. Many furniture items will not be accepted, so please contact us prior to driving to the warehouse.

By law, we cannot take these items:

  • Used Car seats
  • Used Mattresses
  • Weapons
  • Firearms, Ammunition
  • Paint or Combustible/Flammable items
  • BBQs or smokers
  • Medications
  • Alcohol
  • Broken, unusable Items

If you would like to donate furniture, please text a picture to 714-497-3086, and we will notify you if we are able to accept your furniture donation.