Important: To protect the health and safety of medically fragile children, all care items and food must be new with original tags and packaging.
Candy Donations: We only accept unopened bags of candy. No individually wrapped candies or opened bags will be accepted due to health restrictions.
In-Kind Donations
Supporting RMHC Bay Area through goods & services
Whether you’re providing toiletries, holiday or educational toys, fresh linens and pillows; offering free haircuts or chair massages; or clearing gutters and trimming foliage, our in-kind donors help families every day.
Check out our In-kind Donations Guide
Seasonal Drives
Throughout the year, we rely on our community of supporters to collect and donate backpacks, school supplies, Halloween costumes, and more to ease the burden of shopping for parents and provide a sense of normalcy and comfort during special times of year.
- Comfort & Joy for the holidays: Our popular end-of-year drive engages companies and individuals in collect holiday toys and goods to make the holidays a little brighter for families who can’t celebrate at home.
- Comfort & Clean this spring: Everything that makes your house a home we need to provide for 134 families, 365 days a year. That’s a lot of sponges, sheets, and supplies!
- Comfort & Grow for backpacks and supplies: Support the learning, development, and creativity of patients and siblings with school supplies, backpacks, and more.
- Comfort & Costumes for Halloween: Help siblings and sick kids be kids this Halloween, as they trick or treat around our 100,000 sq-ft campus.
Comfort & Care Program
Creating care kits for families is a great way to team up with your co-workers and friends. It’s also a great option for kids under 16 years old who’d like to volunteer. Ready to get involved? View our Comfort & Care Flier for how to get started.
Remember: All items must be new and unwrapped with original tags and packaging.
- Activity Kits: Comfort Kits offer families a variety of arts and crafts, travel games or activity items for all ages. These items must be new and in their original packaging.
- Toiletry Kits: Toiletry kits help families meet basic needs and are instrumental to helping them feel comfortable and relaxed during stays at our Houses. We are in constant need of travel-sized items packaged in clear baggies. Hotel-style shampoos, conditioners, bar soaps, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and deodorants are welcome.
- Snack Packs: Snack packs offer families opportunities to grab quick (but important!) bites on the way to the hospital. Individually packaged, non-perishable snacks are always need. Pretzels, fruit snacks, granola bars, cookies, chips, small waters/drinks make for great snack packs!
- Seasonal: Valentine’s Day treats, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day baskets, and Camp Ronald McDonald House recreation kits help families celebrate special occasions and school breaks throughout the year.
When participating in seasonal drives or providing care kits, look to our current Wish Lists for a quick and easy way to see what we most urgently need.
Professional Services
Does your business or organization have a service to provide? Get involved today by contacting Mallory Mroz, community and corporate engagement manager at mallory.mroz@rmhcbayarea.org.
Vehicle Donations
Comfort & Joy—
our biggest drive of the year
Rally your co-workers, customers, and community to collect toys, basic need items, and household goods for the year-end holiday season.
Request holiday gift tags for wish list items by emailing development@rmhcbayarea.org.
Learn more about Comfort & Joy.
Salon services & products —
help families de-stress
The Exhale Salon provides supportive and stress-relieving care to families through no-cost haircuts and massages. The Salon is equipped with salon hair styling stations, shampoo and conditioning basins, and massage tables.
Learn more by emailing uriel.valencia@rmhcbayarea.org.
Whether you’re providing toiletries, holiday or educational toys, fresh linens and pillows; offering free haircuts or chair massages; or clearing gutters and trimming foliage, our in-kind donors help families every day.
Comfort & Joy—
our biggest drive of the year
Rally your co-workers, customers, and community to collect toys, basic need items, and household goods for the year-end holiday season.
Request more information by emailing anthony.taylor@rmhcbayarea.org.
Seasonal Drives
Throughout the year, we rely on our community of supporters to collect and donate backpacks, school supplies, Halloween costumes, and more to ease the burden of shopping for parents and provide a sense of normalcy and comfort during special times of year.
- Comfort & Joy for the holidays: Our popular end-of-year drive engages companies and individuals in collect holiday toys and goods to make the holidays a little brighter for families who can’t celebrate at home.
- Comfort & Clean this spring: Everything that makes your house a home we need to provide for 134 families, 365 days a year. That’s a lot of sponges, sheets, and supplies!
- Comfort & Grow for backpacks and supplies: Support the learning, development, and creativity of patients and siblings with school supplies, backpacks, and more.
- Comfort & Costumes for Halloween: Help siblings and sick kids be kids this Halloween, as they trick or treat around our 100,000 sq-ft campus.
Comfort & Care Program
Creating care kits for families is a great way to team up with your co-workers and friends. It’s also a great option for kids under 16 years old who’d like to volunteer. Ready to get involved? View our Comfort & Care Flier for how to get started.
Remember: All items must be new and unwrapped with original tags and packaging.
- Activity Kits: Comfort Kits offer families a variety of arts and crafts, travel games or activity items for all ages. These items must be new and in their original packaging.
- Toiletry Kits: Toiletry kits help families meet basic needs and are instrumental to helping them feel comfortable and relaxed during stays at our Houses. We are in constant need of travel-sized items packaged in clear baggies. Hotel-style shampoos, conditioners, bar soaps, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and deodorants are welcome.
- Snack Packs: Snack packs offer families opportunities to grab quick (but important!) bites on the way to the hospital. Individually packaged, non-perishable snacks are always need. Pretzels, fruit snacks, granola bars, cookies, chips, small waters/drinks make for great snack packs!
- Seasonal: Valentine’s Day treats, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day baskets, and Camp Ronald McDonald House recreation kits help families celebrate special occasions and school breaks throughout the year.
When participating in seasonal drives or providing care kits, look to our current Wish Lists for a quick and easy way to see what we most urgently need.
Salon services & products —
help families de-stress
The Exhale Salon provides supportive and stress-relieving care to families through no-cost haircuts and massages. The Salon is equipped with salon hair styling stations, shampoo and conditioning basins, and massage tables.
Learn more by emailing volunteer@rmhcbayarea.org.
Professional Services
Does your business or organization have a service to provide? Get involved today by contacting Mallory Mroz, community and corporate engagement manager at mallory.mroz@rmhcbayarea.org.
Vehicle Donations
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Back to School Drive
You can help children at RMHC Bay Area get ready for the upcoming school year in style. We want every child that stays with us to have everything they need to be successful in school while they call RMHC Bay Area home. On our Back to School wish list we have everything from backpacks to lunch boxes to notebooks and more. Help families with school aged children today by checking out our special Amazon Wish List below.
Comfort & Joy Holiday Toy Drive
You can help bring the holiday spirit to children at RMHC Bay Area this year. We want every child that stays with us to be able to experience the joy of being a kid during the holidays. On our Comfort & Joy wish lists we have everything from board games and action figures to rattles and blocks to help guide you in shopping for families currently staying with us. The healing power of home and family is especially vital during the holiday season and you can help bring the magic. Shop for good in our wish lists below.