Wish List for El Centro de la Raza


Through community development El Centro de la Raza is always looking for ways to continue to help the community and its growth in the upcoming years. Here is our wish list, which helps us not only keep our costs down, but this also allows us the resources to concentrate on the great need for development and services within our community. We ask that you support our hard work by contributing your direct help and generosity through a donation of the items listed below. Please take a moment to look over the items listed and see what you can help us with.


Office Supplies:
  • Lobby Furniture (10 matching, comfortable chairs) for community service office.
  • Printers
  • Glue
  • Color paper
  • Scissors
  • Painting colors
  • New Scanner
  • White copy paper
  • Pens
  • Pencils
  • Post Its
  • Paint Brushes
  • Yellow Legal Note Pads
  • Electric Pencil Sharpener
  • Art Supplies


    • Food & Kitchen Supplies:
  • Single Phase, 60 qt, production kitchen mixer
  • Corresponding 60 qt mixing bowl
  • Dough hook, paddle, and whip attachments
  • 20 qt mixer
  • Tea
  • Pinto Beans
  • Rice
  • Canned Tomatoe Sauce
  • Fresh Fruit + Vegetables
  • Paper plates
  • Bowls
  • Plastic spoons, forks, knives


    • Baby Needs:
  • Cribs
  • Diapers
  • Baby clothes
  • Strollers
  • Carriers
  • Baby wipes


    • Personal Care Items:
  • Toothbrushes
  • Toothpaste
  • Brushes
  • Combs
  • Shampoo
  • Bar soap
  • Band Aids


    • Cleaning Supplies:
  • Rubber gloves
  • Plastic gloves
  • Dust mask
  • Haz mat mask
  • Soap, bleach, etc
  • Painting supplies: brushes, tarps, and masking tape


    • Arts & Crafts:
  • CD Player
  • Karoake
  • Videos, tapes, music
  • Greeting cards


    • For Homeownership Seminars:
  • Children's Puzzles
  • Coloring Books
  • Crayons
  • Blocks


    • Senior Program Activities:
  • Commercial Mixer for Nutrition Programs
  • Volunteer needed to conduct sing-a-longs with seniors for English and Spanish songs and other languages, Vietnamese, Chinese, Tagalog, etc.
  • Volunteer needed to help organize monthly one hour dance activity for seniors
  • Help to organize quarterly field trips for seniors
  • Volunteers to do manicures, haircuts, make-overs for seniors
  • Work with El Centro's Chef to cook different Ethnic Foods. Do you like to share your cooking knowledge of different ethnic foods such as Vietnamese, Chinese, Spanish, Mexican, Mediterranean, Filipino foods? Come join us.
  • Volunteers to help organize monthly birthday party for seniors


    • Services:
  • Commercial Dishwasher for our Nutrition Programs
  • Gift Certificates - Blockbuster, Starbuck's, Safeway, QFC
  • Person to frame posters