There are many ways you can donate to support our program, including making financial contributions, and contributing clothing and household items.
Donate online (Please be sure to designate your donation to Refugee and Immigration Services)
Checks may be mailed to Catholic Charities Maine Central Office at PO Box 10660, Portland, ME 04104-6060, with Refugee and Immigration Services (RIS) noted in the Check’s memo line.
New arrivals are always delighted to receive Gift Cards to Walmart, Hannaford, and other grocery stores so they can pick out specifically what their home and their families need.
Please Mail Gift Cards to:
Catholic Charities Maine
Attn: Development Office
PO Box 10660
Portland, ME 04104
*Please include your name and address if you wish to receive a receipt for tax purposes.
CCM RIS has served thousands of refugees from all cultures and backgrounds. Often, refugees leave their home countries with very little. In some cases, they are not equipped with appropriate clothes for Maine weather. Your in-kind donations support refugee and immigrant families as they start their new lives in Maine. Our deepest gratitude to all our generous donors for thinking of new Mainers!
After a pause in donations due to COVID, we are pleased to introduce new in-kind donation guidelines focusing on the specific items currently needed by our clients. We appreciate and can only accept new and gently used clothing that is clean, and without stains, rips, or broken zippers. Our needs will change periodically, so please check this page often or call June Gagnon, RIS Donations Coordinator at (207) 650-9605 with any questions.
Donations are accepted at the Refugee & Immigration Services (RIS) Office, 80 Sherman Street in Portland on:
To the person who recently dropped off a wonderful donation of about 10 boxes of new and like-new women's clothing in size Large and XL, I would really like to thank you. If you see this message, please send me your name and address at [email protected].
Now accepting Summer 2022 Donations:
* We are in need of clothes for a Syrian boy who is 4 years old and has just arrived. We don't have anything at all for him. He is wearing size 5T-6. Many thanks if you can help.*
**We are wishing for a new or used (but in good condition) Fire tablet or similar item, for a teen-age refugee who arrived recently. He is in a wheelchair and has some cognitive delays. We think he could learn to use this and would have hundreds of happy hours playing games.**
BACK-TO-SCHOOL BACKPACK DRIVE:
We are in need of about a dozen backpacks, (new or used in very good condition) for high school kids, both boys and girls. We have plenty of backpacks for younger kids.
For supplies, we need:
We have plenty of the following and DO NOT need more:
Thanks to all our generous donors. You will be lighting up the faces of lots of new children.
Additionally, we need...
All Adults:
Men only:
Women only:
Children: newborn through size 18
Personal Hygiene: deodorant, toothbrushes & paste, soap, Vaseline, Hand/body lotion, toilet paper, feminine hygiene pads, (no tampons), diapers & wipes, disposable razors.
Due to storage limitations at our Office, we are NOT currently accepting furniture and household items.
Both programs are strong partners in refugee resettlement and supporting people in need.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
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