Message from SOAR, Survivors of Sexual Abuse in Recovery:

Below is a list of many items that would go to our waiting room pantry, our art therapy groups, and to our clients coming out of the Prison system who have nothing. Thank you SO MUCH for thinking of SOAR and our amazing clients!

Pantry Items Art Supplies

Individual Boxed Cereals Water Color Paper

Individual Ramen cups/packs Pastel Paper

Individual Oatmeals (flavored) Newsprint Paper

Canned Soups Canvases (all sizes)

Individual Mac & Cheese ( water use only ) Paint brushes

Dried Pasta Colored Pencils

Pasta Sauce Air Dry Clay

Peanut Butter crackers Diamond Art Kits

Individual Snack Packs (i.e. crackers, cookies, Fabric (any type)

goldfish, pretzels) Yarn

Individual Puddings Crochet tools

Flavored Waters

Flavored Juices

Pop-tarts

Individual wrapped Candies

Personal Items Gift Cards for Clients

Sanitary Pads in need coming out of

Tampons prison system

Shampoo & Conditioner

ToothPaste Grocery Stores

Toothbrushes Walmart

Face Wash Dollar Tree

Baby Wipes Dollar General

Hair Brushes

Tissues

Kid Toothbrushes

Kid Toothpaste

SOAR is a local organization right here in Wilmington, DE on Foulk Road. From their website:  "They are the only treatment agency of their kind in the MidAtlantic and provide services to more than 2,000 adults, adolescents, children, and their families."

 They provide counseling with trained therapists, education about sexual abuse, and counseling for families of those who have been abused.

Their work includes clients who have recently been in an abusive situation or have been abused in the past and therefore continue to suffer from the trauma of that experience.

In the lobby of the SOAR building they have a pantry set up with nonperishable/non-expired food for clients and their families, many of whom are struggling to make ends meet. Currently those food items are being donated by employees of SOAR using their own funds. Personal products and art supplies (for art therapy class) are also in demand.

If you’d like to learn more, please see https://www.survivorsofabuse.org/

Also from their site:  “Sexual abuse can cast a shadow the length of a lifetime.”