Ways to Give

• • Condition: We are only able to accept donations of NEW, unopened, and unexpired items. Please be sure to double-check all labels on food and infant formula donations before donating. Why only new? Not everyone’s definition of “gently used” is the same, and so we want to ensure that our moms and their children are only receiving top-quality items.
  • Food:
    • Order online through Amazon Food Pantry Wishlist
    • Download printable Food Pantry List
  • Essentials:
    • Order online through Amazon Family Care Baby Registry
    • Download printable Family Care List

IMPORTANT NOTE – We CANNOT accept:
– Used items, even gently used
– We are no longer accepting CLOTHING OF ANY KIND
– Cribs
– Car seats
– Travel-sized (hotel) toiletries
– Furniture
– Expired food or baby formula

• • Other organizations that accept used items:
    • Share Our Spare (our partner) – shareourspare.org – (312) 877-5884
    • Humble Design (our partner–they accept furniture) – humbledesignchicago.org – (844) 486-2533
    • Chicago Furniture Bank – chicagofurniturebank.org – (312) 752-0211
    • Cradles to Crayons – cradlestocrayons.org – (312) 767-1008
    • Dress for Success (our partner–to donate gently used professional clothing) – dressforsuccess.org – (312) 527-0925
    • Salvation Army (they do pickups!) – satruck.org (note: SA no longer accepts strollers, baby carriers, or used cribs) – (800) 728-7825

If you want to drop off items, or have any questions about in-kind giving, contact Bryn Siberski at volunteer@newmoms.org.

1. Online through Amazon Registry List – You can help the mission of New Moms when you shop our Amazon Family Care Registry, in which we’ll receive the items you purchase from our wishlists directly. Shop for specific program and event wishlists below:

• • • New Moms Family Care Registry
    • Food Drive Amazon Wish List
    • Christmas Drive Registry – see the section below for more details about Christmas!

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please write your name and your organization’s name, as well as your street address and phone number in the “Gift Message” section once you have proceeded to the “Gift Options” page of the checkout process. This allows us to know who sent us a gift so that we may thank you!

2. In-Person

• • • Download our Family Care Shopping List for our most needed items, and read our full In-Kind Donation Guidelines for more information on shopping for our families!

Family Care Shopping List

In-Kind Guidelines

• • • Shop from our Food Drive List for those interested in giving non-perishable food items:

Food Drive

3. Host a Donation Drive! – Enlist the help of the people you know to make an even greater impact and multiply your donations! Contact Bryn Siberski at volunteer@newmoms.org to coordinate hosting a drive for your organization. Ideas for drives:

• • • Enfamil infant formula drive
    • Diaper drive
    • Toiletry drive
    • Food drive
    • Christmas Donation Drive – see the next section for more details

4. Provide services! – Make use of your professional expertise & build your résumé by contributing pro-bono work to New Moms.  A variety of professional skills could be needed at any time, such as:

• • • Graphic design
    • Carpentry
    • Interior decorating
    • Interior / exterior painting
    • Photography
    • Professional organizing

5. Amazon Smile – You can help the mission of New Moms when you shop on Amazon through Amazon Smile, in which we’ll receive a percentage of what you spend! 

New Moms’ annual Christmas event is possibly our most anticipated celebration of the year! In previous years, families would come to partake in a day of fun, food, and gift-shopping. Due to COVID-19, we won’t be able to have our traditional party this year–but we are still collecting gifts for families. All items are donated, and the mothers and children receive them for free. This is a way to ensure that every family has a happy and special Christmas. We are so grateful for all partnering organizations who contribute to the event each year to make it a success.

• • How to give:
    • Donation drop-off cutoff date: Monday, November 30th to New Moms (5317 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60651)
    • Please contact Bryn at volunteer@newmoms.org to confirm you’d like to do a drive for the event. She can coordinate drop-off times with you.
    • Shop from the lists below for moms and kids.
      • We prefer you shop from our Amazon Registry for the safety of our families and yourself.
      • NOTE: We list gift cards on the registry, and are specifically in need of $75 Amazon gift cards. We cannot control the amount so we ask if you purchase a gift card you please choose $75 as the amount–and choose for them to mail-in/physical gift cards.
      • Most of the kids in our programs are ages 2 and under, so we prioritize shopping for that age group.
      • Please leave gifts unwrapped–we give our families wrapping supplies so they can wrap gifts for each other.
        • Order items through Amazon to be directly sent to New Moms: Amazon Christmas Wish List
        • Print the wish list to shop in-person:

Christmas Donation Drive

New Moms takes its responsibility to maintain the dignity & privacy of our participants seriously. Therefore, we do not introduce in-kind donors to our participants.  If a donor would like to learn more about our programs or participants, we encourage donors to sign up for our eNewsletter, attend a special event, or register to become a volunteer.

Full Guidelines: Please click here for a pdf document of our in-depth guidelines, which includes our list of items needed.