The Soultenders Child and Family Center, in collaboration with the Youth Empowerment Network, is hosting a donation drive to support therapists who lost their offices in the recent Los Angeles wildfires.
- Support for Impacted Child Therapists: Donations to help therapists rebuild their offices will be accepted at the South Pasadena Soultenders throughout March.
- Support for EMDR Therapists: EMDR therapists are eligible for a free pair of wireless B-Pulse tappers from Bumble BLS and a EMDR children’s book and workbook.
- Request support: Child therapists who lost their offices in the wildfires can request support in rebuilding play therapy supplies. Apply here
- Fires and Feelings Workbook: Leslie Santana and Lauren Stockly, local therapists, have created a free workbook to help children process their complicated emotions surrounding the fires. Download here.
- Youth Support Drive: We are also collecting new toys, books, and art supplies to children who have lost their homes and displaced foster youth. Click here for more information on how to contribute.
Ways To Contribute
- Contribute via the Play, Heal Grow Disaster Relief GoFundMe managed by the Youth Empowerment Network.
- Send items via our Amazon Wishlist or Blick Art Supplies Wishlist
- Mail donations to Lauren Stockly (Soultenders) 1605 Hope St, suite 350, South Pasadena, CA 91030
- Contact Lauren Stockly at lauren.ic@soultenders.com to coordinate donation drop-off.
- Reach out to businesses and secure bulk donations.
Donations Being Accepted Throughout March
- New and used Play Therapy supplies
- Miniatures (multicultural people, animals, scenery, etc.)
- Dollhouses and dolls
- Arts and craft supplies
- Area rugs and bean bag chairs
- Puppets, stuffed animals and weighted toys
- Real life toys (doctor’s kit, cars, play food, phone, costumes etc.)
- Fire-related toys (ex. fire truck, fire fighters, etc.)
- Kinetic sand and tray
- Classic board games, Jenga and card games
- Therapeutic games and cards(ex. Ungame, Mindfulness cards, Would You Rather?)
- Building toys (Ex. legos, blocks, magnetites, etc.)
- Play doh, clay, putty, mad matter
- Sensory and fidget toys
- Therapeutic children’s books and workbooks
- Office supplies (staplers, clipboards, pencil sharpeners, sticky notes, tape, etc.)
- Sound machines
- Dry erase board and markers
- Therapist books and client workbooks
- Office decor (posters, art, faux plants, clocks, etc.)
- Comfort items and soft blankets
- Storage furniture, file drawers and bins
- Cleaning supplies (ex. disinfect wipes, hand sanitizer, tissues, etc.)
- Printer and laminator
Leslie Santana and Lauren Stockly are local therapists who have created a workbook to help children process their complicated emotions surrounding the fires. It can be downed for free in English and Spanish here and is listed on Amazon at-cost. Lauren Stockly’s book, Be Mindful of Monsters: Fire Support Edition is also available as a free download. Click here to download.