Please donate school supplies

If you’re coming to visit, or wondering how to support us, please help us out by bringing school supplies to donate.  Contact us to let us know you’re coming and ask if we have any other urgent needs. Here is how to ship items to Belize.

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Click here  or on the picture below to see our list on Amazon Smile. This lets you see exactly what we need AND Amazon will make a donation to Holy Cross every time you by anything from Amazon Smile – even if it’s not on our wish list.

You can glance at the key items on our wish list below:

Urgently needed (Fall 2019)

  • Wifi Router (link) for our upper division (a spare would also be greatly appreciated!)
  • Black and Color Toner for HP 664 Printer
  • Heavy Duty Staples for Staple Gun
  • Construction Paper
  • Clear Packing Tape -30 Rolls (we use it to cover and protect teaching supplies)
  • PA system (Can be purchased in Belize for approx. $1000.00 US)
  • 1 Laptop for library

School and office supplies needed

  • Pencils – 2H for writing. We don’t need color pencils.
  • Crayons
  • White School Glue
  • Scissors – child and adult sizes
  • Construction paper
  • Chalkboard chalk – white and colored. Dustless if you can get it.
  • Shoes (tennis and flats) – all sizes from preschool to 8th grade. Boys and girls.
  • Clocks for classrooms (with hands, approx. 12″ diameter)
  • Simple toys & prizes – for good behavior, dental visits, academic excellence and graduation.  Matchbox cars, noise makers, pretty pencils and notebooks, hair clips…
  • Holiday decorations (Easter, Christmas and Valentine’s Day).
  • Rulers
  • Geometry sets
  • Staplers
  • Composition books
  • A7 envelopes & sheet half fold card paper (5.25 X 7.25 inches)
  • White printable business cards
  • Sheet protectors
  • Pens – red, black and blue.

Class Sets of Books:

  • Sachiko by Caren Stelson – 10 copies
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling – 45 copies
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling – 60 copies
  • Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper – 45 copies
  • Charlotte’s Web by EB White – 25 copies
  • Wonder by RJ Palacio (the movie edition) – 60 copies

Construction Supplies:

First aid supplies:

  • Chewable Pepto bismol (for adults and children)
  • Triple Antibiotic Ointment

Computer lab supplies needed:

  • Wifi Router (like this one)
  • Toner for Kyocera TK-1175 (link) Just $5 – $8 from Ali Baba!
  • Laptops for staff (new or used)
  • Gray Ink for Cannon Inkjet (CLI-221)  (link) We can use all the colors –  cyan, yellow, magenta, grey and black, but we need gray most of all!

Thank you for donating school supplies!