James Storehouse's Everyday Catalog

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Dear Friend, Every day at James Storehouse, we meet children and youth in some of life’s most fragile moments- those entering foster care, those who have aged out, child survivors of sex trafficking, and families at risk of losing their children to the system. What they need most in those moments is to know someone cares and that there are caring people ready to help.

That’s where you come in.

Our Everyday Needs Catalog isn’t just a list of items. It’s a lifeline. A crib means a baby placed in a safe home. A hygiene kit gives a teen dignity on their first day at a new school. A bus pass opens the door for a former foster youth to get to work or class. These everyday things become extraordinary when placed in the right hands at the right time.

With your help, we served over 19,000 individuals last year— but the need continues to grow. Every item you give from this catalog helps restore dignity, create stability, and offer hope to the most vulnerable among us.

Thank you for being part of this beautiful mission. Together, we are rewriting stories—one need at a time.

With love,

Stacy DeWitt Stacy DeWitt, Executive Director

Giving Guide Amazon Wishlist

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Bless a Foster Family

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Aged Out Youth

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Sponsor a Foster Child

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Outings & Experiences

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Who We Are From cribs to colleges, James Storehouse

When they succeed, we all succeed.

supports children and youth in foster care, those who have aged out, child survivors of

In this catalog, you will find a variety of items

trafficking, and those identified as at risk of

that we daily receive as requests, as well as

entering foster care. We provide resources

other ways that we can support this

that will ease transitions and improve living

deserving community.

conditions. Since the youth we serve are more susceptible to challenges such as

Together, our two counties have the biggest

homelessness, substance abuse, trafficking,

foster care crisis in the country. We hope

and lack of education, James Storehouse

that you will remember James Storehouse

seeks to facilitate systematic change in

and the precious foster babies, children,

the Ventura and Los Angeles counties by

and youth we're blessed to serve all year.

advocating on behalf of these vulnerable youth.

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James Storehouse Amazon Wish List Sponsor a Foster Child - $35/month Each month you will partner with us to fulfill emergency requests that will help expedite the safe placement of babies and children. Your monthly donation helps provide critical, age-appropriate resources such as cribs, beds, car seats, toiletries, clothing, and bunk beds to keep siblings together.

Emergency Placement Kit - $65 When the lives of foster children are in constant upheaval, the last thing they should worry about it whether or not they can brush their teeth at night.

Emergency Placement Kits encompass all the basic resources a youth would need ranging from pajamas and blankets to deodorant and floss. Start a kit and make their first nights in a new home feel comfortable and safe.

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Case of Diapers - $45 Government care programs do not cover diapers, and many families cannot afford the price of purchasing them in bulk.

Since diapers are a necessity, many under-resourced foster and kinship families have to choose between covering the cost of utilities and purchasing diapers. This gift means peace of mind for struggling families and happier, healthier babies. All sizes are listed on our registry.

Baby Wipes - $35 Baby wipes are an essential for each little one.

Help encourage struggling foster or kinship families by providing this much-needed resource.

Baby Crib - $170 Help expedite the emergency placement of a baby into a safe and loving home by providing a safe crib for him or her to settle into.

Toddler Bed - $86 With a bed of their own, our toddlers in foster care will feel at home and comfortable. And with so many cases of emergency placements, toddler beds are always in high demand.

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Crib Mattress - $70 Crib mattresses are in high demand, along with the cribs, for each baby and toddler in foster care we serve.

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Crib Sheets - $10 Help our babies in foster care enjoy the comfort of a warm bed with soft crib sheets.

Bed in a Bag - $35 Provide a bed-in-a-bag set to help a child in foster care transition to a new home more easily. Help make them feel at home from day one!

10 Cosco Simple Fold High Chair - $60 During feeding time, keep our sweet babies and toddlers secure in a safe high chair.

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Did you know we help an average of 1,612 foster youth each month? Thank you for helping us provide for so many wonderful children and teens!

Cosco Apt 50 Car Seat - $75

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Keep our precious toddlers safe in the car! The number of requests for toddler car seats we receive is far greater than the amount we have available each month.

Cosco Finale DX 2-in-1 Combo Booster Car Seat - $75 Keep our preschoolers safe in the car! The number of requests we receive for preschooler car seats is far greater than the amount we have available each month. A proper car seat is mandatory for a child to be placed into a safe and loving home.

Baby Trend Tango Stroller Travel System - $200

Drug exposed foster babies often have lots of doctor appointments. Help a caregiver with limited resources easily and safely transport a baby in their care.

Baby Trend Rocket Lightweight Stroller - $140 There are so many toddlers recently placed into foster care. Help a foster family or relative caregiver by providing a much-needed stroller.

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Bed Frame - $45 In order for a child to be placed into a safe and loving home, a bed frame off the floor must be provided. Help a child today by giving this emergency resource.

Twin Mattress - $90 Our foster babies are not the only ones that need a safe place to sleep! Help a foster child or teen to be placed into a safe home by providing a comfortable mattress to sleep on.

Bunk Bed -$159 Bunk beds ensure that siblings are kept together, which helps lower experiences of PTSD, anxiety, and depression for children in the foster care system. This gift can come with just a bunk bed, or a bunk bed and mattresses.

Bibles (Spanish or English) - $35 Give the ultimate gift of hope to a foster family or group home. Many of the kids and adults we serve have never had a Bible of their own, and many request them.

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Bless a Foster Family Very often children are placed into homes on an emergency basis and the foster family or family friend has no time or no resources in order to prepare.

You can bless them with an Amazon gift card of any amount to meet their emergency needs.

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Meet Brandon!

Brandon is one of the kindest people you could ever hope to meet. As a recent graduate of CSUCI with a double major in biology and biochemistry, he is working to go into the medical field! We had the privilege of helping him get professional attire and appropriate winter wear for a trip he took to the east coast, where he attended the AMSA national convention.

Our James Storehouse Transitional Youth Program helped him succeed. We partner with Cal State Channel Islands and their P.A.T.H. program to provide aged out youth or formerly homeless students, like Brandon, with professional attire, dorm and off-campus apartment set ups, and care packages throughout the year.

Brandon, we are so incredibly proud of all you have accomplished, and cannot wait to see what your future holds. We are thrilled to have you as a part of our James Storehouse family!

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Give the Gift of Hope & Help to Aged Out Youth Foster care support doesn't stop after the children age out of the foster care system.

Most 18 year old young adults have a network of support to guide them into adulthood. However, most youth who age out of the foster care system find themselves living alone and without support. Foster youth often lack the experience and knowledge to live on their own and are at high risk for dropping out of school, homelessness, unemployment, early parenthood, and crime.

We've developed our Transitional Youth Program to help connect these wonderful youth to critical resources which prevent homelessness, as well as to our wonderful support system of caring community members.

We provide resources and community connections to help them launch successfully to independence.

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See pages 12-14 for most requested items for these youth.

Most requested items for older foster youth...

Kitchen Starter Pack - $50 Help foster youth make the transition to adulthood with furnishings for a first apartment!

Kitchen starter packs provide the food preparation essentials that young adults need when they are learning to live on their own.

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Cookware Set - $40

This seventeen piece cookware set provides the food preparation essentials that young adults need when they are learning to cook for the first time.

Dinnerware Set - $33 Most of the foster youth we work with never had the opportunity to grow up in a functional home. This is often their first experience getting essentials like a set of dishes. Help make a difference in their lives and show them that they are loved.

Silverware Set - $15 To complete the dinnerware set, utensils are a necessity.

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Drinking Glasses Set - $22 Drinking glasses are a necessity! Provide this essential to help an aged out youth set up their kitchen for the very first time.

More than 23,000 children will age out of the foster system every year. Thanks to you, we're able to help them feel confident in their independence and set up their first apartments with all the items they may need!

Baking Dish Set - $25 Help provide this dish set as they learn to prepare healthy meals for themselves.

Portable Wardrobe - $42 When youth grow up in the foster care system, they easily have been placed into 10 or more homes. With so many disruptions, they lose their belongings. Help encourage an aged out youth by providing a small dresser for clothing to stay neat and organized in their first apartment.

Detergent Pods - $36 Detergent pods have been very helpful for the foster youth in their transition to adulthood. Donate detergent pods and help the foster youth learn to do their own laundry, an important life skill.

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Youth in foster group homes must become independent long before they are ready, as they have no family to fall back on. That's why we want to be there for whatever they may need.

Thanks to donors, we were able to provide a bike, helmet, and lock for this beautiful youth who needed reliable transportation to school and to the horse ranch where she works.

She was ecstatic to receive it, and we were so excited we were able to help another member of our James Storehouse family!

Bike - $100 - $250 Lack of adequate transportation impacts both the physical and the economic security of many youth in Ventura County. With the gift of a bike, a child can get to school on time, secure the job they need, and enjoy the freedoms of being a teen! Our registry has both a women's and men's bike.

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Sponsor a Foster Child Every child in foster care has their own story.

By sponsoring a foster child, your $35 donation allows James Storehouse to provide the critical, age appropriate items to help place a child into a safe and loving home. Some of these items include: cribs, beds, car seats, clothing, apartment essentials, hygiene items, and bunk beds to keep siblings together.

James Storehouse directly helps over 19,000 children and youth each year, and each child desperately needs a sponsor. To sponsor a foster child, please click here and select "recurring donation."

Thank you for making a difference!

$35 per month changes the life of a child in foster care!

Sometimes children are placed into the foster care system immediately after being born due to a variety of reasons. Jonathan was drug-exposed and two weeks old when he was ready to be placed into a foster home. We provided a car seat, stroller, diapers, wipes, clothes, and other supplies to expedite his placement into a safe and loving home.

After Sophia's mother passed away, she was placed into the foster care system and her grandmother stepped in a as caregiver. With other children already in care, bunk beds, mattresses, a crib, and storage solutions were need in order to meet required standards with Child and Family Services. James Storehouse was able to provide these things and more in order to make this new living arrangement possible.

Alexander has been in the foster care system for 4 years. His mother passed away, and he was placed into the system when his father could no longer take care of him. He has had a difficult life already, as he was moved from foster family to foster family. Alexander has many goals and aspirations, but has fallen behind in school.

We were able to connect him with a mentor, gave him much-needed clothing, hygiene products, school supplies, and other necessities to show him that his is worthy of love and support.

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Provide a Meaningful Activity for a Foster Child or Group Home Night at the Movies for a Group Home - $150 Provide six foster youth with the opportunity to enjoy a fun night out! Your gift supplies movie tickets, popcorn, and a drink.

Dream Day - $75 Support a dream day for a little girl in foster care. Give her the gift of a special doll, lunch, and a carefree fun day at the American Girl Cafe.

K1 Speed - $100 Support a fun day of go-karting for a little boy in foster care. Give him hope during a traumatic time in his life.

Disneyland Trip

$150 for one ticket Reunite siblings for $300

Help us give foster children a day they will never forget at the happiest place on earth! Purchasing two tickets would even allow us to reunite siblings that have been separated as a result of the placement process.

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If you are interested in making a donation, here are some instructions:

Donating by mail • Write a check made out to “James Storehouse” • In the memo line, give a specific gift description.

• Mail it to us at: 3543 Old Conejo Rd. #105 Newbury Park, CA 91320 Donating online • Move your cursor over the image of the item you are interested in: • Most items will lead you to our Amazon registry. You can have the items shipped directly to us (address above), and we will deliver it to the foster children in need.

• A few items lead directly to our website. Select the gift you are giving, and enter your info. (If you are choosing to sponsor a foster youth and are interested in making a monthly donation, please select "Recurring").

• Finish and hit submit!

Thank you so much for helping this deserving community. All donations are tax deductible. Please remember that your help is appreciated year-round so that we may serve these children no matter the season.

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“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”

James 1:27