There are numerous ways to donate to Doctors without Walls – Santa Barbara Street Medicine:
Dr. Jason Prystowsky talks with a patient at Santa Barbara’s Alameda Park. (Photo by Mark Semegen for Direct Relief)
DWW-SBSM WISH LIST for in-kind donations:
Needed now for Winter months:
- Jackets – Men and women
- Sleeping Bags
- Blankets (light weight)
- Large Men’s Shirts and Sweaters
Needed all year:
- *Socks (size 9-11 white only)
- Toothpaste (small size) & toothbrushes
- Deodorant
- Bar of soap (Small size)
- *Washcloths
- Small pack of hand/body wipes
- *Mini-pack tissues
- *Lip balm/Chapstick
- Sunscreen (small sizes)
- Disposable Razors
- Shampoo & Conditioner (small hotel size only)
- Lotion (small hotel size only)
- Positive, uplifting note
* (most requested)
If donor would like to put together a donation of non-perishable food items, we suggest the following:
- Water, water, water (but even better is water with electrolytes)
- Pretzels with peanut butter (carbs, magnesium, & protein to help maintain energy)
- Granola Bar/Cereal Bar
- Trail Mix without chocolate but WITH FRUIT – protein at its best
- Fruit Cups
- Beef Jerky – added protein – small packages only
- Peanut Butter & Crackers – small pre-packaged only
- Brown Rice Cakes – small packages only
- Popcorn (unseasoned) – small packages only
- Baked veggie chips – small packages only
- Raw Nuts – small packages only
- Pop-top cans or pouches of tuna
- Small LOW SUGAR cereal boxes
- Small HORIZON milks
- Filling foods like Bananas, Easy-peal oranges or tangerines, Apples – insert into bag day being handed out to the homeless
Your donation to Doctors Without Walls funds:
Your donation will help fund our clinics including helping to provide at-risk women with a safe shelter at Women’s Free Homeless Clinic.
Through the Underserved Medicine Seminar and weekly clinics, DWW has established a base of student volunteers. Your donation provides students with a hands-on experience to develop crucial skills including empathy and compassion. Many of our volunteers have gone on to professional schools in the medical field. DWW equips its student volunteers with the skills to be future leaders capable of carrying on the crucial practice of humanitarian medicine.
If a disaster should occur in our community, many of our community members would be homeless, suffering from lack of access to shelter, food, and medical care. It is our firm belief that the best way to train our mobile teams to respond to disasters is to treat the medically underserved.
Contact us for more information.
Doctors Without Walls – Santa Barbara Street Medicine is a 501 (c) non profit organization. All donations are 100% tax deductible.