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Contribute to Safe Avenues - Monetary Funds Safe Avenues is a non-profit organization supervised by a local Board of Directors and administered by local staff . In an average year, two-thirds of Safe Avenues funding comes in the form of state and federal grants. That means one-third of its funding must come from the communities in which Safe Avenues provides services.

For your convenience and comfort, PayPal, a well-known and reputable provider of on-line donation and payment services, will receive your donation on behalf of Safe Avenues. A click on the button below will take you to the PayPal site where you will enter information about your donation.

After you complete entering your information on the PayPal site, click the Back button on your browser to return to the Safe Avenues website. Within two weeks, the Safe Avenues administrative staff will send to you a written Thank You, and acknowledgement of your donation to a charitable, non-profit organization. Until then, please accept this electronic Thank You!



After you complete entering your information on the PayPal site, click the Back button on your browser to return to the Safe Avenues website.

Within two weeks, the Safe Avenues administrative staff will send to you a written Thank You, and acknowledgement of your donation to a charitable, non-profit organization.

Until then, please accept this electronic Thank You!

We cannot continue this important work without your help.

Connie Schmoll,  Executive Director



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Send to: PO Box 568, Willmar, MN 56201

To download and print a form to mail your donation, click here

Thank you!



Contribute Material Goods Clothing and Household items needed regularly

Why Clothing and Household Items are Important to Survivors:
Imagine Starting a Home from Scratch!

If you have never been homeless, you can't fully appreciate the challenges of establishing a new home with practically nothing. Sad to say, this is the problem that many battered women face after leaving their abusers.

Many families have little more than the clothes on their backs when they escape the life-threatening dangers in their homes. They know full well what they are leaving behind, but the risks to themselves and their children are more important than material things. They must leave -- and fast!

After the Safe Avenues helps with the emergency shelter and safety planning and all the other needs victims encounter, it also helps them find new housing and furnish it with the basics. Because money is always an issue, those basics typically come in the form of donations from Safe Avenues' supporters.

If you would like to give these families a jump start in creating a home in which they can feel safe and secure, here are a few guidelines we ask you to observe.


Clothing and Household Items Needed Regularly
  • Baby and Infant Items
    • Diapers
    • Clothing
    • Toys
    • Car Seats (not more than four years old


  • Clothing -
    • Clean and in style
    • Summer and Winter -- in season
    • All kinds for women, children and teens


  • Kitchen
    • Utensils
    • Tableware
    • Appliances: Range, refrigerator, microwave, mixer
    • Pots and pans
    • Furniture
    • Glassware
  • Bathroom
    • Supplies
    • Towels and washcloths
    • Toiletries


  • Bedroom
    • Beds
    • Dressers and night stands
    • Linens, blankets
  • Living room
    • Furniture (sofas, chairs, tables)
    • Lamps
    • Curtains
    • Television sets and dvd/vhs player
  • Household
    • Cleaning supplies
    • Appliances: Clocks, radios, vacuum cleaners, fans
    • Tools: Basic tool kit, snow shovel, flashlight, night lights, storage bins with lids
  • Gift Certificates
    • Gas
    • Hair salon
    • Oil change
    • Grocery Store
    • Phone cards


Items We Cannot Receive
How to Donate Clothing and Household Items to the Shelter House
  • Car seats more than four years old.
  • Cribs that are more than five years old and do not have written certifications regarding compliance with current safety features.
  • Old computers
  • Hide-a-beds
  • Console TV's
  • Very heavy furniture
  • Non-functional decorating items such as:
    • Pictures
    • Wall plaques
    • Pottery and glassware
  • Call First

We have limited space to store donated items and our need for particular items varies from week to week. Therefore, we require that all potential donors call the Shelter before delivering the items.

  • Call 320-235-0962. Ask for Kyle.
  • Sometimes we may ask you to keep larger items (beds and furniture, etc.) until we have room to store them or until a family is ready to use them. In this case, we will record the item you have to give and your name and phone number. Then we will call you when the family is ready to receive them.
  • In the case of larger items like beds and furniture, we may ask you to deliver the items directly to another location so that we can avoid handling them twice. This could be more convenient for you also if the family that receives the item lives in your community instead of Willmar.