Housing Supplies for San Jose Newcomers

Help the IRC furnish apartments for newcomers in your community! Each month, the IRC welcomes hundreds of refugees to Northern California, walking alongside families as they rebuild their lives. 

Having a home of their own is the first step in their journey, but we need your help outfitting apartments with furniture and other household essentials. 

How to Help

We rely on donations from people like you to stock families' apartments with the essentials. Whether you rally your community to collect items, order from our Amazon Wishlist, or simply offload a few unused things around the house, your donations equips our newest neighbors for success!

Urgent Needs

In addition to the full list of items needed linked here, the IRC in San Jose is in critical need of:

  1. New Mattresses & Bedding (Queen & Twin): Mattresses, bed frames, "beds-in-a-bag" including sheets, pillowcases, and comforter/bed spread, pillows, and throw blankets
  2. New Linens: Bath towels, hand towels, kitchen towels
  3. Kitchen Items: Pots, pans, basic flatware and cooking utensils, dining sets, cups
  4. Cleaning Supplies: All-Purpose Cleaners, Brooms with Dustpans, mops with mop buckets, trash bins, trash bags, and dish soap.
  5. Children's Items: *New* strolles and carseats, including Travel Systems for Infants, Convertible Car Seats, and Boosters

How to Donate

There are several easy ways to donate goods for newcomer families in your community, including:

  1. Amazon Wishlist: Make a purchase from our Amazon Wishlist linked here and have it shipped directly to our office. 
  2. In-Person Drop-Off: Coordinate a time to deliver your collected items to our San Jose office Monday through Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. by emailing [email protected].

Questions? Want to organize a donation collection?

Email [email protected]for more information.