Updated March 2, 2012
Occupy Detroit is in constant need of provisions. The movement depends on your generosity and solidarity. We are building a better world for the 99%, and you can help by giving us the foundation upon which to do so. Thank you in advance!
Donations can be dropped off at:
photo by Cocoloco
5900 Activist Center
5900 Michigan Ave, Detroit MI 48208
Hours of availability:
Sunday-Friday, 5pm-10pm
Saturday, 8am-8pm
Or they may be brought to the General Assembly every Tuesday at 6pm at:
1515 BROADWAY
1515 Broadway, Detroit, MI 48226
(313) 965-1515
Video tour of 5900 Michigan Ave location:
OCCUPY DETROIT NEEDS THE FOLLOWING
* high priority items are in bold & italic
OUTDOOR CAMPS & RESTORATIONS
- *Propane lamp filaments
- *6 volt batteries
- *Camp lamp bulbs “F4T5/DCF” & “#5355-700”
- *Storage Containers- Rubbermade bins, See-through drawers
- Crates and things to lift things supplies off the ground
- Wooden palettes
- Tarps
- Carabineer clips (dollar store ones)
- **Propane- big and small sizes
- Duct tape
- Scissors
- Yurts
- Snow fencing
- Plexiglass
- Tool belts and harnesses
- Tool boxes
- Tools of all sorts
- Brooms, mops, mop buckets
- Cleaning supplies – sponges, buckets, cleansers, paper towels
FACILITATION/DIRECT ACTION
- Sign making supplies
- Post it notes
- Post it and regular easel pads
- Thick sharpie markers
- Large dry erase boards
- Dry erase markers
- Alligator board for signs
- Dense cardboard sheets
- Picket posts
- Craft paint bottles or ink
- 1/2″- 2″ wide Foam brushes
- Colored paper stock for printing
OUTREACH
- Medium and lightweight hoodies
- T-shirts
- Socks
- Work boots
- Work gloves – leather & garden
- Blankets & pillows
MEDICAL
- *Medical scissors
- Glucometer test strips- “True 2go” brand (Meijer)
- Gauze in 4×4 pads
- Ace bandage
- Single serve antibiotic ointment, kleenex packs, hand sanitizer
- Vitamins
- Digital thermometers and thermometer covers
- Ziploc bags (multiple sizes)
- Medicine “suffle” cups or Dixie cups
- Tampons/pads
FOOD
- *NON PERISHABLE FOOD
- *Soup stock (low sodium)
- *Good Coffee
- *Sugar & creamer
- *Spices & herbs
- Drinking water- bottled and 2 ½ gallon jugs
- Plastic forks, spoons
- Flour
- Dried vitamin C
- Fruit juice in plastic containers
- Honey/molasses
- French coffee press
- Rose hips, hibiscuses, rose peal (Dried for tea…)
- Reusable cups/mugs
- Very large cooking pots
- Large wide mouth jars
- Large bottles of hand sanitizer
- dish soap
- plastic or paper bags
MEDIA
- ***4G UNLIMITED DATA PLANS TO KEEP UP WITH DEMANDS OF INTERVIEWS, LIVESTREAM, SOCIAL MEDIA
- *LAPTOPS/NETBOOKS/TABLETS AND BATTERIES
- *CAMERAS/ VIDEO CAMS AND BATTERIES
- *SMART PHONES (Android, iPhone, iPad, …)
- *POWER CONVERTERS FOR CARS
- extension cords outdoor/indoor
- micro and other USB cords – long length preferred
- *mobile hot spots
- routers
- external drives and DVD discs
- scanner/scan wand for documents
- **360 degree webcams with multi directional mic HD/other webcams
- *SD/CF cards we need lots
*****WORKING GROUPS! IF YOUR NEEDS ARE NOT ON THIS LIST, please email contactmedia@occupy-detroit.us to add or remove items from these lists and provide a contact person in your working group responsible for taking delivery of donations.
