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Emergency Youth Shelter is requesting items for youth to do individually in their quiet time in bedrooms prior to going to sleep. No electronics are allowed and youth need activities they enjoy to unwind before sleeping. Typically 6-7 youth are at the shelter each night. Youth ages are from 12-17. Youth come and go frequently. Items will go with the youth when they leave the shelter. Most youth come to the shelter with few if any personal possessions. Items need to be something youth could not use for self harm. Suggested items would include: medium logo sets, magnetic building sets, model automobiles/planes that do not use glue, dot art work, crafts without sharp objects or long string, foil art, journal kits for teens, origami kits, diamond art kits, paper airplane kits, stem kits, 3 D puzzles, stem magnetic fidget cube, cars and toys that can be played with individually and quietly. Many of these youth have not had the opportunity to have or play with toys. To be able to provide toys and activities to do by themselves is amazing to most of our youth. Many have not had this opportunity and have not learned to play or to play alone. Thank you for your consideration and the blessing that will be received.