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Your donation provides restorative healing and hope for young children and their families who have experienced trauma. Your gift helps them build a foundation for the mastery of life-sustaining skills through effective, trauma-informed therapy and community.
The Rainbow Project is a registered 501(c)3 organization.
Here’s what your donation can do:
$50 provides five families with gas to get to and from The Rainbow Project
$100 provides one hour of training for early childhood education staff by a Rainbow therapist
$250 provides two hours of therapy for a child or family
$500 provides weekly dinner for Rainbow's 10- week emotion coaching parent program
$1,000 provides six sessions of crisis stabilization for a child or family following a traumatic event
$5,000 provides an 8-week social-emotional group for ten children
Donate by check
To donate via check, please mail directly to:
The Rainbow Project
Attn: Rachel Yves
831 E Washington Avenue
Madison, WI 53703
In-Kind Gifts & Wishlist Donations
The Rainbow Project is frequently in need of the items listed below.
Please call our front desk (608-255-7356) to confirm that the items below are still needed prior to dropping them off.
We DO NOT accept the following: open/used personal care items, bedding, clothing, open/used plastic utensils, open food items, old technology, dried out art supplies, used blankets, broken or worn toys/games.
Toys/Kid's Stuff
Doll house figurines/people (multicultural; plastic is best); example
See Lakeshore Learning’s store for example.
Multicultural dolls; example
Dress-up clothing & accessories (especially larger child sizes)- super hero costumes, professions (police, fire, doctor, vet, etc.) example
Multicultural people puppets (e.g. doctor, police officer, etc., including "Folkmanis" brand) People Puppets, Animal Puppets
Play doctor kits, example
Play food, example
Exercise balls, example
Children’s books
Coloring supplies, books, paper
Glitter glue- assorted colors, example
Glitter- assorted colors, example
Colored pencils (12-24 packs), example
Balloons- assorted colors, example
Ribbon (assorted textures & colors), example
Beads, example
Pipe cleaners- assorted colors, example
Play sand, example
Bubbles (small bottles and refill bottles): example 1, example 2
Classic board games (ages 3 & up), specifically:
Therapy-focused board games- play therapy, social/emotional skills, feelings, etc.
Journals, example
Balance beam (low to floor for safe obstacle course), example
Wooden stacking blocks: example 1, example 2
Snacks for kids- individually packaged fruit snacks, sandwich crackers, granola bars, oreo minis pretzels, skinny pop, sun chips, apple sauce, Jell-O cups, juice boxes, bottled water
Colored rice, example
Dried Beans, example
Pom-poms, example
Water Beads, example
Alphabet and number magnetic sets, example
Office Supplies
Photocopy/printer paper (white, 8.5 x 11 inches), example
Large standard size easel paper pads, example
Spiral notebooks or paper tablets (college ruled), example
Two pocket folders, example
1 inch three ring binders, example
Self-sealing #10 envelopes, example
10” x 13” padded envelopes, example
Masking tape, example
Flip chart markers, example
Stamps, example
Laminating pouches (letter size, 3 mil or 5 mil), example
Foam core, example
New office chairs: Staples Essentials Ergonomic Fabric Swivel Task Chair in black
New sofa for waiting area, example
Office Furniture
Technology Supplies/Needs
Computer speakers (with USB connection type)
Other Supplies
Gift cards for our clients and support groups for the following:
restaurants and take-out
grocery stores,
gas