Welcome to the Silver Spring Takoma Park Mutual Aid (SSTPMA) Give In Kind page! To learn more about SSTPMA and how you can help, please visit our website: https://sstpmutualaid.wordpress.com/ This page has been set up with standing direct aid requests to help support our local Mutual Aid group. SSTPMA serves the local Silver Spring and Takoma Park communities with direct aid, food support, and supplies such as hygiene items and clothing. The group also has additional volunteer groups focused on building community and interconnectedness, with volunteers offering repair services, transportation support, translation support, and community gardening. Please see our wishlist below for items that are often requested to help supply our local community. Items purchased will be distributed directly to the communities of Silver Spring and Takoma Park, or to local community school centers. Any gift cards or financial support collected here will go directly to fulfilling aid requests. If donating through Venmo please add a note: "SSTPMA" for tracking. Thanks! Local school wellness centers we currently support: John F Kennedy HS Wellness Center
Would you like to send something directly to our volunteers to distribute in the community? Our Amazon wishlist includes our most frequently requested items. You can directly purchase them using our Amazon wishlist. Items purchased are collected at a volunteer's house for storage until distribution, generally at our community events or directly to neighbors and wellness centers. Our top four requested items: (1) Menstrual supplies (2) Deodorant (3) Bar soap or shower gel (4) Shampoo and conditioner We've also requested digital gift cards, which will enable our volunteers to purchase food and hygiene supplies to directly support our community. If you'd like to drop off your unopened, unexpired items, we have four collection sites in SS and TKPK: Black Belt Martial Arts Center – 10576 Metropolitan Ave, Kensington, MD 20895 Takoma Park Silver Spring Co-Op – 201 Ethan Allen Ave, Takoma Park, MD Unitarian Universalist Church of SS – 10309 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD Silver Spring United Methodist Church – 8900 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD