Donation Information
Donation Drop Off instructions:
During our open hours:
Mondays: 12pm-4pm
Tuesdays: 8am-4pm
Thursdays: 8am-4pm
Saturdays 8am- 12pm
You can pull up on Hillcrest to the side of our Outreach Center by our fenced in area. One of our volunteers would be happy to help you unload your car!
If those hours do not work well for you, there are other locations that you can drop items off at:
Additional Drop Off Locations
We have donation bins at the following locations:
Pagination
1150 E Walnut St, Springfield, MO 65806
Cosmic Fish
1445 S Glenstone Ave, Springfield, MO 65804
Our Community Outreach Center is a no-barrier resource center that offers warm meals, clothing, survival gear, and community resources to provide aid and support to anyone experiencing a need.
Wound Care Clinic and First Aid are available during open hours to treat minor health needs.
We are open
Mondays 12pm-4pm
Tuesdays 8am-4pm
Thursdays 8am-4pm
SAturdays 8am-12pm
Volunteers are always needed to help fill orders, sort donations, make food bags, and help with other essential tasks.
To volunteer, email delana@theconnectinggrounds.com
Donation Needs
We use this color coded board to share with our center guests what we have for them and what we are running low on. If you would like to help us fill our greatest needs, the red items represent what we are out of at the center.
Hot Hands (we give out hundreds of these nightly)
Winter Coats (all sizes)
Warm boots/shoes (all sizes)
toilet paper
tooth brushes
travel size shampoo, conditioner and body soap
Individual sized crackers, protein, cookies, cereal, milk
blankets
tarps