Essential Needs Wish List

  • Conditioner

  • Notebooks/Journals

  • Reusable water bottles

  • Youth self care packages

  • Women’s Pajamas - S, M, L

  • Women & Children’s Slippers - all sizes

  • Gift cards (grocery, gas, local movie theatre, swimming pool)


This list is a collection of our most-needed items for our Emergency Shelter, which is updated regularly. Choosing items from this list ensures the greatest, direct impact to our clients.

If you have items outside of this list that you would like to donate, please consider taking them to one of our amazing community partners that support us in incredible ways. 

  • Missions Thrift Store, Okotoks

  • Selective Seconds, High River

  • Salvation Army Thrift Store, High River

  • Foothills Salvage and Recycling Centre, Foothills County

  • Women In Need Society (WINS), Calgary 

For the safety and confidentiality of our clients, all donation drop-offs are by appointment only and must be discussed with our staff. Even if you know our location, we kindly ask that you please refrain from spontaneous deliveries.

If you require a tax receipt for your wish list purchase or have any other questions about donating items, please contact gopurple@rowanhouse.ca.

Shop for Us on Amazon

Click here to be taken to our ‘Rowan House Wish List’ on Amazon.ca, made up of both the essential items we are often in need of, as well as some of the special items required for our programming. Purchase any item from the list and it will be delivered straight to us!

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted
— Aesop