Wish List

A meaningful way to give to Healthy Acadia is through gifting an item from our Wishlist. When you give an item it immediately fills a need in our community. Many of our program areas can greatly benefit from donations of specific items to continue and improve available services. Items are accepted in new or like-new condition - pre-loved is fine! - unless specifically indicated. 

In-kind donations of items like toiletries, household supplies, and clothing help meet the urgent, practical needs of individuals and families in recovery. Your support eases daily burdens—so they can focus on healing, rebuilding, and creating a brighter future.

***We currently have an urgent need for new and lightly used men's clothing - sizes S, M, L and XL, men and women’s shoes, as well as new men and women's socks and undergarments in Washington County.*** 

Clothing donations can be dropped off at our Machias office located at 121 Court Street or at the Downeast Recovery Support Center in Machias located at 11 Free Street.

Are you in Hancock County and want to contribute? We are grateful! Contact us at development@healthyacadia.org to coordinate.

INSPIRE Recovery Community Center (Ellsworth)

  • Top Priority Items

    🧴 Deodorant (men’s and women’s – stick or spray)
    🪥 Toothbrushes (individually packaged)
    🦷 Toothpaste (travel and full size)


    Other Personal Hygiene Essentials
    🫗 Mouthwash (alcohol-free preferred)
    🧵 Dental Floss
    🧻 Wet Wipes / Body Wipes
    🧴 Hand Sanitizer
    🩸 Feminine Hygiene Products (pads, tampons, feminine wipes)
    🪒 Disposable Razors (men’s and women’s)
    🫧 Shaving Cream or Gel
    🧴 Lotion / Moisturizer
    💄 Lip Balm
    ✂️ Nail Clippers
    💇‍♀️ Hairbrushes and Combs
    🦯 Cotton Swabs (Q-tips)

    🧺 New Undergarments (all sizes):
    👚 Women’s sports bras, bras, and panties
    🩲 Men’s boxers and briefs
    🧦 Socks for men and women

Downeast Gleaning Initiative

Healthy Acadia’s Downeast Gleaning Initiative helps to reduce food insecurity by coordinating farm-based gleaning opportunities throughout Hancock and Washington counties. We connect volunteers with farms, orchards, farmers’ markets, and community gardens to collect surplus fruits and vegetables that would otherwise go to waste. We then manage the distribution of fresh produce to food pantries, community meal sites, rehabilitation programs, school backpack programs, and other community organizations. 

🧺 Apple harvest bags

🟦 Towels for Covering Produce
(Unbleached flat cloth diapers are ideal—they fit perfectly in our produce crates!)

📦 Hand Truck / Crate Transport

🖊 Sharpies / Permanent Markers

🌀 Painter’s Tape (light green preferred)

🫧 Biodegradable Dish Soap

🧽 Dish Scrub Brushes

👗 Water Apron for washing crates and produce. Example

🎟 Gift Certificates to Hardware Stores

Downeast Restorative Harvest

🏖️ Furniture for an outdoor shaded seating area (chairs, benches, umbrellas, etc.)

🍽️ Outdoor table(s) (for meals, meetings, and workstations)

🧺 Large, sturdy wash tubs or basins

🪣 Sandbox toys and accoutrements

🔆 Solar-powered lighting

🛒 Wagon

🧵 Hose reels and high-quality garden hoses

🌱 Little Free Library or Seed Swap Box

🛝 Swing Set

Recovery Backpack Program

Healthy Acadia’s Recovery Backpack Program provides basic essentials to individuals in recovery from substance use disorder and working with Healthy Acadia's Recovery coaches in Hancock and Washington counties. Backpack recipients include recoverees who are facing homelessness or have had to leave a situation in an urgent manner, and individuals that are just being released from jail who often have only the clothes they were wearing at the time of incarceration.

Each backpack includes basic toiletries, personal hygiene items, new undergarments and socks, a pair of pants, a shirt, a pair of boots, and a coat. 

Your gift of one or more items listed below will support someone on their recovery journey. Thank you.

  • 🎒 Backpacks
    👕 Men’s Shirts and Pants(Sizes S–XL)
    🧢 Hats
    🧤 Gloves
    🧺 Blankets
    ⛺ Tents
    🟦 Tarps
    🛌 Sleeping Bags
    🌧️ Rain Ponchos

  • 👙 Women’s Sports Bras, Bras, and Panties (All sizes)
    🩲 Men’s Boxers and Briefs (All sizes)
    🧦 Women’s and Men’s Socks (All sizes) 

  • 🧴 Shampoo and Conditioner
    🪥 Toothbrushes
    🦷 Toothpaste
    🧵 Dental Floss
    🫗 Mouthwash
    🦷 Denture Care Items
    🪒 Razors and Shaving Cream (small sizes only; men’s razors with multiple blades preferred)
    🧼 Soap and Body Wash
    🧴 Deodorant
    💇 Hair Brushes and Combs
    ✂️ Fingernail Clippers / Emery Boards
    🎀 Hair Scrunchies
    🧴 Sample Size Laundry Detergent
    🔥 Hand Warmers

Safe Harbor Recovery Home for Women and Children

Safe Harbor Recovery Home for Women and Children is the only certified recovery residence in Washington County and serves women from across the region. The house provides wraparound support for women in all stages of recovery, and is one of the only houses in Maine where mothers can live together with their children.

The Safe Harbor team has identified the following wishlist items: 

🏀 Basketballs and air pumps x 2

🪣 50 lb. bag of play sand x 5

🧤 Mittens and gloves

🧢 Winter hats

🧣 Scarves

🧺 Laundry detergent

🛁 New bath towels

🧼 Personal care items

🧽 Household cleaning products

🧻 Toilet paper

📄 Paper towels

To donate an item from our wish list, please contact Shoshona at Development@HealthyAcadia.org or (207) 667-7171 Ext. 210. For more ways to give, click here.

Updated July 15, 2025.