Material donations (updated Spring 2026)

The Franciscans that staff the Mission live off Divine Providence. We do not have incomes and we are very reliant on material donations for our life and work. Please contact Sr. Stephanie at olamission@gmail.com or 773-486-8431 with any questions!

-Supplies for the Mission's work- Please see our Amazon wish list >>.  
This is the easiest way to donate material goods to the Mission! آ

*We do NOT receive donor info from Amazon when you make a wish list purchase. If you would like acknowledgement/ confirmation we received your order, please email HERE (olamission@gmail.com). *

Food

• We take all food- perishable or nonperishable.
  
  
• Email Sr. Stephanie at olamission@gmail.com to discuss dropping off a food donation.
  
  
• Most needed non-perishable food includes rice, pasta, canned meat, canned soup, snack foods, peanut butter, jelly, and canned fruit.

Clothes/ household items 

• We are taking clothing and household good donations in conjunction with the mobile pantry ONLY.
• You can drop off your nonfood, material donations on the:

> Thursday or Friday before the first Saturday of the month from 9 am to 5 pm. Please email Sr. Stephanie before coming with a donation on a Thursday or Friday- olamission@gmail.com- so we can make sure someone is ready to help you.
> ON the first Saturday of the month between 7:30 am and 9 am.

Baby supplies

We are no longer part of any program that provides free diapers. We distribute 45,000 diapers a month. Please consider supporting our diaper program!

Biggest needs:

• Size 4, 5, and 6 diapers
• Other needed diaper sizes will be regularly updated on the Amazon wish list
• Wipes
• Formula, especially regular infant Enfamil

SPECIAL EVENTS

The Mission frequently plans for large material distributions or special events for the neighborhood.
We are always looking for groups to sponsor/ co-sponsor special events. Please contact Sr. Stephanie HERE (olamission@gmail.com) to discuss sponsoring an event.

OTHER WAYS TO HELP

Airline miles- Half of the Franciscans are from out of state. We would appreciate a gift of airline miles to help cover emergency trips home. E-mail (olamission@gmail.com) with questions. 

-Switch your cell phone service to Charity Mobile to support the Mission!
Charity Mobile cell phone service will donate 5% of your monthly cell phone bill to the Mission if you switch to their service and select the Mission (charity #2483) as your charity of choice! Please see their website HERE to sign up. Questions? E-mail HERE (olamission@gmail.com).

-Host your site on SiteGround Web Hosting
Looking for a server to host your website? Pick SiteGround using this LINK and they'll donate $50 to the Mission. Questions? E-mail HERE(olamission@gmail.com).

-Donate a % of your eBay sales
Please go HERE, choose Mission of Our Lady of the Angels as your charity, and start selling items with 1% to 100% of the proceeds going to the Mission.