Today, the Tennessean posted descriptions of what area nonprofits need to better support their mission:

Nonprofits’ wish list

Supports children

Agency: Boys & Girls Club of Middle Tennessee (Franklin/Williamson County)

Description: Needs copier paper, construction paper, electric pencil sharpeners, pool sticks, ping pong balls, computer mice, first aid kits, jump ropes, digital camera, crayons, whistles, Hula Hoops, hot glue gun, boom box, manila folders, juice boxes, bottled water, small bristle paint brushes, Clorox wipes, disinfectant spray, white poster boards, scissors, dictionaries, rulers, glue stocks, spiral notebooks, soft rubber kick balls, dodge balls, and a Rebound DVD.

To donate: Call the club at 794-1106.

Assists all in need

Agency: Bridge of Hope

Description: Needs a washer and dryer.

To donate: Call 226-0596.

Helping children

Agency: Cannon County Reach

Description: Needs white and black paint and painting supplies plus portable classrooms.

To donate: Call Angela King at 563-5518.

Improves child care

Agency: The Center for Early Education

Description: Needs 12 comfortable conference room chairs suitable for long training sessions. Matching chairs would be a plus, but not required.

To donate: Call Michelle Cochran at 251-1902 or e-mail michellec@nashvillesees.org.

Housing provider

Agency: Community Housing Partnership in Williamson County

Description: Needs weatherization kits, paint, windows, doors, appliances and insulation.

To donate: Call Stephen Murray at 790-5556 or e-mail Stephen@communityhousing.info .

Tutors at-risk kids

Agency: Community United Youth Resource Center in Columbia

Description: Needs 40 backpacks, school supplies (paper, pencils, spiral notebooks, binders, rulers, glue sticks, index cards, Crayola markers and crayons, school boxes, folders with pockets, calculators), office supplies and toys for Christmas. The agency also needs file cabinets, chairs, children’s chairs, bookshelves, computers and children’s tables.

To donate: Call Teresa Davis at 931-381-5720.

Family literacy program

Agency: Estoy Aprendiendo (”I’m Learning”)

Description: Needs computers for English-language learning laboratory and books appropriate for middle and high school students, CD players and Power Point equipment.

To donate: Call Tracy Jennings at 941-8658.

Supports community

Agency: Eighteenth Avenue Family Enrichment Center

Description: Needs office supplies, toys, playground equipment, color copy paper, construction paper, hand wipes, wallpaper books, preschool scissors, flashlights, batteries, first aid items, legal pads, finger paints, crayons and hand sanitizer.

To donate: Call 320-1131.

Helps those with disabilities

Agency: Evergreen Presbyterian Ministries Inc.

Description: Needs two folding mat platform tables, four clinical recliners, two single point swings, four rocking chairs, one Hoyer lift with weight scale, four Big Mack communication aids, two Snozelen Elite packages, two Snozelen MSE Corner Padding packages and one portable dishwasher.

To donate: Call Sereadia Dunn at 366-7454 or e-mail sdunn@epmi.org.

Resource center

Agency: Gallatin Shalom Zone

Description: Needs a board table and chairs, and 100 stacking chairs for the community room.

To donate: 585-0790 or e-mail allatinshalomzn@bellsouth.net.

Emergency food and services

Agency: Mt. Juliet Help Center

Description: Needs copy paper.

To donate: Call (615) 754-4357 or e-mail help@mtjuliethelpcenter.com.

Animal education and fun

Agency: Nashville Zoo

Description: Needs four large storage cabinets (at least 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide, metal or plastic only) for the elephant barn; five full-length lockers for staff, and a 4-by-8 foot non-breakable acrylic mirror sheet or steel sheet for elephant enrichment (elephants can recognize themselves in a mirror).

To donate: Call Elephant Manager Rise Pankow at 642-1003 or e-mail rpankow@nashvillezoo.org.

The Zoo also needs additional metal lockers, about 6 feet tall, a metal bookcase up to 32-inches wide, heavy duty free-standing shelving, a commercial blender, a new kitchen stove, good quality chef’s knives (no wooden handles), a commercial door-type dishwasher, a college-sized refrigerator and a golf cart (new or used).

To donate: Call Lead Commissary Keeper Stephanie Greene at 833-1534, extension 150 or e-mail sgreene@nashvillezoo.org.

Learning supplies for at-risk children

Agency: PENCIL Box program of the PENCIL Foundation

Description: Needs binders, arts and crafts materials, educational magazines, containers and a wide variety of supplies that a teacher would be able to use in the classroom.

To donate: Call Sarah Killpack at 242-3167, ext. 233.

Support for seniors

Agency: Perry County Council on Aging

Description: Needs file cabinets, round tables and chairs and bookcases.

To donate: Call Marianne Watson at 931-589-5111.

Help for developmental disabilities

Agency: Progress Inc.

Description: Needs computers, five-drawer filing cabinets, wheelchairs, six Cracker Barrel-style rocking chairs, large print editions of Readers Digest, and other large print books.

To donate, Call Susan at 399-3000, extension 39 or Pat at extension 17.

Educates at-risk children

Agency: Project Reflect

Description: Needs a projector and a projector screen.

To donate: Call Lynda Evjen at 228-9886 or 517-5713

Helps the mentally challenged

Agency: Prospect Inc.

Description: Needs a metal-coated picnic table, a tow motor and a Ridder Pallet Jack.

To donate: Call Bill Potter at (615) 444-0597.

Helps the developmentally challenged

Agency: RHA Health Services

Description: Needs a washer, dryer, living room furniture, bedroom furniture, patio furniture, kitchen table and chairs, fax machines and computers.

To donate: Call Susan Farmer at 367-1181.

Assisting seniors

Agency: Shelbyville/Bedford County Senior Center

Description: Needs a washing machine, aprons, dish towels, a medium freezer and food donations.

To donate: Call Sonia Miller at (931) 684-0019.

Serves the disabled

Agency: Quality Living Inc.

Description: Needs two filing cabinets and a rocking chair.

To donate, Call Bambie Mansaray at 365-2230, ext. 208, or 886-8863.

Striving for independence

Agency: Resources for Human Development

Description: Needs a desk printer, LCD projector for training, gardening supplies, sheets, linens and homegoods.

To donate, Call Kathleen Newbold or Pierre Womble at 391-8088.

Works with seniors

Agency: Shelbyville/Bedford County Senior Citizens

Description: Needs a big screen TV and a Wii game for the seniors to participate in interactive games and sports to improve mobility.

To donate: Call Sonia Miller or Barbara Strahn at (931) 684-0086

Therapeutic horseback riding for the disabled

Agency: Silver Bullets Ranch

Description: Needs building materials to construct a feed room, a freezer, filing cabinets, trophy cases, a storage building, arena panels or fencing for horses, a horse trailer and a house or camp trailer.

To donate, Call (931) 685-9946.

Assists seniors

Agency: Springfield-Robertson County Senior Center

Description: Needs tool Box with basic tools, gardening tools, a safe, awning, a receptionist front desk, a table top folder, new and used computers, desktop printer, copier, scanner, garden hose rack, washer and dryer, five white tablecloths for 58-inch round tables, car vacuum and 50-foot heavy duty extension cord.

To donate: Call Sarai Reed at 384-6367 or e-mail rcsc@bellsouth.net.

Medical help

Agency: Tennessee Personal Assistance

Description: Needs 3-inch binders, a heavy duty copy machine and copy paper.

To donate: Call Sweden Kwenda at 578-2029 or 331-6200.

Settles refugee families

Agency: World Relief

Description: Needs clean queen-sized mattresses and box springs, tables and chairs, couches, living room chairs, end tables, pots and pans, silverware, glasses, small kitchen appliances, calendars, hangers and folding chairs.

To donate: call 833-7735

Faith-based community assistance

Agency: You Can Make It

Description: Needs an office chair, filing cabinet, kitchen table with six chairs, floor light and two wood chairs for clients.

To donate: Call Deborah Harding at 977-5372.