People often want to bring items with them to donate when they visit. Because people want to donate useful things, we provide this list of things that we use on a regular basis or need at this time.

• candles for the alter: 10" or 12" white taper candles
• Honey

Please contact the kitchen manager at to find out exactly what sort of food is needed at this time. Generally, we can use the following items:

• All fresh fruits and vegetables. Pantry Items: Sara Lee 15 Grain sliced bread, high fibre / low sugar cold cereal (raisin bran type, Kashi Go Lean), whole grain crackers such as triscuit and wheat thins, crystallized ginger, canola oil, peanut oil, honey, thick rolled oats, buckwheat groats, bulgar wheat, wheat germ, fruit jams and jellies, raisins, prunes, almond butter, tahini, canned black beans, soy sauce, tamari sauce, honey, raw pecan, cashew, almond and walnut halves, raw sunflower and sesame seeds, Thai chile sauce, rice vinegar, green olives and pickles (sweet or dill - sliced or spears), extra firm tofu, Pad noodles, brown rice, personal sized bottled water, coconut milk, unsweetened powdered cocoa, ground canned coffee, herbal and green tea bags.
  Please note: The WV Health department has informed us that according to FDA regulations, we should not serve imported canned food.
• Beverages: canned frozen fruit juice, canned/bottled non-frozen fruit juices, vegetable juice, unsweetened or regular soymilk, rice milk, almond milk, hot chocolate, unsweetened cocoa, Ovaltine, Horlicks, malted milk, powdered milk, non-dairy creamer, tea (black, green and herbal teabags).

• Paper Towel Rolls

• Benadryl
• Advil or ibuprofin
• antacid tablets
• B complex
• calcium
• glucosamine/chondroitin
• Lactase enzyme (pills)
• Beano enzyme (pills)
• Dish Washing Detergent

• tapered candles, tea candles, kitchen matches
• smokeless, colorless, 99% pure lamp oil
• Personal CD players with CD/CD-R/CD-RW, MP3 capability
• firestarters, kindling
• AAA batteries

Please note: Thank you to all who have responded so generously to this list - Bhavana Society