CHAMPS CHOICE Store

The CHAMPS CHOICE Store gives you the perfect avenue for making donations of products or materials to CIS schools. "Champ" refers to both the people who donate to us and to the teachers who come get items they need. "Choice" refers to the choice a donor makes about what to give, and to our teachers who are invited to choose what they need, not necessarily what they want, for their students.

Check out the video below to see our January Jubilee at the Champs Choice Store. In January, we hosted an open house for any teacher in the community to come take whatever supplies they needed for their schools. It was a great success!

In-Kind Donation Ideas

• In-kind donations to help families meet basic needs

  • Various sizes of caps, hats, coats, jackets, sweaters, underwear, socks, shoes
  • Personal care items such as combs, brushes, toothpaste, toothbrushes
  • Clock radios to help children make sure they get to school on time

• In-kind donations for CIS schools

  • School supplies
  • Musical instruments for bands and orchestras
  • Art materials
  • Office supplies
  • Books
  • Sports equipment
  • Pianos

• In-kind donations for use as student incentives

  • Bicycles and helmets
  • Board games
  • Book bags
  • Books, magazines, activity books, CD’s, DVDs
  • Cologne and perfume
  • Coloring books
  • Crayons and markers
  • Handheld electronic games
  • RTA passes for public transportation
  • Nail polish and hair accessories
  • Purses and wallets
  • Puzzles
  • Small Electronics
  • Sports Equipment
  • Stuffed Animals
  • Tickets to sporting events, theatrical performances, concerts, museums

• In-kind donations for CIS New Orleans office and programs

  • Copy paper
  • Quality art supplies for the Arts and Identity program
  • Items for infants and toddlers for the Teen Parenting Program
  • Book, retail and grocery store gift cards