Ways to Help and Donate

There are many ways you can support Samara's Village's mission and the young families we serve.

Contribute Now

You can donate via credit card or debit card through the link below

Donate To Change Lives!

Or if you'd like to mail a check, please send it to:

1450-F Fifty Lakes Drive
Southport, NC 28461

Donations of Supplies

Samara’s Village Resource Centers are open Monday-Thursday from 10 am to 2 pm for donations.

Supplies may be dropped off at either of our Resource Centers (check days and times below for each of the Centers):

Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10am to 2pm
1450 Fifty Lakes Drive, Suite F, Southport, NC

Mondays and Thursdays from 10am to 2pm.
226 Mulberry Street, Shallotte, NC

Our Registries

For your convenience, these items may be ordered directly from Walmart or Amazon. Both sites have a registry of items needed.

New Equipment

Samara's Village may only equip our participants with new baby equipment or gift cards for cribs, car seats, high chairs, or pack and plays.

Our Policy

We cannot collect or distribute any used baby equipment due to safety issues with the many recalls on such equipment, broken items, and items deemed unsafe by safety boards, such as crib bumpers, swings, walkers with wheels, and rocker/sleepers.

If you have used baby equipment, you may drop items off at the Brunswick County CIS (Community in Schools), who share our mission to educate young parents. Their thrift store is a few minutes from our Southport/BSL office, and they have the resources and space to store these items as well as a dedicated volunteer who personally researches extensively each item for safety and recalls. (They do not accept any wheeled items such as baby walkers nor any used mattresses due to safety concerns.)

From our Executive Director...

Please consider making a tax-deductible gift to Samara's Village. Your support will enable us to continue providing life-changing services to young parents and their children in the year to come. Our plans for the coming year include increasing participant enrollment and offering services to include:

  • Healthy Beginnings baby shower at our Resource Center, where each new mom or dad will be gifted a new crib/change table and mattress, a new baby carrier/car seat/stroller combo, and a new convertible high chair/toddler table.
  • Celebrate! Birthday parties each year for each child in our program and graduation recognition for each family completing our program.
  • Diaper Days each month to supply our moms or dads with diapers/wipes.
  • Visiting Village community outreach events, extending Samara's village resources and services beyond our participants to include other struggling parents in Brunswick County.
  • Focus on Futures Virtual Reality simulator hands-on Career Exploration and Training for our young parents
  • Healthy Baby 101 baby healthcare and first aid education classes/workshops utilizing life-like baby simulators and evidence based curriculum, taught by healthcare education professionals.

Thank you for your support for Samara's Village. Your compassion and generous donation will ensure that we can accomplish our mission to EDUCATE, EQUIP, and EMPOWER pregnant and parenting youth and their families to raise healthy babies. Together, we are creating a brighter future for young families, one child at a time.

Sincerely yours,

DeRee Jackson, Executive Director
SAMARA'S VILLAGE

Items Needed

  • Diapers - Newborn to Size 8
  • Pull-Ups
  • Baby Wipes
  • Boys’ Newborn to 3T Clothing
  • Girls' Newborn to 3T Clothing
  • Diaper Bags
  • Baby Wipes
  • Onesies
  • Sleepsacks and Swaddlers
  • Bibs & Burp cloths
  • Baby Bottles & Sippy Cups
  • Boppy Nursing Pillows
  • Pacifiers
  • Baby Washcloths and Towels
  • Baby Bath Wash and Toiletries
  • Crib Sheets
  • Safety Items (e.g., Doorknob Covers, Outlet Covers)

Motherhood & Fatherhood Mentors Needed

We are always in need of car seats, cribs and toddler beds, but can only accept NEW items due to safety concerns.

Call us at (910) 294-0292 if you have questions about donation items or our resource center hours.

Thank You to Our Recent Donors

A big thank you to all of our donors! The following is a list of some of our most recent donor and grantor organizations: Sacred Heart Church, The Eshelman Foundation, The Lee Foundation, Beach Road Church, Knights of Columbus, St. James Service Club, Village Chapel of Bald Head Island, Walmart, Focus Broadband, St. Peter Lutheran Church, Our Lady of the Rosary Columbiettes #9039, Shallotte Rotary Club, Spiritual Soul Center, The Lakes of Pine Forest Community. We are also thankful to our many individual donors whose names are not listed due to privacy. We could not do what we do without you - IT TAKES A VILLAGE!