Our Girls’ Program prize “closet” is a unique reward system to help encourage our students to be the best they can be. Students receive “MEP dollars” for positive actions such as completing a tutoring session, finishing a book report, and participating in group discussions.

All items in the prize closet are donated by community members, businesses, and organizations. Examples include $5-$10 gift cards, craft kits, stuffed animals, teen beauty products, and “gifts for mom.”

Every aspect of the prize closet is meant as a learning opportunity. Our volunteer tutors help the girls keep track of their earnings similar to balancing a checkbook. Some girls are spenders and others are savers. It is rewarding and fun for tutors and staff to watch how students choose to use their MEP dollars. Tutor Angela Walters recalls her student, Andrea, saving up her money throughout the first half of the year and then “spending” it all just before the holidays to give her sisters Christmas gifts.

Want to contribute to the prize closet? Please do! We are always accepting new items that girls grades 2-12 will be interested in “buying” with their hard-earned MEP dollars.

Amazon Wish List

Visit our Amazon Wish List* for a list of specific items currently needed. Purchases made through this list will be delivered directly to MEP. The list includes items for our Women's Program, Girls' Program, and College and Career Readiness Program, as well as for the Girls' Program prize closet. Note: When you order something from Amazon, please request that it be delivered Monday-Thursday.

Other Items We Need Most:

• Backpacks (clear, mesh, or solid colors)

• Spiral notebook and composition notebooks (wide-ruled preferred)

• Mechanical pencils and lead (0.7mm)

• 1-inch or 2-inch three-ring binders

• Calculators

• Expo dry erase markers

• Graph paper

• Bookstore gift cards ($10-15)

• Target gift cards ($5-10)

• Five Below gift cards ($5-10)

• Amazon gift cards ($5-10)

• Starbucks or other food/drink gift cards ($5-10)

• Teen/Young Adult books

• Bath and Body Works sets (perfume, lotion, chapstick, hand sanitizer)

• Teen graphic tees (Women’s size S-XL)

Send items to Mercy Education Project, c/o Donations, 1450 Howard St., Detroit, MI 48216. You are also welcome to drop off items in person M-Th (please be sure to call ahead to schedule a time: 313-963-5881 ext. 149).

Please let us know if you purchase something from our Wish List, so we can acknowledge your generosity (Amazon does not provide us with this information). Send an email to
gifts@mercyed.net with your name and the items you purchased. Thank you!

For e-giftcards or if you have any questions, contact us at gifts@mercyed.net.