Show your heart and donate!

Come join us Saturday, October 31st for our fall food drive (a drive thru event)!

The Wauwatosa Recreation Department and Tosa Cares are teaming up for a great cause! We are hosting a food drive and one you don't even need to get out of your car for! 2020 has been a difficult year and families are in need of help. Please show your kindness as we head into the Holiday Season and donate at our food drive.

Location and Time

Saturday, October 31st

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

We will be in the Fisher Administration Building East parking lot (12121 W. North Ave).

What we need

Please donate non-perishable food items for the Tosa Cares food pantry.

Volunteers will be on sight to unload donated food items from your vehicle in order to follow social distancing guidelines.

Every vehicle that donates, can enter a drawing to win Rec Bucks (a Recreation Department gift certificate that can be used toward future registrations).

Tosa Cares June Challenge reaches $7,000!

UPDATE: donation matching is now complete. We reached $7,000! Please consider making a donation using the link below but note the matching promotion is now over.

How can I help?

During this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, large gatherings are discouraged, community events have been cancelled and many of the typical ways to collect food and financial gifts for Tosa Cares have disappeared. Cash donations are more important than ever for the continued operation of our pantry.

Answer a challenge…

Please consider making a cash donation using the PayPal link below between June 1st and June 15th and the Tosa Fest committee will match these donations with a gift up to $5,000.

Click here to donate via PayPal!

A check may also be sent to: Tosa Cares, Inc.

12012 W North Avenue

Wauwatosa, WI 53226

What a great way for your gift to be doubled and its impact magnified.

Other News

Product donations may now be dropped off on Saturdays from 10-11am and Wednesdays from 1-2pm at the Tosa Cares location. Use the parking lot off 120th Street and place your donations on the donation cart located outside by the Tosa Cares lawn sign.

Suggested items: cans of vegetables, fruit (no sugar added), tuna, chicken, other protein, pasta, rice, jelly, cereal, healthy snacks, and personal care products like soap, toothpaste, diapers, tissue, depends, wipes and cleaning supplies.

As always, please make sure to check the expiration dates on all donated food items. Tosa Cares has to discard nearly 25% of food donations due to overdue expiration dates.

2020 Food Gathering Sundays!

On Sunday May 3rd, 2020 Tosa Cares organized a contactless drive-thru food gathering event at Mt Zion. We had 60 cars, 2 firetrucks, 2 strollers, and 2 bikes drive-thru to drop off donations! Thank you to the Tosa FD for dropping off donations and assisting with carrying donations!

May 3rd was such a great success that we're scheduled for another event on Sunday, May 17th. Please help us spread the word about this great opportunity to help those in need in our community!

Details and instructions for contactless drop-off on May 17th

Please bring your food donations to Mt Zion, 12012 W North Ave, Wauwatosa.

Stay Safe: Drive up, leave your box on the tables outside, drive away.