CHURCH  WORLD  SERVICE   BLANKET  AND  KIT  COLLECTION

This sheet outlines ways churches can begin NOW to respond to the Blanket, Kit and Layette Appeal of Church World Service. Our collection will take place Saturday, May 6 (Details to be announced). With the number of disasters throughout the world, and especially since the tsunami, these kits are in short supply. You can help insure that when a disaster strikes, these relief items are available. The school and health kits are the most needed.

Pastors:   Please remove or duplicate this page and share it with your key leaders who will translate them into action.

Leaders:  Please share this sheet with others whose response will bring great blessings to many others.

A BLANKET is the basic component of every disaster response!

The causes are many - war, disaster, civil strife. The results are tragically the same - people moving, running. With them are only the few possessions they wear or carry. For many, one of our blankets serves as a shelter, a roof between a family and bad weather. It is privacy in a crowded camp, and a tote in which to gather a few salvaged belongings.
 

$5 allows CWS to purchase wool-blend blankets in bulk from manufacturers.

(Envelope/flyers for this collection are available from the United Churches office.)

Durable donated blankets, including quilts and comforters are also accepted.

They must be 60" X 68" minimum.  Please add
$1.00 each for processing.

School Kits make the first days of school a dream come true.

Imagine new paper, pencils and crayons all because someone far away shared a school kit!

Each School Kit contains:

1   pair blunt scissors
2   pads 8 1/2 X 11-inch ruled paper
     (150/200 sheets)
1   pencil sharpener
1   30-cm metric ruler (12")
     (Rulers with inches on one side and
     centimeters on the other are OK.)
1   large eraser
1   box of crayons (24 crayons)
6   new pencils with erasers
12  sheets construction paper
1   12 X 14-inch cloth bag with cloth handle
     and a closure

(Some bags may be available from United Churches office � Thanks JanWay!)

Place all items in a cloth bag, and secure contents via a button, snap or velcro closure. Please add $1.00 each for processing

Health Kits bring clean hands, good grooming, and bright shiny smiles to friends around the world!

Each Health Kit contains:

1 hand towel
1 new bar of soap
  (bath size)
1 washcloth
1 toothbrush
1 comb
1 tube of toothpaste
  (4-7 oz)
1 metal nail file or nail clipper
6 band-aids

Place all items in a one gallon zip lock bag. Please add $1.00 each for processing.

NEW: EMERGENCY CLEAN UP BUCKET KITS sent nationally and internationally now.

Each Kit contains:

1 - 5 gallon bucket with reseal able lid
5 - Scouring pads
1 - 8 oz cleaning towels (reusable like Easy
    Wipes)
7 - Sponges, assorted sizes
1 - 50 oz dry laundry detergent
1 - Scrub brush
1 - 12 oz bottle household cleaner (like Lysol)
50 Clothes pins
1 - 28 oz bottle disinfectant dish soap (like
     Dawn)
2   Pairs latex gloves
1 - 100 ft Clothesline (or two 50 ft clotheslines)
1 - Pair work gloves
5 - packages dust masks (like Benchtop)
1 - 24-bag heavy-duty trash bags (33-45 gallon)
6 - 14 oz insect repellent (drops or lotion, NOT
     aerosol)

Please add $3.00 each for processing.

Please purchase all liquids in unopened plastic bottles. Place all items in the plastic bucket and seal the lid.

HEART -TO- HEART KIDS KIT

This Kit will be used internationally by care givers who will give them to children who have undergone great trauma through a natural disaster or some other devastation.

Each Kit contains:

1- Rubbermaid Clear Impressions shoebox with
    lid, 6.5 qt.(or other flexible clear plastic 6.5 qt.
    shoe box with lid)
1- Small Stuffed Bear
1- Soft Small Bear
1- Harmonica, or other Small Musical Instrument
1- Slinky
1- 6" x 9" non-spiral bound pad or construction
    paper (60-100 sheets)
1- Yo-Yo
1- 7-foot child's jump rope (fiber rope is best, not
    plastic )
1- Comb
1- Tube of Toothpaste (4-7 ounces)
1- Toothbrush
1- Box of 24 Crayons
1- Large Eraser
6- New Pencils with Erasers
1- Pencil Sharpener
1- Pair Blunt Child's Scissors
1- 30 centimeter ruler (12")
 

Remove excess packaging so that items fit snugly in shoe box. Place all items inside the plastic shoe box and close. Please add $3.00 each (in separate envelope) for processing.

Need Some Help?  Instruction flyers for these and the layettes, samples, blanket offering envelopes, information and speakers are available through our United Churches office, 570-322-1110. They are no longer accepting the sewing kits.

Your gift of $1 for each Blanket or Kit donated will help with the cost of processing and shipment to the disaster site.