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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.
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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.
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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.
Additional Links
to Related Sites
The following ecumenical links
are maintained as a service to the ecumenical community. The
contents of the sites listed do not necessarily reflect the
position or interest of United Churches. Rather we hope they are
useful tools in making connections and accessing information.
Search for Passages
/ Words in The Bible
www.bible.gospelcom.net
Church World Service
www.churchworldservice.org
National Council of
Churches
www.ncccusa.org
New Testament
Resources
www.ntgateway.com
Books-Resources
www.religion-online.org
Historical Study of
Christian Scripture
http://religion.rutgers.edu
Lectionary / Sermon
Aids
www.textweek.com
Hunger
www.thehungersite.com
World Wide Faith
News
www.wfn.org
The Pennsylvania Council of Churches
www.pachurches.org
The World Council of Churches
www.wcc-coe.org
Biblical Applications for
Children of all Ages
www.oneplace.com
Magazine of Spirituality and Religion
www.beliefnet.com
Bread for the World, the grassroots
Christian antihunger organization
www.bread.org
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