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ATTENTION ALL LADIES-

Missions is asking for disaster kits. A list follows:

Top Ten List of Bulk Material Needs (listed in order of priority)

¨ Terry cloth hand towels (15" x 25" or 16" x 27", No kitchen towels)

¨ Toothpaste (4.5 oz or larger, expiration date must be 6 months or longer in advance of the date of shipment to UMCOR Sager Brown)

¨ Metal nail files or fingernail clippers (no emery boards, no toenail clippers)

¨ Children's blunt scissors

¨ Pencil sharpeners (plain, small, individual sharpeners with no emblems)

¨ Baby sweaters (open in the front)

¨ Cloth baby diapers (cloth only--no disposable diapers)

¨ Ruled paper (pad, spiral, or loose leaf)

¨ Baby gowns or sleepers

¨ School Bags (finished size 14" x 16")

Health Kit

Health kits provide basic necessities to people who have been forced to leave their homes because of human conflict or natural disaster. Health kits are also used as learning tools in personal hygiene, literacy, nutrition and cooking classes.

Health Kit Items	Value: $12 per kit
1 hand towel (15" x 25" up to 17" x 27", No kitchen towels)	1 washcloth
1 comb (large and sturdy, not pocket-sized)	1 nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toenail clippers)
1 bath-size bar of soap (3 oz. and up)	1 toothbrush (single brushes only in original wrapper no child-size brushes)
1 large tube of toothpaste (expiration date must be 6 months or longer in advance of the date of shipment to UMCOR Sager Brown)	6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages

Layette Kit

Many women do not have swaddling clothes with which to welcome their child into the world. Layette kits provide basic supplies for their baby's needs.

Layette Kit Items	Value $35 per kit
6 cloth diapers	2 shirts or 2 one-piece body suits
2 baby washcloths	2 gowns or sleepers
2 diaper pins	1 sweater open in the front
2 receiving blankets

School Kit

In some countries, children don't have books or school supplies. Many have no schoolrooms; classes are held in inadequate or half-destroyed buildings, tents, or even the open air. School kits may be these children's only educational resources.

School Kit Items	Value: $11 per kit
1 pair blunt scissors (rounded tip)	2 pads (or loose leaf) of 8 1/2" x 11" ruled paper
1 hand held pencil sharpener	6 unsharpened pencils with erasers
1 eraser, 2 1/2"	12 sheets construction paper (varied colors)
1 box of 24 crayons (only 24)
Prepare a 14" x 16" (finished size) cloth bag with handles and an optional closure (Velcro®, snap or button) and place items in the bag. Patterns are available from the church office.

· Important Kit Assembly Infomation

All items included in kits must be NEW items.
All emergency kits are carefully planned to make them usable in the greatest number of situations. Since strict rules often govern product entry into international countries, it is important that kits contain only the requested items-nothing more.

· Do NOT include any personal notes, money or additional materials in the kits. These things must be painstakingly removed and will delay the shipment.

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Last modified: 01/12/08