During the Presbytery meeting  at DePere First United on February 13th, their Family Ministries Program is holding a Family Adventure Day in which they will be assembling hygiene kits.

Please consider bringing supplies to the Presbytery meeting so that even more kits can be assembled.

Collect items locally and bring them to the February 13th Presbytery Meeting in DePere.  Let’s see how much we can gather.

ACCEPTING ONLY THESE ITEMS:

·        Hand towels (approximately 16″ x 28″)
·        Washcloths
·        Wide-tooth combs
·        Nail clippers (NO files or emery boards)
·        Bath size bars of soap (in wrapper)
·        Toothbrushes (in original packaging)
·        Band Aid strips or other adhesive strips
·        Monetary donations are always welcome

When the earthquake struck Haiti, a 40-foot container was immediately prepared with hygiene and baby kits and sent to the Dominican Republic for transport into Haiti.  Kits have already been distributed.

When very large quantities of kits are sent, few to no kits are available for the next disaster. We understand that the shipment to Haiti completely depleted both warehouses of hygiene kits and baby kits. Therefore, the kits that are being prepared now will allow kits to be available for immediate shipment to other disasters and/or available for additional shipments to Haiti.

A recent report from Church World Service indicates delivery of the following number of kits for response to the Haiti earthquake: