The children and youth will be assembling hygiene and baby kits to send to Haiti to assist with ongoing disaster relief. Please review the following list to prepare your kits. They will be collected on Sunday, February 14 at church. For more information, please call Colleen Shannon or the church office.
Hygiene Kit (previously Health Kit)
1 — hand towel (approximately 16″ x 28″, no fingertip or bath towels) 
1 — washcloth
1 — wide-tooth comb
1 — nail clipper (no metal files or emery boards)
1 — bar of soap (bath size in wrapper)
1 — toothbrush (in original packaging)
6 — Band-Aids® or other adhesive bandage strips
Please do not add toothpaste to the Hygiene Kit. Toothpaste which has an extended expiration date will be added to Hygiene Kit shipments just prior to shipment. Seal all items in a one-gallon plastic bag with a zipper closure.
Baby Kit
6 — cloth diapers*
2 — T-shirts or undershirts (no onesies)
2 — washcloths
2 — gowns or sleepers
2 — diaper pins
1 — sweater or sweatshirt
2 — receiving blankets (one can be a
hand-knitted or crocheted baby blanket)
All items should be new and under 12 months in size. Wrap items inside one of the receiving blankets and secure with both diaper pins. Patterns are available for many of the components on the Church World Service web site.
For more information or to donate to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, please click the following link http://www.pcusa.org/pda/response/latinamerica/haiti-earthquake012210.htm
This entry was posted on Monday, January 25th, 2010 at 2:27 pm and is filed under Adult News, Children News, Youth News.
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