UMCOR Kits & Needs
 

Kits of Hope for UMCOR

All kits requested are listed below and can be turned in anytime between now and June 17, 2012. The kits and items will be hand delivered to Annual Conference.

If you wish to give a monetary donation, please write Missions / Kits in the memo area of the check to Andrew Chapel UMC.

These kits are meeting personal everyday needs. Please help replenish needed kit supplies today. Place in blue mission bins underneath coat racks.


Important Kit Assembly Information

  • All items included in kits must be NEW items.
  • All 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.
  • Please enclose an envelope with at least $1 per every 10 items donated, to cover shipping
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")

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
  • Bundle the items inside one of the receiving blankets and secure with the diaper pins
    .

Sewing Kit Items
Value: $18 per kit

  • 3 yards of cotton or cotton-blend, solid color or print fabric (must be 3 yards of uncut fabric)
  • 1 pair sewing scissors
  • 1 package of needles
  • 1 spool of thread
  • 5-8 matching buttons
  • Wrap sewing notions in the fabric and place in a sealed one-gallon plastic bag.

Bedding Kit Items
Value: $50 per kit

  • 2 flat double-bed sheets
  • 2 pillowcases
  • 2 pillows

Health Kit Items
Value: $12 per kit

Place these items inside a sealed one-gallon plastic bag.

  • 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)
  • 6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages
    $1.00 to purchase toothpaste

(NOTE: UMCOR Sager Brown is now purchasing toothpaste in bulk to be added to health kits before shipping to ensure that the product does not expire before they are sent.)