Once again, our church will be one of about 3 or 4 collection points in the Northeast where Churches may drop of kits they’ve assembled to assist Church World Service in their disaster relief efforts around the world. The semi-tractor trailer truck will make its rounds through the Northeast in early May to pick up all of these kits and take them to their national distribution center in Baltimore, MD.
We’d like to contribute, not only by being a “Kit Depot” but by contributing some of our own kits to the cause as well. The Board of Outreach invites you to help by making a hygiene kit or three and dropping them off at the church by the first of May.
Instructions are simply enough: purchase the item and the size listed below and pack them into a one-gallon plastic zip-lok bag. Do not add money or extra items.
- One hand towel measuring approx. 15×28 to 16×32 inches (no finger, bath, dish or micro-fiber towels, please).
- One washcloth.
- One wide-tooth comb removed from the package.
- One fingernail or toenail clipper removed from the package.
- One bath-size bar of soap in the wrapper.
- One toothbrush in the package.
- Ten standard-sized Band-aids.
(Please note the CWS will add toothpaste to the kits once in hand.)
When you’re finished — please drop them off at church. There’s a box in the coat room off the side entrance. The door is open Tues – Friday till about 4 pm (sometimes later — but call ahead if you want to drop it off at a different time).
If you’re around the church during the first week in May, you will notice boxes and buckets that have arrived from around Vermont to be picked up by the CWS truck on May 7 or so, piling up in our dining room.
Thank you!