Haiti Earthquake Relief
Call for Health Kits
The United Methodist Committee on Relief has issued a call for Health Kits, which 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 and nutrition classes. When people gain the knowledge and materials to maintain personal hygiene, their overall health improves.
Please follow the directions exactly. Include all items; do not add items that are not on the lists. Extra gifts, though given with the best of intentions, render a kit unusable and must be removed. Note: All items must be new.
Place the following items inside a sealed one-gallon plastic bag:
- 1 hand towel (15″ x 25″ up to 17″ x 27″)
- 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 (4.5 oz. or larger, 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
Value: the estimated cost of all included items is $12 per kit.In a separate envelope, please send at least $1 for each kit to help UMCOR Sager Brown with the costs of processing and shipping kits around the world.
Important: Please do not include any religious, political or patriotic notes or emblems in any kit.
Please have all Completed Kits returned to FUMC Fairfield by January 31.
