To Sustain Everyday Life: UMCOR
Kits Are Another Way to Give -
Please contact the chuch office on what
to do with the Health Kits.
The following kit is used in places where people do not have ready
access to many essential supplies for everyday life. 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 sent must
be new!
Health Kit (Updated: 07/11/2005)
Health kits 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, literacy,
nutrition and cooking classes. When people gain the knowledge and materials
to maintain personal hygiene, their overall health improves.
The following is a list of items for the health kit –there will be examples
on Sunday to see exactly what the items look like since they are so
specific.
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
1 box Ziplock bags (1 gal. size) – plain double zippers, not the fancy
type
*Please include $1.00 for shipping.
Place these items inside a sealed one-gallon plastic bag. Value: $12
per kit.
