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Marlborough Church Sponsors Haiti Outreach The Federated Church of Marlborough has initiated a project in town to make health kits for survivors of the Haiti earthquake. The kits will be distributed through the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), an international relief organization and a non-profit arm of the United Methodist Church. UMCOR had six work teams in Haiti at the time the earthquake struck. Pastor Marilyn Ayer notes that in addition to the immediate need, there will be an ongoing need to provide the kits as recovery moves forward. The health kits will be shipped by the Federated Church to a depot in Baldwin, LA, one of two such UMCOR depots in the Untied States. Individuals or groups contributing to this project can provide selected items or completed kits. The church will also accept donations to help cover shipping costs. The following items of basic necessities are required for each health kit. UMCOR requests that the kits be enclosed in a sealed 1-gallon plastic bag. Donated items should be brought to the Church at 16 Pleasant Steet and may be left in a box inside the entrance to the Religious Education Building adjoining the parking lot. • 1 hand towel (15" x 25" up to 17" x 27". No kitchen towels. • 1 wash cloth • 1 comb (large and sturdy, not pocket-sized) • 1 nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toenail clippers) • 1 bath-sized 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. Toothpaste is purchased in bulk to be added to health kits to ensure that the product does not expire before they are shipped. Because the emergency kits are carefully planned to make them useable in the greatest number of situations and strict rules govern product entry into international countries, the kits can only contain the requested items - nothing more. For further information please contact Pastor Marilyn Ayer at (603) 876-3414. |
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