[amc] Re: Relief Kits for Iraq
- From: "M.J. Mc Evoy" <chewy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 22:36:22 -0600 (CST)
Greetings,
Catherina makes soap and we will donate the 120 bars of soap.
Shalom,
Micheal
> Below is the message sent out from MCC requesting relief kits.
>
> We would like to take an offering for the next two Sundays for relief
> kits. Then, we will buy the items below and assemble the kits on the
> following Sunday after church. (Some of you may remember this same
> procedure when we sent MCC relief kits in the past). If anyone really
> wants to bring a specific item or to bring all the items for one relief
> kit rather than a donation, please feel free to do so. We should be
> able to send 20 to 30 relief kits.
>
> Thanks in advance for your donations of goods and money.
>
> Linda Knox
>
>
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>
> Relief kits are urgently needed for Iraq, regardless of whether war
> breaks out. Before Christmas Mennonite Central Committee received and
> shipped 8,000 of the
> 16,000 kits requested. Please join MCC's part in an ecumenical
> response, "All Our Children," and help us collect the remaining 8,000
> kits. Deliver kits to your nearest MCC collection point before the
> first of April. Kit items include the following:
> 4 bars bath soap
> 1 plastic bottle of shampoo (13-24 oz.) in plastic bag
> 10 cups powdered laundry detergent, (double bag in 1 gal.
> re-sealable
> bags)
> 1 squeeze tube toothpaste, (6 or more oz.)
> 4 adult-size toothbrushes, (leave in packaging)
> 4 NEW bath towels, (medium, NOT white)
> 1 each: hairbrush, wide-tooth comb, fingernail clipper
> 1 box adhesive bandages, (40 or more, assorted sizes)
> 1 package of sanitary pads, (18-24 thin maxi or ultra thin)
>
> Cash contributions marked "Iraq Families at Risk" also are welcomed.
> Please pray for compassion and peace to prevail. MCC Central States:
> 316-283-2720; www.mcc.org.
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