Contents listed for health, school kits

Here are the requirements for health and school kits requested for the May 15 District Conference. The kits are used in places where people do not have ready access to many supplies essential for everyday life. The district program office will coordinate the packaging and will pay for shipping these items.
 Please follow the directions exactly. Include all the items; do not add items 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: basic necessities for 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.
> 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)
> 1 large tube of toothpaste (4.5 oz. or larger; expiration date must be six months or longer after the date of shipment to Sager Brown Depot)
> 6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages
 Place these items inside a sealed one-gallon plastic bag.
Value: $12 per kit.
School kit: resources for education for a variety of ages. In some countries, children don’t have books or school supplies. Many have no schoolrooms; classes are held in inadequate or half-destroyed buildings, tents or the open air. Often students must write down everything the teacher says or records on a board. Their teachers’ knowledge and students’ own notes are their only textbooks.
> 1 pair blunt scissors (rounded tip)
> 2 pads (or loose leaf) of 8 ½” x 11" ruled paper
> 1 30-centimeter ruler
> 1 handheld pencil sharpener
> 6 unsharpened pencils with erasers
> 1 eraser, 2 ½”
> 12 sheets construction paper (varied colors)
> 1 box of 24 crayons (only 24)
Prepare a 14" x 16" (finished size) cloth bag with handles and a closure (Velcro®, snap or button) and place items in the bag. Patterns are available from Sager Brown Depot at http:// www.sagerbrown.org.
Value: $11 per kit.
Important: Please do not include any religious, political or patriotic notes or emblems in any kit.
In a separate envelope, please send a check for at least $1 for each kit to help the United Methodist Committee on Relief with processing and shipping kits around the world.
Thank you for your donations. You are helping to make a difference in people’s lives.