This year, the conference wide service project will be making World Vision AIDS care kits. The contents are listed at the end of the post and in the PDF attached at the bottom of this post. Feel free to print and redistribute it. In addition, we're going to give a little quart zip lock bag of basic items to the
hospital that Joan and Paul McClain used to work at (soap, wash cloth, three
band aids, etc). We will also make small foam crosses and key chains for
missionaries to give. We'll be taking them to John McCall in Taiwan, and
sending them to Rachel Weller in Ethiopia. You can read more about World Vision's AIDS Caregiver Kits on their website.
AIDS Caregiver Kit Contents:
- 1 Large
Petroleum Jelly (13 oz) (A HUGE JAR, two fists big - Look in the Baby
Section)
- 100 Count Disposable Latex Gloves (LATEX about $8 for 100. Two 50-Count boxes
is fine.)
- 1 Tube Antifungal Cream 1 - 2 oz size (Clotrimazole brand name is Lotrimin - the
Target brand of Clotrimazole says “Jock Itch Relief”)
- 1 Bag 200 Count Cotton Balls (100 or 200 count
only. A bag of 300 means re-bagging!)
- 3 Bars Antibacterial Soap (Antibacterial Dial, Irish Spring, Zest, Coast,
Safeguard, etc. - You can get 8 bars
- 12 for about $3 at WalMart. Bringing extra bars is fine. We’ll use
them all.)
- 4 Colored
Washcloths (We’ll
use as many as you bring. Can get 12-18 for $3 - $4.)
- 1 Loose-leaf
Notebook (70 -
100 sheets)
- 4 Pens
(Click or Cap, doesn’t matter - About $1.50 for 10.
We’ll use as many as you bring.)
- 1 Flashlight
with D Batteries (Decent brand cost $3
- $5. No Dollar Store flashlights. Target has a Rayovac
$5.99 or two Energizers for $3.99 WalMart has EverReady
2 for $2.97) * Don’t Forget the D
Batteries *
- 1 Sturdy Comb (A multi pack is
great - we’ll
use as many as you bring.)
- $5 Cash for Shipping Costs
Adult delegates are invited to help throughout the week in
the service project tasks. While you are at the New Wilmington Presbyterian Church basement, we also ask that you write
a prayer card or note of encouragement to accompany these kits.
This
is the third year that New Wilmington Mission Conference has done a conference-wide service project. The
initial credit for getting the service idea started goes to
those who planned the Jr. High Family BookStore Box Pack Event. About 10,000
donated religious items (including inspirational books and Bibles) were unpack
and repacked in order to be sent overseas to mission projects. In
2005, we assembled approximately 850 Church World Service AIDS Health Care Kits - a
huge feat. In 2006, the conference completed
687 Church World Service Health Care Kits which had about 16 items per each
gallon zip lock bag.