How You Can Help Haiti: Gifts of the Heart Kits

Gifts of the Heart Kits are one of the many ways Rivermonters are joining with other Presbyterians and all compassionate individuals throughout the world to help the people of Haiti.

 

The Service Committee of the Diaconate is spearheading the drive to complete hygiene kits and baby kits to be sent to Church World Services. Thousands of kits have already been shipped to Haiti from CWS. As the need is continually assessed more kits will be shipped or will stand ready for the next disaster.

 

The required contents are listed below. There is a receiving station for any of these items you can contribute in the Atrium. Please contact Deacon Chris Edwards for more information – edwardschristine@comcast.net.

 

Hygiene Kit

1 – hand towel (approximately

16” x 28”, no fingertip or bath towels)

1 – washcloth

1 – wide-tooth comb

1 – nail clipper (no metal files or emery boards)

1 – bar of soap (bath size in wrapper)

1 – toothbrush (in original packaging)

6 – Band-Aids® or other adhesive bandage strips

Please do not add toothpaste. Toothpaste which

has an extended expiration date will be added to

Hygiene Kit shipments just prior to shipment.

Seal all items in a one-gallon plastic bag with a

zipper closure.

Baby Kit
6 — cloth diapers*
2 — T-shirts or undershirts (no onesies)
2 — washcloths
2 — gowns or sleepers
2 — diaper pins
1 — sweater or sweatshirt
2 — receiving blankets (one can be a
hand-knitted or crocheted baby blanket)

All items should be new and under 12 months in size. Wrap items inside one of the receiving blankets and secure with both diaper pins.

*Note: While cloth diapers are not as commonly used in the United States, they are a necessary part of the layette. 12-packs of cloth diapers can be purchased at Target and many Sears stores.