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How to make a school kit and where to send them
To all Churches - This notice was
recently posted by Church World Service
Humanitarian agency, Church World Service (CWS), has issued an urgent appeal for children's school supplies. The demands of disasters, both overseas and here in the U.S. in the past two years, have taken a toll on inventories of CWS kits. Especially low are supplies of children's school kits. We have secured a truck to transport school kits to the warehouse in New Windsor, Maryland before the end of October. Please help us fill the truck! Individuals, businesses, churches, and groups are urged to assemble School Kits and drop them off by October 17, 2007. DROP-OFF LOCATION: Church World Service CWS School Kit
Please enclose only items listed. Place all items in a canvas or fabric tote bag approximately 14" X 16". Canvas bags are available at many area craft stores. A pattern to sew school bags is available by calling the CWS Regional Office in Syracuse at 315-458-8535 (toll-free 1-888-297-2767) or online at www.churchworldservice.org. Please, no backpacks. A donation of $2 per kit towards the shipping costs will help deliver kits to children in poverty-stricken areas around the world. Please do not enclose the shipping fees in the kits. Checks or cash can be dropped off with your kits. CHURCH WORLD SERVICE RESPONSE TO WORLDWIDE EMERGENCIES - CWS ships approximately a half million kits each year, including personal hygiene kits for disaster victims, baby kits, school kits, and emergency cleanup buckets (flood buckets) to victims of flooding here in the U.S. Donna Derr, Director of the CWS Emergency Response Program, reports that there are substantive requests for school kits now pending and the supplies on hand are critically low. "This reflects new interest on the part of many international partners in receiving material resources to support their program work, which is wonderful but it means that we have to work hard at keeping our inventory at consistent levels to meet the increasing need," Derr said. For updates on the work of Church World Service visit www.churchworldservice.org May Arnett
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