Healthy Homes Healthy Families Kit Logo   Advance Special #982315

   Contents of the Kit
     Items to Be Contributed by Your Congregation
     Items Provided by I.M.A., Inc.
     Shipping Instructions
     Forms

   Items to Be Contributed by Your Congregation

The following items in the quantity listed below will be obtained by the congregation along with $100 for each kit:

BATH TOWEL (New) One
WASHCLOTH (New) One
STANDARD HOUSEHOLD RUBBER OR LATEX GLOVES (New) One pair
LAUNDERED TWIN FLAT BED SHEETS and PILLOWCASES (New) Two *
FLORAL OR PLAIN COTTON FABRIC 2 yards **
LARGE PLASTIC CONTAINER OF TALCUM POWDER One ***
BATH SOAP (in original wrapper) One bar
PETROLEUM JELLY (Vaseline) One large jar ***

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     *Please remove packaging and launder the sheets, then fold them and pack them with other items.
    **As a source of income, women in Africa will use the fabric to make aprons to protect the clothing of caregivers.
   ***Please seal talcum powder and petroleum jelly containers in zip-lock bags.

Please note that only the above items can be included in an HFK. Please do not make substitutions, deletions, or additions! To complete a kit, your congregation must raise $100 for the HFK Advance Special #982315. This will cover the cost of additional prescription items as well as shipping Please note that an HFK is not complete without the financial contribution. We cannot take kit items without the funds to complete and ship the HFK!

   

   Items Provided by Interchurch Medical Assistance, Inc.

The following items will be obtained by I.M.A., to complete the HFK before it is sent to a family who needs it:

Photograph of completed kitBANDAGES
RUBBERIZED SHEETING
BLEACH POWDER/DISINFECTANT
ORAL REHYDRATION SALT PACKETS
PLASTIC BEDPAN
PAIR OF SCISSORS
PLASTIC CONTAINER (BUCKET WITH LID)
   to hold all the items
TYLENOL
COUGH MIXTURE
MULTIVITAMINS FOR CHILDREN
ANTIFUNGAL CREAM
ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT
MULTIVITAMINS FOR ADULTS
STERILE GAUZE PADS

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Healthy Homes Healthy Families
A Program of
the United Methodist Committee On Relief
and Health & Welfare Ministries,
General Board Of Global Ministries,
The United Methodist Church
in Cooperation with
United Methodist Congregations
& Interchurch Medical Assistance, Inc.