Health Kits Needed

The  United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) depot at Women's Division-owned Sager Brown in Baldwin, Louisiana, needs Health Kits.  If your unit/church can make a collection, please collect the following new items:

• 1 hand towel
• 1 washcloth
• 1 hair comb, regular size (not pocket)
• 1 nail file or nail clipper
• 1 bath-size bar of soap in original wrapper
• 1 toothbrush in original sealed package
• 1 large tube of toothpaste (no sample or travel sizes)
• 6 adhesive bandages (such as Band-aids*)

*Suggested brand-name item.

Wrap all these brand new items in the new hand towel, tie it with string or yarn, and place the bundle inside a sealed, one-gallon plastic bag with a zipper closure.

Send kits to:

UMCOR Depot
P.O. Box 850
131 Sager Brown Road
Baldwin, LA 70514-0850

Once you've sent kits to the depot, please let the Women's Division know.  Send a postcard to Mary Beth Coudal at 475 Riverside Drive, #1503, New York, NY 10115 with your unit name and the number of kits you've sent.  Thank you!

ABOVE PHOTO: Volunteers Pauline Holloway (left) and Ruth Bramble of Monroe, La., repack health kits for refugees in the Balkans at the United Methodist Committee on Relief Depot in Baldwin, La., to ensure they meet customs regulations. UMNS photo by Joshua Lewis

For more information read: We All Work Together     UMCOR