Make sure to check out this post from the United Methodist News Service (UMNS) regarding UMCOR food distribution in Haiti.
Haitian Church Members Distribute UMCOR Food - http://bit.ly/bQn0ax
Sharad Aggarwal (left) and Melissa Crutchfield of UMCOR unpack a food ration in Mellier, Haiti.
Sheila Prosser of Knightdale UMC in response to seeing the following UMCOR video:
Watch and see the Thanks upon the lips of God’s people, pray for the hands that work and pray together, Rejoice that we as United Methodists and all God’s children have been able to donate and see the receiving of our efforts. You may even recognize a sheet that was donated from your home.
We continue to collect specific donations to send to Haiti. As before, we will collect, sort, pack and palletize the items and then take them to MERCI for distribution. Our re-located warehouse space is located at 1053C East Whitaker Mill Road, on the northwest corner of Whitaker Mill and Atlantic. You will note the address 1053C on one of the warehouses. Thanks to Trevor Spear, owner of the warehouse and Hayes Barton UMC member!
Important details follow. Please read through to the end so you are fully informed. (more…)
Thanks for the amazing generosity in preparing health kits for Haiti. The servant volunteers at the collection site asked that a picture of a health kit be shared as encouragement for creating a proper health kit. Proper packing is important! The inventory must be included as listed to insure transport and distribution. This also saves time in preparing kits for shipment.
Disaster Relief Health Kit
Health Kit Inventory:
1 hand towel (15” x 25” up to 17” x 27”)
1 wash cloth
1 comb (large and sturdy, not pocket-sized)
1 nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toenail clippers)
1 bath-size bar of soap (3 oz and up)
1 toothbrush (single brush only in original wrapper; no child-sized brushes)
1 large tube of toothpaste
6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages
All items should be placed inside a sealed one-gallon plastic bag.
No money, notes, religious or political literature, or other items should be placed in the kits.
Thanks to all for your gifts of supplies and service! As of Friday, January 22, at lunch, over 45 tons of aid had been packed and palleted for Haiti at the Raleigh District collection point. Thanks also to the owners and staff of Clayton Global Packaging for hosting our relief efforts. (more…)
Even as we begin to think about additional ways to help Health Kits will still be needed beyond the first wave of rescue and recovery. You can deliver completed kits or bulk quantity of materials to the Clayton warehouse through Friday, January 22, 2010.
Health Kit Inventory:
1 hand towel (15” x 25” up to 17” x 27”)
1 wash cloth
1 comb (large and sturdy, not pocket-sized)
1 nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toenail clippers)
1 bath-size bar of soap (3 oz and up)
1 toothbrush (single brush only in original wrapper; no child-sized brushes)
1 large tube of toothpaste
6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages
All items should be placed inside a sealed one-gallon plastic bag.
No money, notes, religious or political literature, or other items should be placed in the kits.
What a week! An earthquake devastated Haiti on Tuesday afternoon, and by noon Wednesday we had a staging center set up in a printing company’s warehouse in Clayton. (The owners of the warehouse are members of Horne Memorial UMC which first reached out for donations for Haiti.) We knew there were would be an incredible response, but I don’t know that any of us thought we would have collected, sorted, packed, inventoried, labeled, palletized and shipped to MERCI donations in excess of 18 TONS! Yes, 18 tons and counting. Before I left the warehouse this evening, another good-sized load arrived.
I met this afternoon with the owners of the printing company and Ann Huffman of MERCI. The CGP owners agreed to let us continue to operate from their business for another 5 days. We would then determine Friday if we think we need to operate on Saturday and Sunday. At that time, we will need to shut down operation from that location.
The owners of CGP have asked that we not allow children under 16 years of age to come to the warehouse because of liability issues. We have had lots of young kids there for the last week and they have done a wonderful job of helping; however, the company is open for their own business and there are machines that could potentially harm the kids. They regretted having to set this rule, but we certainly understand.
We are in need of volunteers throughout this week. We will be open from 9 - 5 Monday through Friday. There are times when we don’t have anything to do; other times there is a great flurry of activity. There is no way for me to assure you that you will have something to do when you come. I can say this with certainty, however: even if you come and there is not much to do, you will still be blessed just to see all the good that is being done.
I encourage all churches to send some folk. This is a district-wide effort, so I pray that all churches help with the ministry.
You have all received the information about the conference-wide plan. Our focus will be food kits. Please note that if we are already doing something, we are to continue to do so. So, don’t stop sending the medical supplies, health kits, water and food. Oh, by the way, we are chronically short of toothpaste, tooth brushes, hand towels and combs for health kits. Please help out if you can.
Directions to Wharehouse
Peace and grace.
Jo Elaine Harris
Raleigh District Pastor of Missions
The United Methodist Church
7071 Forestville Road
P. O. Box 83
Knightdale, NC 27545
Telephone: 919-266-2373, ext. 108
Email: joelaine@nccumc.org
