Layette Kits Needed

Layette Kits Items

6 cloth diapers
2 shirts or 2 one-piece body suits
2 baby washcloths
2 gowns or sleepers
2 diaper pins
1 sweater open in the front
2 receiving blankets

Bundle the items inside one of the receiving blankets and secure with the diaper pins. All items must be NEW. Do not include personal notes, money or additional items IN the kits. One dollar for shipping is important.

Haitian Methodist Pastor
Jereme, Haiti
receiving Layette Kits,
Photo 2003 LGAbrams

Health Kits 4 Haiti

Local churches are encouraged to put together Health Kits to UMCOR specifications. A Health Kit contains:

• 1 hand towel (15"x25" up to 17"x25", No kitchen towels)
• 1 washcolth
• 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 brushes only in original wrapper, No child-size brushes)
• 6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages
• $1.00 to purchase toothpaste (toothpaste purchased by Sager Brown)
• Include a second dollar for shipping
  
  Those kits can be taken to a collection site at a United Methodist Church in your district or sent directly to:
  
  UMCOR West Office and Depot
  1479 South 700 West
  Salt Lake City UT 84104-1605
  
  Do not attempt to ship directly to Haiti--let UMCOR do that. It should cost about $30 for 50 Health Kits to be shipped by UPS or FedEx to the Salt Lake City UMCOR Depot.
  
  Thank you for helping those whose need is so great.

Sunday Bulletin

For a quick bulletin insert, open haitiemergencybulletin.pdf and print and copy.

This bulletin provides easy instructions for parishioners interested in giving to individual aid programs for Haiti relief through UMCOR and the Advance Special System.

For general disaster relief, use the Advance Special Number 418325.

Prayers

Breaking News
Contrary to earlier reports, Rev. Sam Dixon did not survive the rescue efforts. Church workers learned Rev. Dixon died of injuries after being buried in the rubble of the collapsed Montana Hotel in Port au Prince, Haiti. Our prayers go out to his family and to UMCOR on the death of Rev. Dixon.

Please keep in prayer the United Methodist Volunteer Mission teams that were working in Haiti prior to the earthquake.

Please donate to UMCOR or to Advance Special number #418325 through your local United Methodist Church. UMCOR is working hard to provide aid to Haiti.

Haiti Earthquake Relief

Donations to Haiti Earthquake relief may be sent to:

Advance GCFA
P.O. Box 9068
GPO
New York, NY 10087-9068



All donations are tax deductable







Please include on your check one of the following numbers:

Haiti Emergency #418325
Grace Children's Hospital in Haiti #418520
Haiti Children Project #3020507
Community Health Workers Program in Haiti #418705
Hot Lunch Program in Haiti #418790
Integrated Community Health #418847





File Photo - Grace Children's Hospital
LG Abrams

UMCOR Responds to three emergencies

The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is responding to people affected in the Philippines, Samoa and indonesia following three disasters this month. Donations may be sent to the United Methodist Conference Office, P.O. Box 13650, Des Moines, WA 98198. Make checks payable to the "Conference Treasurer." On the check in the memo line please be sure to designate the specific disaster and the Advance number so we may credit your donation to the proper account. The 3 Advance numbers are:

Phillippines Typhoon - Advance #240235
South Pacific Earthquake and Tsunamis - Advance #982450
West Sumatra Earthquake - Advance #217400

Checks with an Advance number will go to UMCOR.
Checks designated "PNW Disaster Relief" will go into a general disaster account and be retained locally.

Fall Disaster Preparedness

Disaster preparedness is a hot topic this Fall. People are preparing their churches/employees for the Flu Pandemic and the people along the Green River are preparing for possible flooding caused by weaknesses in the Howard Hanson Dam. Below are some steps and available resources that clergy and churches can take to be ready.

Step One – Learn how to write a Disaster Plan for your church
For ideas on how to write a local church Disaster Plan, Brett DeMond, 360-482-3037, livingart@centurytel.net is available to present an UMCOR training on church Disaster Plan preparation called, “Connecting Neighbors.”
Step Two - Write a Disaster Plan for your local church that integrates with the Conference Disaster Plan.
Step Three - Encourage staff and parishioners to take disaster preparedness training (see below)
Step Four - Encourage staff and parishioners to make the necessary preparations based on their congregational Disaster Plan and their training, reading, and experience.

Resources:
General Disaster Preparedness Courses and Materials
www.redcross.org/preparedness
www.fema.org/areyouready

Pandemic Flu:
www.redcross/pandemicflu.org
www.pandemicflu.org
www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic
www.hhs.gov/pandemicflu

Additional Disaster Preparation Assistance:
L. George Abrams, 509-235-4940, LGAbrams@centurytel.net
Ronda Cordill, 509-623-0466