Health Kit Collection

The Messiah College community is corporately creating health kits to send through Mission Central to those who remain in relief shelters due to Hurricane Katrina. Each employee, campus residence hall or satellite house is asked to provide a different piece for the health kits.

Our goal is to assemble 500 kits!

Who does what . . .

Residence	Residence	Item
Grantham	Smith	1 large tube of toothpaste (with an expiration date not sooner than 6/2006) 6 adhesive bandages (such as Band-Aids)
Witmer	Solly/Satellite/Harrisburg	1 wash cloth
Naugle	Hess	1 comb (large, sturdy, not pocket-sized)
Miller	Fry	1 metal nail file or pair of finger nail clippers (no emery boards or toe nail clippers)
Mellinger	Mt. View	1 bath-size bar of soap in original wrapper
Bittner	Kelly	1 toothbrush in original wrapper (single brushes only)
Employees		hand towel (15"x25" or 17"x27"

Talk with your RA about where and when you should drop off your items. Employees, please drop of your towels at the Agape Center by 5:00pm on Tuesday the 5 th of Oct.

Packing Party!!
On the evening of Thursday, Oct. 6, we will be assembling the health kits in the Larsen Student Union upper level from 8 to 11p.m. At this community event there will also be food, music and a rolling Katrina slide show update to keep everyone informed.

The kits will then be delivered to Mission Central on Saturday, Oct. 8.

We encourage your participation of donating supplies and attending the assembly night as our community responds to the needs of Katrina victims in a tangible way.

Health Kit Details
(Updated: 07/11/2005)

Health kits provide basic necessities to people who have been forced to leave their homes because of human conflict or natural disaster. Health kits are also used as learning tools in personal hygiene, literacy, nutrition and cooking classes. When people gain the knowledge and materials to maintain personal hygiene, their overall health improves.

1 hand towel (15" x 25" up to 17" x 27")
1 washcloth
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)
1 large tube of toothpaste (4.5 oz. or larger, expiration date must be 6 months or longer in advance of the date of shipment to UMCOR)
6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages

Place these items inside a sealed one-gallon plastic bag.

Value: $12 per kit.

In a separate envelope, please send a check for at least $1 for each kit to help UMCOR with the costs of processing and shipping kits around the world.