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for needy people around the world

Layette bundles

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Cozy comforters

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Student kit for Haiti

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2016-2017

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ContentsHygiene kit ................................................................. 3Layette bundle .......................................................... 4New clothing packs ................................................. 6Comforter kit .............................................................8Cozy comforters ......................................................8Classroom kit .......................................................... 10Teacher kit ................................................................ 10Student kit ..................................................................11International school kit ..........................................12Instructions for student kit backpack .............. 14Shipping Instructions ......................... Back cover

“The school and hygiene kits are a great blessing for the children and for us teachers. This community has many children with a lot of needs. Some who come to school don't have money to pay the tuition fee.”

—a school director in nicaragua

Home OfficeChristian Aid MinistriesP.O. Box 360 | Berlin, OH 44610 USA(4464 State Route 39 E | Millersburg, OH) Phone: 330.893.2428

Pennsylvania Warehouse and CanneryChristian Aid Ministries2412 Division Hwy. | Ephrata, PA 17522Phone: 717.354.2434

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Hygiene kit

Items to include:• 1 bar soap*

• 1 tube toothpaste*

• 1 toothbrush

• 2 washcloths

• 1 bath towel (dark color preferred)

• 1 bottle shampoo* (place in a

Ziploc bag to prevent leakage)

• 1 bottle deodorant* (roll-on or

stick, no aerosol spray)

• 1 comb

• 1 nail clipper with file

• 1 large handkerchief

*Please check expiration date; items must not expire for one year.

Wrap all items listed above into the bath towel and fasten firmly with safety pins, or put items in a drawstring bag and pull strings tightly to prevent items from falling out.

IMPORTANT shipping information on back cover.

All items must be new! (due to customs requirements)

The kits will be

shipped by sea

container to Syria,

Liberia, Nicaragua,

Haiti, and other

countries.


Items to include:• 1 receiving blanket (minimum size: 30" x 30")

• 1 heavier blanket (minimum size: 30" x 30"; CAM preferred size: 30" x 40")

• 6 diapers—Please use new fabric, absorbent 100% cotton or flannel (minimum size: 18" x 27"; CAM preferred size: 21" x 36")

• 2 sleepers (3-12 months)

• 2 rubber panties (3-12 months)

• 2 undershirts or onesies

• 2 pairs socks or booties

• 1 baby cap

• 4 diaper pins (minimum size: 2-inch)

Avoid fabric with questionable pictures, such as TV, occult, sports, and cartoon characters. Items made with such fabric will not be distributed.

Wrap all items in one of the blankets and fasten firmly with the diaper pins or tie together with ribbon. If you prefer, put the items in a drawstring bag. You may label the bundles “boy” or “girl.”

Layette bundleAll items must be new! (due to customs requirements)

Thousands of layette bundles could be used.



This Syrian refugee received a CAM layette bundle that had been sent to the refugee camp in Lebanon where she lives. Before our staff members left the camp, she showed her thankfulness by running out to show that she had already dressed her daughter in the items from the bundle. —Lebanon


Assemble a pack of Brand-new clothesAges 5-16 (various countries) Your gift of a brand new shirt, dress, socks, or other items will bring a smile to a needy child or youth. For some recipients, it may be their only set of new clothes.

Ages 1-3 (romania and moldova) Due to customs restrictions, CAM is unable to send used toddler clothing to Romania and Moldova. A pack of new clothes will not only delight little ones but also bring relief to impoverished parents who struggle to clothe their children.

“Wherefore, if God soclothe the grass of the

field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of

little faith?”Matthew 6:30


Instructions: Request a pre-labeled bag from our home office in Ohio for each pack of clothing you wish to assemble. Deliver or ship your clothing packs to any CAM location or ship them to our Indiana Clothing Center at 660B S. Van Buren St., Shipshewana, IN 46565. If you wish to help with the cost of shipping your clothing packs overseas, your gift of $2.50 per pack can be sent to our home office.

Pack E Boys (ages 1-3)

1 pair trousers 1 shirt with collar2 undershirts or onesies 2 diapers 2 pair socks

Pack F Girls (ages 1-3)

1 dress 2 undershirts or onesies 2 diapers 2 pair socks

Pack C Boys (ages 5-10)

1 pair trousers 1 shirt with collar2 briefs 2 pair socks

Pack D Girls (ages 5-10)

1 dress2 panties2 pair socks

Pack B Girls (ages 11-16) 1 dress 2 panties2 bras 2 pair socks

Pack A Boys (ages 11-16) 1 pair trousers 1 shirt with collar2 briefs 2 pair socks

Assemble a pack of Brand-new clothes

Due to tight customs requirements, each list must be strictly followed. To help ensure that we can continue ship-ping kits in the future, please include ONLY the items listed.


Comforter kitItems to include:• Enough cut blocks to make a 72" x 90" comforter (Blocks should be no smaller

than 4" square and not larger than 12" square—see list on pg. 9. Use good quality fabric.)

• Backing: 4 yards 45" wide or 3 yards 60" wide (Please use new fabric for the lining.)

• 1 large spool of thread

• 1 skein of yarn, 2½, 3, 4, or 5 oz. (or other similar thread to make knots)

• 1 yarn needle (fastened to a sheet of paper)

Cozy comfortersFamilies in Ukraine and Romania appreciate thick comforters to keep them warm during cold, winter nights. A comforter can also

be a soft mat for people in Liberia and Nicaragua who don’t have a bed to sleep on.

You can bless a needy family by making a lightweight or heavy comforter in any size. Your finished comforter

can be dropped off at any CAM location or shipped to our warehouse in Pennsylvania (see back cover).

You can also help ship your donated comfort-er overseas for only $2.50. Your shipping gift can be sent to our home office and earmarked “comforter shipping.”

100,000 comforters could be used!

Comforter kits are a popular item at our foreign sewing centers. The ladies enjoy if the blocks include a variety of colors and prints. Please put kit items in drawstring bags, or in plastic bags. Tie or close the bag tightly.


Avoid fabric with pictures of TV, occult, sports, and cartoon

characters. Items made with such fabric will not be distributed.

Please use new fabric for comforters and comforter kits.

Block size Amount

4" 5725" 3406" 2387" 1548" 1209" 9910" 8012" 56



Items to include:• 1 sturdy desktop stapler • 1 box staples (5,000+ count)• 1 staple remover • 2 soccer balls—deflated for shipping • 1 hand pump with needlePut all the items in a large shoebox or plastic container. Do not tape it shut; simply secure lid with a rubber band.

Items to include:• 1 pencil sharpener (hand crank, metal shaving canister)

• 1 chalkboard eraser (soft, felt)

• 15 boxes white chalk (dustless)

• 1 box colored chalk

• 1 solar calculator

• 1 sturdy bag (drawstring, 15" x 15")

Put all the items in the drawstring bag. Pull strings tightly to prevent items from falling out.

Teacher kit for Haiti

Classroom kit for Haiti


More than 9,000

needed

Items to include:

More than 8,000 needed

Items to include:• 10 pens (blue ink, medium, stick, BIC™ or Papermate™)

• 7 wooden No. 2 pencils (unsharpened, good quality)

• 1 Pink Pearl™ eraser, or similar quality (not pencil top)

• 1 wooden, inch/metric ruler (12")

• 1 box of eight crayons

• 1 sturdy handmade backpack (see pages 14-15 for instructions)

Student kit for Haiti

Put all the items in the backpack. Please pull strings tightly to pre-vent items from falling out.



Internationalschool kit

Items to include:• 4 spiral notebooks (8½" x 11" with approximately 75 pages each)

• 1 wooden or sturdy metric ruler (12-inch, not plastic)

• 6 wooden No. 2 pencils (unsharpened, good quality)

• 1 Pink Pearl™ eraser, or similar quality (not pencil top)

• 2 blue or black ink pens

• 1 box of eight crayons

• 1 comb

• 1 toothbrush

• 1 drawstring bag (10" x 15")

For schools in Liberia, Ukraine, Nicaragua, and other

countries.Fill the drawstring or similar-type bag with the items listed above. Pull strings tightly to prevent items from falling out.



Instructions forstudent kit backpackMaterials needed:

• Fabric for backpack—35" long x 14" wide (Use a strong fabric such as denim. If you have access to a commercial sewing

machine, nylon or polyester canvas fabric can be used.)

• Two 4 ¹⁄8" square pieces of fabric

• Two straps for backpack—each 23½" long x 1½" wide (same fabric as bag, or nylon webbing)

• Strap reinforcement strip—2¾" x 1½"

• Two drawstrings, 30" each (cording can be used; burn ends to avoid fraying)


Instructions forstudent kit backpack

Serge or zigzag all edges of fabric. Fold in side seams ½" at tops.

fold 4 corners in ½" and pin

#1

#2 Fold 1" of fabric at tops and sew top seams, allowing ¾" sleeves for draw-strings. With one top seam, sew strap reinforcement strip at the middle of inside of bag. Catch edge in top seam.

inside strap reinforcement strip

#3 Prepare triangles that hold straps at sides. Fold the 4¹⁄₈" square pieces of fabric once (wrong side out) into triangles. Position the strap inside the triangle with end at the arrow and sew across the middle. Fold fabric away from long end of strap.

triangles that hold straps at sides

After sewing across center,

fold fabric down here.

Position end of strap here

before sewing across center

Pin 1" deep folds at bottomof side seams (see #4a); add triangles with straps (catchcorners of straps in side seam—see #4b) above 1" folds, then sew sides (½" seams) up to 2¼" close to top.

#4

#5

#6

Sew top ends of straps ontobag near top of bag where thereinforcement strip is inside.

Insert drawstrings and knot ends, one on one side and the other on opposite end.

#4aside seam fold

#4bstrap corners (inside of bag)

outside view

top outside strap attachment

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Put all the kits or bundles into a large box or bag. Label each box/bag with the number of kits/bundles inside. Your items can be dropped off at any CAM location, or shipped to our warehouse in Pennsylvania: Attn: Shipping Department; Christian Aid Ministries; 2412 Division Highway; Ephrata, PA 17522.

Due to tight customs requirements, each list must be strict-ly followed. To help ensure that we can continue shipping kits in the future, please include ONLY the items listed.

Important! Shipping Instructions Applies to all kits and layette bundles

“One day we packed up the Jeep with baby bundles, hygiene kits, and Bible story books and headed to Redemption Hospital. The place was full of "baby ma’s," and it was so fun to make them smile. One couple had their first baby—a beautiful baby girl. They couldn’t get done thanking us for the layette bundle, because they said they ‘have nothing for her to wear.’ ” —Melissa WingardCAM secretary in Liberia

All items must be new.

Want to help get your kits to their destination? Your gift of $2.50 per kit will cover the cost of shipping your items overseas. Use the order form in our Gift catalog or earmark your donation "kit shipping" and send it to Christian Aid Ministries, P.O. Box 360, Berlin, OH 44610. Thank you!

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