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Help For Haiti: North Escambia Residents Donate Health Kits
January 19, 2010
About 200 health kits are on their way from Molino to Haiti, thanks to the hard work of a local church and generosity of the North Escambia community.
The idea started with Allie Vidak (pictured left), a youth member at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, and her mom Rikki. Allie saw a need following the massive earthquake in the island nation, and they settled on preparing the health kits and sending them to Haiti via UMCOR — the United Methodist Committee on Relief.
With items like washcloths, combs and soap, the health kits provide for basic needs among the quake victims, Rikki Vidak said.
Monday morning, a small group of volunteers gathered at the church to assemble to kits.
“We have had a lot of donated items. This is our first day of putting the kits together. We have a lot of wonderful volunteers helping make the kits. We’ve had about 100 kits donated already put together and have put together about another 100 today,” she said. “”We are out of nail clippers, hand towels and combs. Anyone who still wants to help out can donate for about a month. We were going to accept donations for about a week, but have decided to extend the time period for donations for a month.”
A box for donations will be located outside the church office. Aldersgate is located on Highway 29 just south of Highway 97.
Persons wishing to help can donate any of the items listed below, or assemble complete kits as instructed.
Haiti Health Kits
Place these items inside a sealed one-gallon plastic bag.
* 1 hand towel (15” x 25” up to 17” x 27”, no kitchen towels)
* 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)
* 6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages
(NOTE: UMCOR is now purchasing toothpaste in bulk to be added to health kits before shipping to ensure that the product does not expire before it is sent. Please include $1 for each kit you send toward the purchase of toothpaste.)
Important Kit Assembly Information
All items included in kits must be NEW items.
All emergency kits are carefully planned to make them usable in the greatest number of situations. Since strict rules often govern product entry into international countries, it is important that kits contain only the requested items—nothing more.
Do NOT include any personal notes, money or additional materials in the kits. These things must be painstakingly removed and will delay the shipment.
Pictured: Volunteers assemble health kits Monday morning for earthquake victims in Haiti. NorthEscambia.com and submitted photos, click to enlarge.
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