Friday, October 29, 2010

Distribution of grant materials

Now for the update of the distribution of grant materials...
here is the 'skinny' on what has been actually distributed and we continue to do so...and as long as I can access grants, etc. we WILL continue to provide for the needy people.
Items distributed:
120 bales of clothing (this means that we accessioned over a few hundred thousand pounds of clothing for men, women and youth). they continue to be distributed among all the parishes. (pictures will follow at some point when we get the chance to donwload them...so keep on reading and looking)
50 bales of shoes ( this means hundred of pairs of shoes are being distributed...and they are great...especially the dress and sneaker shoes for the kids)
250 boxes of school supplies (these include kits of 10 in each box that has notebooks, paper, pencils and other school items all in a carry bag)
325 boxes of newborn kits (these include kits of 7 that has a small hat/cap, diapers, diaper pins, booties, baby soap and washing cloths)
280 boxes of orphanage kits (these had small toys like legos, laminated velcro counting sheets, spelling sheets, coloring books, small wooden puzzles, etc.)
310 boxes of hygiene kits (these include 2 towels, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant and washcloths)
we also accessed more wheelchairs (50- in 4 sizes) which are being given out to those who have limited mobility
and, last, there was a milk grant which had 20 (yes I said 20! and each pallet had forty five 40lb sacks) pallets of dried 2% milk. this is like gold here and is being distributed by the sack and also in small 2.5 lb plastic sacks. We have distributed alot of these itmes to church organizations who know the populace who are really needy, but also to the schools, nursing homes, etc.
Okay...yes there ARE pictures...but they are in storage right now and I will need to unpack them...but to give you an idea. I will put in the pictures of some of the items after we unloaded the 40ft container from the port...
enjoy and look for our update pictures1 =0 )

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