image courtesy of Oklahoma County Sheriff via CBS NEWS
As the recovery efforts continue forward. We as a country of Americans, hurt when families of our country lose loved ones, are lost, hurt, and/or displaced. When there is devastation in an area of the country pain and want to help is in other parts of the country.
I am currently working on organizing a 24'-26' straight truck, along with a pickup truck pulling a 12' enclosed trailer to be filled at Metro-East Lutheran High School on May 30th. We will start loading the truck around 11:00am. The address for Metro-East Lutheran High School is 6305 Center Grove Road, Edwardsville Il. 62025. There will be several collection points that are still being established. For now, you can bring your donations to Lutheran High. The school office is open daily between the hours of 7:30am - 3:30pm. If you come by at a different time, Please call Zach Schnare at 618.973.2426 to arrange a different collection time.
Items that are being collected:
(NO CLOTHING ITEMS AT THIS TIME)
#1 Bottled Water and Gatorade- This is the MOST NEEDED ITEM at this time We would like to get AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
Work Gloves
Baby food and Baby Formula
Diapers and Baby Wipes
Heavy Duty Trash Bags
Dog Food
Canned Food (boxed and ready to load please)
Pre-packed snack size food like peanut butter crackers
Personal Hygiene kits - These kits include: toilet paper, toothbrushes, toothpaste, wash clothes, bars of soap, and shampoo
We will also need boxes to box up these items! If you could box up your items so we can load them that would help on this end.
I will update this list as soon as I get additional information.
We are working alongside two LCMS churches in Oklahoma. Because they ares still in the recovery stages, there is little known about what EXACTLY is needed in terms of items donated. For now, you can focus on bottled water and Gatorade.
Thank you for your help.
Work Gloves
Baby food and Baby Formula
Diapers and Baby Wipes
Heavy Duty Trash Bags
Dog Food
Canned Food (boxed and ready to load please)
Pre-packed snack size food like peanut butter crackers
Personal Hygiene kits - These kits include: toilet paper, toothbrushes, toothpaste, wash clothes, bars of soap, and shampoo
We will also need boxes to box up these items! If you could box up your items so we can load them that would help on this end.
I will update this list as soon as I get additional information.
We are working alongside two LCMS churches in Oklahoma. Because they ares still in the recovery stages, there is little known about what EXACTLY is needed in terms of items donated. For now, you can focus on bottled water and Gatorade.
Thank you for your help.
When we collected items for Hurricane Sandy,,,,
ReplyDeleteLocal Dentists donated HUNDREDS of toothbrushes and tubes of toothpaste, we had small bars of soap and shampoo donated by motels. The grocery store allowed us to place a "donation" box near the entrance with a sign (water and Gatorade), the store also donated pantry items.