UPDATED June 20, 2012
People always ask me, how can I help? How can I send things to you?
The best, most effective way you can help is to support us financially and spiritually. Barring that, it is difficult to send stuff to me. The best way it is to send it with mission groups that come down, or get the stuff to one of our staff members to carry down on their commercial flight trips. Occasionally we bring the Detroit Muscle Crew down in a private plane, and there is often room to send a few items with them, but this is not always logistically possible. I try to bring as many of the things that have been lovingly collected and donated when I travel. This limits what I can bring for myself, so I am usually living a spartan existence, which I don't mind, but it is worth noting.
;If after all that, you still want to send something for the mission, the kids, or me, here are things we still could use:
birthday party favors (if you have left overs sitting around unused, those would be greatly appreciated!)
baby dolls (new or gently used please, not something ready for the garbage)
my little pony toys
White t-shirts and boxer shorts - ranging in sizes from 3T to adult small (this is what we use for pjs)
T-shirt paints or colored laundry markers for labeling with kids names for laundry purposes
khaki or blue uniform shorts ranging in sizes from 2T to 8 (Falls Creek brand with the side pockets are the best match)
Disney DVDs (they have such great sing alongs and extras)
preferences:
Anything by Tim Burton
Avatar
Bambi
Brother Bear
Despicable Me
Dumbo
Finding Nemo
Hercules
James and the Giant Peach
Lilo & Stitch
Mary Poppins
Monsters', Inc
Mulan
Pinocchio
Pocahontas
Robin Hood
School House Rock
Snow White
Sword in the Stone
Tarzan
The Absent Minded Professor
The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr. Toad
The Aristocats
The Emperor's New Groove (on deep discount right now at COSTCO)
The Fox & The Hound
The Incredibles
The Jungle Book
The Rescuers
Winnie the Pooh
Educational DVDs and CDs (like camp songs, bible songs, etc) and class room tools such as:
maps
color charts
math tools
manipulatives
any Haitian history or folk tale books
Creole to English helpers (books, phrase books, tapes, etc)
Here's a few personal requests if you are so inclined:
Amazon.com: Michele: New Wish List
Also, if you want to send any of the following, they are either impossible to find down here, or so expensive it's not funny:
Calcium supplements
Total Soy protein meal replacement mix (vanilla)
vitamins of any kind - especially C and B complexes
Airborne (I swear by this stuff - I could be their next spokesperson!)
bug spray - Burt's Bees has some that is just wonderful - and all natural so not poisonous to wear around the
kids
Sunblock - Neutragena SPF 70 with Helioplex
Starbucks Via instant coffee (or if Biggby is doing this now, that would be AWESOME!)
Kyo Green drink mix (to replace green leafy vegetables which are hard to find here)
Incense sticks - natural scents
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