Cleanliness may not actually be next to godliness, but it certainly helps a person feel more human. When families find their homes destroyed, or must flee for their safety, soap and a towel rarely make the cut for what they can carry. Arriving in a refugee camp or other place of safety, they are scared, vulnerable and dirty from the travel. The simple items included in a Personal Care Kit provide much-needed self care, critical germ fighting supplies and the chance for our neighbors in need to regain dignity amidst fear and uncertainty.
In September our Fill the Rail Ministry partner is again Lutheran World Relief but this time we are collecting for personal hygiene kits. While shopping for personal care products please consider purchasing something extra from the list below:
Include the following in each personal care kit:
- One bath-size towel (between 20" x 40" & 52" x 27"), dark color recommended, for light- or medium- weight towels, which are easier for Kit recepients to hand wash and air dry , take up less storage space and are considerably less expensive than the fluffier towels we may prefer to use.
- Two or three bath-size bars of soap equaling 8 to 9oz., any brand in original wrapping.
- One adult size toothbush in its original packaging*
- One sturdy comb, remove packaging.
- One metal nail clippers (attached file optional), remove packaging.
* Toothbrush multi-packs may be used by sealing an individual toothbrush in a business-sized envelope; no plastic bags or wrap.
Thank you for your consideration in donating and supporting Fill the Rail Ministry. Your generocity is truely changing lives!
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