Lutheran World Relief is a non-profit organization that works with local partners to provide lasting solutions to poverty, injustice and human suffering.
Check out the
Lutheran World Relief website
if you would like further details.
Include the following items in each kit:
School Kit
- Four 70-sheet notebooks of wide- or college-ruled paper approximately 8″ X 10.5″; no loose-leaf paper
- One 30-centimeter ruler, or a ruler with centimeters on one side and inches on the other
- One pencil sharpener
- One blunt scissors (safety scissors with embedded steel blades work well)
- Five ballpoint pens (no gel ink); secure together with a rubber band
- One box of 16 or 24 crayons
- One 2.5″ eraser
- One sturdy drawstring backpack-style cloth bag approximately 14″ X 17″ with shoulder straps (no standard backpacks)
- Sources for Backpacks
- School Kit Backpack Pattern (how to make a drawstring backpack)
Personal Care Kit
- One light- to medium-weight, bath-size towel (approximately 52″ X 27″ or smaller), dark color recommended
- Two bath-size bars (4 to 5 oz.) of soap, any brand, in original wrapping
- One adult-size toothbrush in its original packaging*
- One sturdy comb, remove packaging
- One metal nail clippers (with or without attached file), remove packaging
*Toothbrush multi-packs may be used by sealing an individual toothbrush in a business-size envelope; no plastic bags or wrap
Baby Care Kit
- Two lightweight cotton t-shirts
- Two long- or short-sleeved gowns or sleepers (without feet)
- Baby Gown Pattern (how to make a baby gown from t-shirts)
- Two receiving blankets, medium-weight cotton or flannel, or crocheted or knitted with lightweight yarn, up to 52″ square
- Hooded Baby Cape Pattern (how to make a hooded baby cape)
- Four cloth diapers, flat fold preferred
- One jacket, sweater or sweatshirt with a hood, or include a baby cap
- Two pairs of socks
- One hand towel, dark color recommended
- Two bath-size bars (4 to 5 oz.) of gentle soap, in original wrapping
- Two diaper pins or large safety pins
Soap
- No one likes to look dirty. A brand new bar of soap lets someone present him- or herself with dignity, keep hands clean and stay healthy. Those simple things are some of the very building blocks to success.
- Send us soap and we will see it gets to people in need. LWR accepts new bars of any brand, in its original wrapping. Bath-size bars (4 to 5 oz.) are highly preferred.
Drop-off site information
After all kits have been collected at your church, please arrange to have your kits delivered to the box car at the drop-off site.
- Saturday, October 10, 2015 – 7 am -11 am
- 1331 Clinton St. (on the tracks)
La Crosse, WI, 54603 - Pick-up is at the east end of the George Street Overhead, next to the Boys and Girls Club
