Global Health Ministires

"Helping the hands that heal"

From 9:00-11:00 AM on the first Saturday of the month (September - May), women from First Lutheran get together to work on projects for Global Health Ministries (GHM). Global Health Ministries provides a gift of life -- physical and spiritual -- through Lutheran health care work across the world by providing project financial support, locating and shipping urgently needed medical supplies, recruiting health care personnel, and funding the training of national health care givers.

Any individual or family of First is welcome to come out and help with various projects like rolling bandages, knitting and packing kits. You can also help by donating items for kits which will be shipped to third world countries.

GHM Newborn Kit - one kit contains:

(Please use new or clean items in excellent condition)

♦ 1 - 36" square muslin or sheeting - not necessary to hem

♦ 1 regular size bath towel. New or gently used. No longer than 48"

♦ 1 wash cloth

♦ 1 bath size bar white Ivory soap

♦ 1 newborn stocking cap (keep hand knit ones small, use baby yarn

♦ 1 small baby shirt, size 0-3 or newborn

♦ 1 receiving blanket

(A waterproof pad will be added at the GHM Warehouse before shipping)

IMPORTANT: Pack all items in a 2 or 2-1/2 gallon "Ziploc" type plastic bag. Squeeze air out of the bag before sealing.

AIDS/Hospice Kit - one kit contains:

New or gently used items:

♦ 1 regular size bath towel

♦ 1 wash cloth

New items:

♦ 1 bath size bar of hand soap (wrapped) - any kind

♦ 1 toothbrush

♦ 1 tube of tooth paste, medium or large (or two small sample size) - any kind

♦ 1 "pick" comb

♦ 1 nail clipper

♦ 6 Band-Aids

♦ 1 jar or tube of petroleum jelly

♦ 1 pair heavy duty household gloves (kitchen type). Size medium

♦ 1 small devotional booklet such as "Portals of Prayer" or "Christ in our Home" - (Does not have to be current issue)

→ Wrap all items in the towel

→ Place in a large (2 gallon or larger) "Ziploc" plastic bag

→ Include note: "AIDS/Hospice Kit" The note should be visible through the bag

→ Squeeze the air out of the bag before sealing

Please donate $5 per kit and mail separately to GHM - (do not include the money with the kit.) This will help with shipping and ongoing related program costs.

Items Needed Most:

Two (2) Gallon size "Ziploc" plastic bags

Medium size Ivory Soap

Jars of Vaseline - No tubes, size 4 oz. or larger

Medium Size Kitchen gloves

Bath Towels, 30 x 54, new or gently used

For more information on Global Health Missions

www.ghm.org

Items for kits may be delivered to the church and stored in the closets opposite the main office or put in the library marked for Global Health Missions (GHM)

"Helping the hands that heal"

GHM Newborn Kit - one kit contains:

(Please use new or clean items in excellent condition)

♦ 1 - 36" square muslin or sheeting - not necessary to hem

♦ 1 regular size bath towel. New or gently used. No longer than 48"

♦ 1 wash cloth

♦ 1 bath size bar white Ivory soap

♦ 1 newborn stocking cap (keep hand knit ones small, use baby yarn

♦ 1 small baby shirt, size 0-3 or newborn

♦ 1 receiving blanket

(A waterproof pad will be added at the GHM Warehouse before shipping)

IMPORTANT: Pack all items in a 2 or 2-1/2 gallon "Ziploc" type plastic bag. Squeeze air out of the bag before sealing.

AIDS/Hospice Kit - one kit contains:

New or gently used items:

♦ 1 regular size bath towel

♦ 1 wash cloth

New items:

♦ 1 bath size bar of hand soap (wrapped) - any kind

♦ 1 toothbrush

♦ 1 tube of tooth paste, medium or large (or two small sample size) - any kind

♦ 1 "pick" comb

♦ 1 nail clipper

♦ 6 Band-Aids

♦ 1 jar or tube of petroleum jelly

♦ 1 pair heavy duty household gloves (kitchen type). Size medium

♦ 1 small devotional booklet such as "Portals of Prayer" or "Christ in our Home" - (Does not have to be current issue)

→ Wrap all items in the towel

→ Place in a large (2 gallon or larger) "Ziploc" plastic bag

→ Include note: "AIDS/Hospice Kit" The note should be visible through the bag

→ Squeeze the air out of the bag before sealing

Please donate $5 per kit and mail separately to GHM - (do not include the money with the kit.) This will help with shipping and ongoing related program costs.

Items Needed Most:

Two (2) Gallon size "Ziploc" plastic bags

Medium size Ivory Soap

Jars of Vaseline - No tubes, size 4 oz. or larger

Medium Size Kitchen gloves

Bath Towels, 30 x 54, new or gently used

For more information on Global Health Missions

www.ghm.org

Items for kits may be delivered to the church and stored in the closets opposite the main office or put in the library marked for Global Health Missions (GHM)