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Monday, January 18, 2010

CAI Students Collecting Needed Items to Send to the Country of Haiti

CAI Sending Boxes of Hope


The country of Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake this week. Clearwater Academy is gathering needed items to ship to Haiti. The earthquake left the majority of the country with nothing. Their homes are completely gone as well as their businesses. They need our help.

Clearwater Academy has partnered with Bless the Children, which is a humanitarian non-profit organization. They have secured a forty foot sea container to ship the items in.

We are asking that individuals fill up a banana box (which can be collected from your local grocery store produce department or picked-up from the school) with the below supplies. We are calling these our Boxes of Hope.

Please write out on two index cards the contents of the box. Tape one index card to the box and drop off the other to reception with an envelope with $5 in it. The $5 helps to cover the cost of shipping.

This is an international shipment and it is very important to have the inventory of the container logged. In addition, the cost to ship a container is approximately $4,000. It is our hope that every student of CAI can contribute one box.

Please note clothes are not being accepted at this time.

Below are two lists of needed items.

Basic Needs:

(NO EXPIRED PRODUCTS)

Food - Canned Meats, Canned Fish, Canned Milk (only
canned foods that do not have to be cooked)
Blankets
Buckets
Baby supplies
Can openers
Coolers
Rope
Tarps
Lumber
Zinc Sheets
Nutritional Drinks
Flashlights & Batteries
Soap
Toiletries
Generators
Plastic bags to hold water
Water Treatment Purification Tablets
Water

Medical Supplies
:

(NO EXPIRED PRODUCTS)

Alcohol wipes
Bacterial Soap
Ice/Hot packs - large and small
Scissors
First Aid Kits
Band Aids
Bandages (all types)
Butterfly Sutures
Calamine Lotion

Monetary donations accepted as well to purchase any needed items.

Please bring in all items to school reception at this time until we secure a warehouse space for collection.

Thank you for your help!

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