May 11 2012
Donation list:
So, my mom will be here at the end of June (HOLLER!) and I
figure this is a perfect opportunity for her to bring stuff to my site that
people want to donate. Over the last year a lot of people have asked how they
can help- and now is the time! J
As most of you know at my last site my most exciting and
successful program was a girls club. Because an after school program focusing
on health education, female empowerment, HIV prevention, and decrease in risky
behaviour is in great need and is something I can do as a secondary project, I
have started a new girls club but also expand it to two separate age groups,
both from the secondary school. This means I need more supplies and ideas for
activities.
Groups will meet once per week for about 2 hours and lessons
will vary with a main emphasis on HIV education/prevention and female
empowerment. I found the girls loved doing any type of arts & craft, and
the first time they used paint was beyond exciting! Arts and crafts allowed for
lessons to be fun and interactive, and let the girls express themselves, when
they would otherwise be very boring.
The first week of September four other PCVs and I are
hosting a camp for the girls, each of us will bring about 8 girls for a week
full of awesomeness.
MONEY!
Money is not always exciting to give, but it is the best and
easiest way you can help. The money you donate will go directly to funding a
girl from my community to go to camp. This is also a great option for those of
you who are not in Michigan and wouldn’t be able to get supplies to my mom.
How to donate: That is a great question, I am in the process of setting up
a account on PayPal where you can directly donate using debit or credit… but
that is not ready yet. All money donated will go directly to sponsoring a girl
for the Camp. More details to come J
Arts & Crafts
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Tie die (for 60 shirts)
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Paper
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Paint
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Paint brushes
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Old magazines
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Crayons/markers/coloured pencils
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Colouring books
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Beads/jewellery making tools/materials
School supplies
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Notebooks
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Pencils
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Pens
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Erasers
Office supplies
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Pens
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Permanent markers
Books
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Kindergarten – grade 12 (English as a second
language)
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And material to help teach English and reading
Garden
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Seeds (cabbage, beetroot, green beans, green
pepper, any legume, onion, spinach, carrots)
Toothbrushes/toothpaste
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Any and all will help!
Shirts/screen print
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This would be for the camp; we want to have t
shirts made for the participants. If anyone has the hook up with getting shirts
and/or screen printing donated or discounted we could have them made at home-
and when I visit home in September I would get them and bring them back. It
would be about 50 shirts with screen prints, so in order to make the transport
worth it I would need it to be cheap cheap (ei, free or significantly
discounted).
Other stuff (this may or may not be just for me…sorry for
not sorry)
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Crystal light/drink mixes (esp
gatorade/powerade)
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Coffee (I got a French press! So I can have real
coffee!)
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Healthy protein-ish bars (luna, cliff, mojo)
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New music
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American-ish candy to share with my families
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T-shirts/baseball caps that are anything
American (sport teams/universities) to give host families (3 babies, 2 ten yr
old boys, 15 yr old boy, 15 yr old girl, 2 10-12 ish girls, 1 old man, 3 women
30-60)
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Games, cards/board games, but would need to be
small for travel purposes
Most of these supplies will be for children at the Drop In
Centre (DIC), there are about 60 kids ages 5-18. I would use these supplies for
the office, the DIC, and my girls clubs. If you have a preference of what your
donation is for please let me know and I will do my best to respect your
wishes.
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