Wish list: (I have BOLDed the most needed items)
1. Fund raising, or selling beaded zipper charms. Garage sale, car wash, etc.
2. Collecting school and art supplies (no paper) - backpacks, pencils, pens, erasers, rulers, crayons (24 packs are best), markers, glue sticks, bottles of glue, watercolor paints, brushes, pencil sharpeners, single hole punch, balls of string, stickers, colored pencils, scissors, puzzles, cheap Timex or Casio type watches - for children or adults, calculators, educational games - BINGO, dominoes, checkers, chess, backgammon, memory, soccer balls,
**** Spanish children's books - both story books and text books. Audio books and music for children in Spanish. Dry-erase boards/paddles and their erasable markers - the thin, cheap type people attach to their refrigerator are fine.
3. Teacher supplies - stickies, 3x5 cards, sentence strips, manila folders, hang file folders, colored pens, supplies for overhead projectors - transparency film sheets, Vis A Vis markers, surge protector, Expo erasable markers for white boards, flash cards, cello tape, masking tape, Spanish posters, Spanish map of world, tape recorders, boom boxes, CDs with Spanish music or stories for children, blank CDs - to copy on to, cushy balls, egg timers, stop watch, Band-Aids, Neosporin, laptops in good condition, laminating film, clear contact paper, sheet protectors, paper cutter, White-out, colored construction paper (this is expensive in Guatemala, so we bring it there. White paper and notebooks are cheap in Guatemala and too heavy to transport from the US to GUA).
4. Pre-school and daycare supplies - puzzles, blocks, Lego, Fisher Price toys - prefer ones without batteries, small trikes, stuffed animals, Beanie babies, foam shapes and/or floor puzzles or linking pieces to sit on, colorful posters, early level children's books (will accept English ones that can be easily translated to Spanish) Coloring books, crayons, tempera paint,
5. Warm sweaters, sweatshirts, jackets for children age 4-12. Clean and gently used. Warm hats, mittens, scarves and baseball caps. These go to a cold, high elevation part of Guatemala. We do not collect any other clothing.
6. New toothbrushes
7. Prenatal, children's or general multi-vitamins, protein bars or powder supplement. (expired is OK, but unopened).
8. Wheelchairs, used, but working
9. Items to pack these supplies in to : Rubbermaid tubs with lids, large suitcases and duffel bags, box tape,
10. New children's underwear and socks
Thanks, Penny
Penny Rambacher, R.D.
Founder/President
Miracles In Action, a 501(c)(3) non-profit
www.MiraclesInAction.org
239-348-0815
Shipping address:
Miracles In Action
241 Countryside Dr.,
Naples, FL 34104
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