Our primary needs at the moment are for our Early Childhood Development Center—we lost two of our childcare rooms and all of the equipment and supplies for them. Also, our kitchen is gone, so we are doing the best we can to prepare food for 42 children out of a small kitchenette with a microwave! We have no reasonable way to wash dishes, so we are using LOTS of paper products. We are working hard to get back to normal, but my guess is that it will take most of the summer, so we’ll be needing supplies for awhile. These are the most needed things. Thanks for all your help.
We always need paper products, especially paper towels. Toilet paper is a close second. We currently do not have our dishwasher, so we are going through LOTS of paper products for meals (plates, 5 oz. cups, plastic spoons & napkins).
Our food pantry was also in the basement, so any canned vegetables or fruits. We are using a lot of the individual fruit cups for the children right now also.
If anyone wants to get something more for the children, we never have enough washable markers, this is a favorite of the children over crayons or colored pencils. We have been spending some extra time outside due to lack of central air, so outside toys would be helpful also (bubbles, sidewalk chalk, buckets, shovels, sprinkler, etc.)
As always, we will be buying extra things to “make due” for now, so money donations will be needed also.
Blessings,
Robert Crandall (rcrandall@bidwellriverside.org)
Executive Director, Bidwell Riverside Center
(The Bidwell-Riverside Center is located at: 1203 Hartford Ave, Des Moines, IA 50315 Phone: (515) 244-6251)
No comments:
Post a Comment