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Top Ten List: UMCOR Sager Brown's Bulk Supplies Needs

UMCOR Kits are material resources that provide many essential supplies for everyday life. You can donate complete kits -- or you may prefer to give bulk supplies that volunteers will assemble at UMCOR Sager Brown, the place where your donations are stored while they await dispatch.

The material resources program is always happy to receive kits and buckets fully assembled with all required items. However, the UMCOR Sager Brown Depot can use large quantities of bulk items that may be easier for some churches and church groups to acquire. The top ten list of bulk material needs (listed in order of priority) is as follows:


1. Terry cloth hand towels (15" x 25" or 16" x 27", No kitchen towels)
2. Toothpaste (4.5 oz or larger, expiration date must be 6 months or longer in advance of the date of shipment to UMCOR Sager Brown)
3. Metal nail files or fingernail clippers (no emery boards, no toenail clippers)
4. Children's blunt scissors
5. Pencil sharpeners (plain, small, individual sharpeners with no emblems)
6. Baby sweaters (open in the front)
7. Cloth baby diapers (cloth only--no disposable diapers)
8. Ruled paper (pad, spiral, or loose leaf)
9. Baby gowns or sleepers
10. School Bags (finished size 14" x 16")

For 10 items donated, $1.00 is needed to help UMCOR Sager Brown with the costs of processing and shipping kits around the world.

Send to:

UMCOR Sager Brown
101 Sager Brown Road
Baldwin, LA 70514

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UMCOR Emergency Kits, such as school and health kits, provide essential supplies for everyday life. Preparing kits is a great hands-on volunteer project. Donate money, complete kits, or bulk supplies that volunteers will assemble at UMCOR's Sager Brown depot.


Bedding Pak

* 2 flat double-bed sheets
* 2 pillowcases
* 2 pillows

Value: $50 per pak.
In a separate envelope, please send a check written to UMCOR Sager Brown for at least $1 for each kit to help with the costs of processing and shipping kits around the world.

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Flood Bucket

These supplies enable people to begin the overwhelming job of cleaning up after a flood or hurricane. For flood buckets only, if the requested sized item is not available, go down to the next available size. If nothing is available in the requested or smaller size, put masking tape on the outside of the bucket saying, "This bucket contains no _________."

* 5-gallon bucket with resealable lid
* Bleach (two 1-quart or one 82 oz. bottle. Do not include bleach of you are shipping the bucket through the US Postal Service, UPS or FedEx)
* 5 scouring pads
* 7 Sponges
* 1 scrub brush
* 18 cleaning towels (reusable wipes)
* Liquid laundry detergent (two 25 oz. or one 50 oz. bottle)
* 1 household cleaner, 12-16 oz. bottle
* Disinfectant dish soap, 16-28 oz. bottle
* 50 clothes pins
* Clothes line (two 50 ft. or one 100 ft.)
* 5 dust masks
* 2 pair latex gloves
* 1 pair work gloves
* 24-bag roll of heavy-duty trash bags, 33-45 gallon (remove roll from box before placing in bucket)
* 1 Insect repellant spray, 6-14 oz. can (If aerosol, cans must have protective caps. See special requirements below.*)
* 1 Air freshener, 8 or 9 oz. can (If aerosol, cans must have protective caps. See special requirements below.*)

*Special requirements: Put all items in the plastic bucket and seal lid. Please ensure that all cleansing agents are liquids (not powder) and in plastic bottles. All aerosols or flammables: If aerosols are included, do not send the bucket by US mail or DHL/Airborne freight. Ship by UPS ground, FedEx ground, or truck. Pack inside the bucket or strong outer boxes. Put the ORM-D mark on the outside of any buckets or boxes containing these items. Get it at http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/print/kits/orm-d.cfm . Copy and tape on each
bucket or box. Boxes cannot exceed 66 lbs. each.

Value: $45 per bucket.
In a separate envelope, please send a check written to UMCOR Sager Brown for at least $1.50 for each flood bucket to help with the costs of processing and shipping.

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Health kits provide basic necessities to people who have been forced to leave their homes because of human conflict or natural disaster. Health kits are also used as learning tools in personal hygiene, literacy, nutrition and cooking classes. When people gain the knowledge and materials to maintain personal hygiene, their overall
health improves.

* 1 hand towel (15" x 25" up to 17" x 27", No kitchen towels)
* 1 washcloth
* 1 comb (large and sturdy, not pocket-sized)
* 1 nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toenail clippers)
* 1 bath-size bar of soap (3 oz. and up)
* 1 toothbrush (single brushes only in original wrapper, No child-size brushes)
* 1 large tube of toothpaste (expiration date must be 6 months or longer in advance of the date of shipment to UMCOR Sager Brown)
* 6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages

Place these items inside a sealed one-gallon plastic bag.

Value: $12 per kit.
In a separate envelope, please send a check written to UMCOR Sager Brown for at least $1.00 for each kit to help with the costs of processing and shipping kits around the world.

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Many women do not have swaddling clothes with which to welcome their child into the world. Layette kits provide basic supplies for their baby's needs.

* 6 cloth diapers
* 2 shirts or 2 one-piece body suits
* 2 baby washcloths
* 2 gowns or sleepers
* 2 diaper pins
* 1 sweater open in the front
* 2 receiving blankets

Bundle the items inside one of the receiving blankets and secure with the diaper pins.

Value: $35 per kit.
In a separate envelope, please send a check written to UMCOR Sager Brown for at least $1.00 for each kit to help with the costs of processing and shipping kits around the world.

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In some countries, children don't have books or school supplies. Many have no schoolrooms; classes are held in inadequate or half-destroyed buildings, tents, or even the open air. Often students must write down everything the teacher says or records on a board. Their teacher's knowledge and their own notes are their only textbooks. School kits may be these children's only educational resources. This UMCOR kit is designed for a variety of ages.

* 1 pair blunt scissors (rounded tip)
* 2 pads (or loose leaf) of 8 1/2" x 11" ruled paper
* 1 30-centimeter ruler
* 1 hand held pencil sharpener
* 6 unsharpened pencils with erasers
* 1 eraser, 2 1/2"
* 12 sheets construction paper (varied colors)
* 1 box of 24 crayons (only 24)

Prepare a 14" x 16" (finished size) cloth bag with handles and a closure (Velcro®, snap or button) and place items in the bag. Patterns are available from UMCOR Sager Brown or click here for a pattern that you can use.

Value: $11 per kit.
In a separate envelope, please send a check written to UMCOR Sager Brown for at least $1.00 for each kit to help with the costs of processing and shipping kits around the world.

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Sewing kits foster independence rather than dependence. Women can make clothing in their own size and in the style of their culture. Cottage industries often grow out of the sewing classes where women use these kits to practice valuable income-generating skills.

* 3 yards of cotton or cotton-blend, solid color or print fabric (must be 3 yards of uncut fabric)
* 1 pair sewing scissors
* 1 package of needles
* 1 spool of thread
* 5-8 matching buttons

Wrap sewing notions in the fabric and place in a sealed one-gallon plastic bag.

Value: $18 per kit.
In a separate envelope, please send a check written to UMCOR Sager Brown for at least $1.00 for each kit to help with the costs of processing and shipping kits around the world.

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To learn what the current needs are call 1-800-814-8765.

Send completed kits to:

UMCOR Sager Brown
101 Sager Brown Road
Baldwin, LA 70514

All emergency kits have been carefully planned to make them as usable as possible in the greatest number of situations. Because of strict rules imposed by international communities regarding product entry into their countries, it is important that kits contain only the items requested and nothing more. Do not include any personal notes, money or additional materials. These things must be painstakingly removed and will impede the progress of the shipment. Please note that all items included in kits must be NEW!

Kits should be packed in boxes with only one type of kit in each box. The contents should be clearly written on the outside or inside of the box. Please complete two packing lists: one for your own records and one to put outside the box with the shipping label. Paste the shipping label/packing list on the outside of each box you send to UMCOR Sager Brown. Thank you for including the shipping list; it expedites the depot's work.


Please send please send a check written to UMCOR Sager Brown for at least $1 for each kit for processing and shipping costs. This support is vital because it enables material resources to be sent without delay to areas in need. You may send the money for shipping directly to UMCOR Sager Brown at the address above.

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You may also give to UMCOR's Material Resource Ministry, Advance
#901440 Gifts may be made by placing a contribution in the offering
plate at a local United Methodist church; by sending a check to UMCOR,
475 Riverside Dr., Room 330, New York, NY 10115; or by calling
1-800-554-8583, where credit card donations are accepted. Be sure to
write Material Resource Ministry, Advance #901440 on the memo line of
your check.

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Note: Many people send kits to Sager Brown Depot and designate them
for a specific emergency or disaster site. While UMCOR will make every
effort to accommodate these designations, the depot's staff reserve
the right to redirect kits to the area where they are most needed.


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