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Tools & Blankets Program Shipping Report
January - March 2008

International • Domestic

The following represent some of the many ways Church World Service is creating a rainbow of help and hope through the Tools & Blankets Program. This shipping report does not reflect the transfers of funds in support of international Tools & Blankets Program projects and purchases.

International Shipments

Ethiopia

  • 250 lightweight blankets to Bright Hope Organization to support efforts of partner Global Assistance Program.

Kenya

  • 250 lightweight blankets to Christian Ministries in Africa to support efforts of partner Global Assistance Program.

Liberia

  • 1 generator and 555 pounds of vegetable seeds to support efforts of partner agency Church Aid Liberia.

Malawi

  • 250 lightweight blankets to Malawi is Partners in Harvest to support efforts of partner Global Assistance Program.

Zimbabwe

  • 2,000 lightweight blankets and 1,980 woolen blankets for emergency response efforts of partner Christian Care.

  • 250 lightweight blankets to Zimbabwe is Celebration Centre to support efforts of partner Global Assistance Program.

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Domestic Shipments

Alabama

  • 50 lightweight blankets to Zero Gravity Ministry for distribution to homeless in Mobile.

Arkansas

  • 800 woolen blankets to Mount View Seventh-Day Adventist Church in response to tornadoes.
  • 200 woolen blankets to Adventist Community Services in Clinton in response to tornadoes.

Florida

  • 100 lightweight blankets to Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church in Ft. Myers for distribution to homeless in east Ft. Myers area.

Illinois

  • 420 woolen blankets to First Christian Church in Watseka to respond to families displaced by winter storms and flooding.

Iowa

  • 200 lightweight blankets to Cooperative Refugee Services in Des Moines for distribution to newly arriving refugees.

Kansas

  • 210 woolen blankets to Doorstep Inc. for homeless and economically disadvantaged in the Topeka area.
  • 50 lightweight blankets to Satanta United Methodist Church for seasonal farm workers.

Maryland

  • 200 lightweight blankets to Milton Avenue United Methodist Church in Baltimore for distribution to homeless in Baltimore and Washington D.C.

Massachusetts

  • 300 lightweight blankets to Children’s Service of Roxbury, Inc. in Dorchester for distribution to homeless in the Dorchester area.

New Mexico

  • 2,300 lightweight blankets to Monte Sinai United Methodist Church in Deming for border ministry.

Washington

  • 90 woolen blankets to First United Methodist Church’s Extreme Cold Weather Ministry in Mount Vernon for homeless and economically disadvantaged.

  • 200 lightweight blankets to Cold and Hungry Coalition in Olympia for distribution to homeless in Mason County.

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You can support these and other life-sustaining programs through your prayers and by giving through your congregation, or by sending contributions directly to:

CWS Tools & Blankets Program
28606 Phillips Street, P.O. Box 968
Elkhart, IN 46515
1-800-297-1516
CWS/CROP Regional Offices
1-888-CWS-CROP (888-297-2767)
Donate online

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