Helping Haiti

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Please consider giving to the people of Haiti. Right now we want to follow the list closely. WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING CLOTHES. Please send new or gently used items and help spread the word.
We will accept gift cards to Target, Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Menards. If you order on-line you may have it shipped directly to the address below.

Items may be dropped off (schedule a time) at the Northrup King Building or shipped to: Attn: Debbie Woodward, Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson Street NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413

Current needs list

infant formula
powdered milk
ensure milk
oil
other staples
canned meat
canned vegetables
canned beans
canned tomato products
juice mixes

triple antibiotic oint
vitamins
tylenol
ibuprofen
antibiotics
hydrocortizone cream
anti-fungal cream
oral hypoglycemics – metformin, glyburide
seizure meds – pheno
gauze
gloves
kerlex, cling
IV fluids
angiocaths
casting materials
cast saw
surgical blades
sutures – all kinds
syringes

tents
tarps
mattresses
sheets
pillows
hygiene items
laundry soap
disinfectant
copy paper
bug spray
garden seeds – corn, beans (lima, black, etc), watermelon, tomato, eggplant
garden tools – hoe, machete, pick-ax, sickle (digo)
buckets
flashlights
rechargeable lanterns
batteries
dishes
cups
spoons
cooking pots (very sturdy pots please)

nails – 3″, 4″, tin
wire
paint
doors
boards – 2×4, 1×4
plywood
shovels
hammers
wheelbarrows

generator
inverter
electric wire
batteries
water pump – 4″
bulldozer
back-hoe
ambulance-like truck