February 19, 2010

I'm heading back to Haiti

I'm going back to Haiti again with the same group I went with last year (Healing Hands for Haiti). We leave on March 12th and come home March 23. Since the earthquake I've had a lot of people ask me how they can help the Haitians. Below I have a list of supplies that we are collecting to take down. If you have access to any of these items, please let me know and we can figure out how I can get them from you. If you would rather donate money to help pay for getting these supplies down to Haiti, interpreters while we are there, transportation to and from clinics and orphanages, etc that would be great as well. Please don't feel obligated to any of this. I'm sure many of you have already donated to Haiti. I just wanted to make sure that you were aware of this opportunity. Thanks for your love and support.

Medical Equipment
Crutches, wheelchairs, walkers, canes
Crutch tips, crutch tips, crutch tips
Corner seats
Car seats
Braces, splints (usable)
Casting materials
Bandages,
Band-Aids, wound dressing supplies
Burn bandages, burn creams or ointments
Gauze, eye patches
Medical tape
Ace Wraps
Liquid Hand sanitizer

Medications (Cannot be expired!) And CANNOT be prescription
Multivitamins (adult and children’s)
Prenatal vitamins
Over-the-counter medications
Tylenol, Advil, Motrin, Ibuprofen (adult and childrens)
Antibiotic ointments
Cold medications
Hydrocortisone cream, benadryl cream, Caladril lotion
Powdered baby formula, protein powder
Zip lock baggies – small size and snack size
Office Supplies
Paper (lined, copy paper)
Pens, pencils, envelopes
Note books
Thumb tacks
Sticky notes
Paper clips, staplers and staples
Hanging files and folders
Medical chart folders
Sharpie type markers, highlighters, dry erase pens
Chalk, erasers

Misc. Items
Cloth diapers w/ pins or Velcro closures
Small hand tools
Small power tools
Screws, nails, staples
Pool supplies (bromine)
Pool float devices
Therapeutic Toys – BEACH BALLS,RHYTHM INSTUMENTS, SOFT BALLS