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Lutheran World Relief Kits
People affected by the earth-quake in Haiti have received a great deal of help from ELCA Disaster Response, and also from Lutheran World Relief. Imagine the need for the contents of a Health Kit if you were a resi-dent of Port Au Prince, for example. Wouldn’t it feel great just to be able to wash your face and brush your teeth every day? Hygiene is very important in preventing the spread of disease after a disaster such as this. A LWR Health Kit contains a hand towel, wash cloth, bar of soap, comb, toothbrush, metal nail file, and 6 band aids. On your next shopping trip, please consider purchasing the items to make one or more Health Kits. This is a great way to teach your children about helping others in a very tangible way. They can help choose the items for the kits, and look on-line at www.lwr.org to read stories and see pictures of the people who receive the items. Last year, our congregation sent 31 Health Kits, and the need
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