Toys

Balls, Cars/Trucks, Dolls/Clothing, Dominoes, Flutes, Hair Bows/Barrettes, Hand-held Games, Harmonicas, Jacks, Jump Ropes, Kites & String, Magic Slates, Marbles, Modeling Clay, Play Dishes, Puzzles, Soccer Balls, Wallets, Watches

School Items

Book bag, Chalk & Chalkboard (small), Colored Pencils, Coloring Books, Crayons, English/French Dictionary, English/Spanish Dictionary, Erasers, Flash Cards, Glue, Lunch Boxes, Markers, Notebooks, Pencil Sharpeners, Pencils, Pens, Plastic bowl & lid for lunch (large), Rulers, Scissors, Tablespoon (large) for lunch, Water Paints

Miscellaneous

Canned Meat (small), Clothing (details below), Granola Bars, Hair Brushes, Jewelry (pierced ears), Mirrors, Nutritious Snacks, Peanut Butter, Perfumes & Powders, Raisins (sun-dried), Sewing Kits (small), Soap (antibacterial), Stationery (small), Shower Caps, T-Shirts (Christian themes), Toothbrush & Paste, Twin sheet set & mattress cover, Vitamins (children & infant)

*Include extra batteries for toys requiring batteries.

Clothing

All types of summer clothing are needed, including shoes, socks and underwear. A "rule of thumb" is to buy the same size as the child's age until they reach the age of 15. Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to request a measurement of your child. Please remember, it is summer YEAR-ROUND in both Haiti and Honduras. Also, girls do not wear slacks or shorts.

Gifts not accepted:

• Liquids, such as shampoo, bubble blow, etc.
• Toy weapons or toys of violent nature (guns, knives, etc)
• Combustible items, lighters, matches, explosives of any type.
• Chocolate of any type
• Pillows
• "Pop top" type cans of meat, etc. ("Pop tops" can explode soiling or destroying the gifts)
• Books or games that require English to play or read (the children do not speak English). For Honduras books in Spanish; for Haiti, in French or  their language of Creole (which are hard to find!).  Books & games need to be non-violent, educational or spiritually enriching and wholesome in their content.