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Most Needed Supplies
May– Recess Toys
Your supply collections help Common Hope to provide opportunities for students and families in Guatemala while saving thousands of dollars that can be directed toward other pressing program needs, like medicine, roofing materials, and textbooks. Thank you!
Please contact our office at (651) 917-0917 or info@commonhope.org for more information about collecting or delivering any items to our office.
| 2010 Needs of the Month |
| January |
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste (full-size)
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| February |
Hats, gloves/mittens, scarves
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| March |
Shampoo/lotion
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| April |
Blankets
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| May |
Recess toys: jump ropes, soccer balls, sidewalk chalk, etc
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| June |
Full sized bars of soap, hand towels and wash cloths
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| July |
Teacher supplies & classroom incentives: white board markers, masking tape, construction paper/stickers, small craft kits, bouncy balls, etc
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| August & September |
School supplies: black, blue and red pens, pencils, erasers, sharpeners, glue bottles,12-pack colored pencils, children's scissors, rulers, watercolors, scientific calculators, compasses, protractors (no notebooks, please)
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| October |
Children's Spanish books
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| November |
Board and learning games in Spanish (jigsaw puzzles, dominos, Legos, Scrabble, Chutes (Snakes) and Ladders, checkers, memory games, etc.)
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| December |
Beanie babies
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Needed Supplies
| School Supplies |
Quantity Needed |
| Wooden colored pencils (12 packs) |
2,700 boxes |
| Scissors (child size) |
2,700 |
| Scissors (adult size) |
56 |
| Metric rulers |
2,700 |
| Calculators (scientific) |
2,700 |
| Compasses |
2,700 |
| Tape (scotch, masking, packing, duct) |
ongoing |
| Pencil sharpeners |
2,700 |
| Paper (for printers, copiers, drawing) |
ongoing |
| File folders |
ongoing |
| Children's books (in Spanish) |
1,500 |
| Simple toys, games & puzzles (in Spanish) |
ongoing |
| Blue pens |
2,700 |
| Black pens |
2,700 |
| Red pens |
2,700 |
| pencils (packs) |
2,700 |
| erasers |
2,700 |
| glue sticks |
2,700 |
| Elmer's glue (white glue) |
2,700 |
| protractors |
2,700 |
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See our list & print one out from the website for school supplies available at Target.
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Toiletries
| Toiletries |
Quantity |
| Dental floss |
2,400 |
| Toothpaste (6oz) |
2,400 |
| Toothbrushes (adult) |
2,400 |
| Bath towels |
160 |
| Wash Cloths |
160 |
| Small Soap |
160 |
| Small Shampoo |
160 |
| Infant Gifts |
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| Disposable Diapers (varying sizes) |
3,000 |
| Diaper Pins |
300 |
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Medical items
If you have a medical supply donation, please contact Kathie Amble at kathiea@us.commonhope.org to see if it is something we can use.
Medical items we cannot accept
- narcotics: pills, patches, injectable solutions, oral solutions
- pre-filled syringes with saline, heparin
- bottles of normal saline used to mix medications in syringes
- bags of IV fluids
- bottles of alcohol or hydrogen peroxide
- expired medications of all types
- unexpired medications that have been opened & partially used
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