BUCKETS FOR FLOOD CLEANUP WORK

Church World Service is distributing clean up buckets out of Indianapolis -- they do not need to ship to New Windsor, Maryland. The 'recipe' for clean up buckets is provided below. Church World Service has put out urgent requests for clean up buckets to be provided to Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and points flooding along the Mississippi. They were short on buckets before this latest round of flooding started. See the information provided below.

Keep praying for those affected and those responding.

Emergency Clean-up Buckets

Collection point in Indiana is: Penn Products Warehouse, 6075 Lakeside Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46278; 317-388-8580 ext. 298. Drop-off is between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. For more information contact the office of CWS at Elkhart, Ind., at 574-264-3102. Go to http://www.churchworldservice.org/kits/cleanup-kits.html

These supplies enable people to begin the overwhelming job of cleaning up after a flood, hurricane, tornado, or other disaster here in the United States.

To assemble an Emergency Clean-up Bucket you will need:

• One five-gallon bucket with resealable lid
  
• Five scouring pads; Seven sponges, assorted sizes
  
• One scrub brush; Eighteen cleaning towels (reusable, like Easy Wipes®)
  
• One 50-78 oz. box dry laundry detergent
  
• One 12 oz. bottle of liquid concentrated household cleaner (like Lysol®)
  
• One 25 oz. bottle liquid disinfectant dish soap (like Dawn®)
  
• Fifty clothespins; Clothesline, two 50 ft. or one 100 ft.
  
• Five dust masks; Two pairs latex gloves (like Playtex®)
  
• One pair work gloves
  
• 24-bag roll of heavy-duty trash bags (33-45 gallon)
  
• One 6-14 oz. bottle of insect repellent (drops or lotion, not aerosol)

Please purchase all liquids in plastic bottles. Be sure to send only new, unopened materials. Put all items in the plastic bucket, making sure they are packed securely to avoid damage during shipment, and seal lid with packing tape. Place each Bucket in a separate box.

Clean-up Bucket value: $50
Processing/Shipping Cost: $3 per Bucket
Carolyn Sweeney Trier, District Disaster Coordinator