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"Welcome very lovingly, as coming from the hand of God, these little ones that he gives you.  Take good care of them and cherish them tenderly."      -Saint Jane de Chantal

It is time again to start collecting items for the 2010 Holiday Project!

*****Click here to email your interest in adopting a child for this year's stocking project*****

Help Wanted :
We have committed to sending items for 200 children this year ! This is more than twice the amount we sent last year to Liberia. 

What are the needs ? 
We need volunteers to either adopt a child (approx $20 committment), volunteers to donate items to be included in the shipment or volunteers to donate money to be used towards the shipment of the items.

How Can You Help?  

1. Email and express interest in supporting the project (click link above)

2. Committ to adopting a child (approx $20/child)

3. Donate any items on the needs list (see below)

4. Send any amount of cash/check/visa to: PO BOX 21555 Columbia Heights, MN 555421

5. Email or call Kristin with any questions - 612.387.2917  kristin@onebyoneinternational.org

6. Pray for the success of this project and the safe arrival to the children in Grand Gedeh, Liberia!

               

NEEDS :

Bar Soap/Soap Case

Shampoo/Conditioner(small sizes)

Color Crayons/Pencils

Dice/Playing Cards

Bubbles/Gum

Coloring Books/Art projects

Hair Accessories

Small Face Towels

Soccer or basketballs (deflated w/ pumps)

Beads (for hair) and African/Ethnic Hair products

Hair Spray/Fem. Products

Deodorant/Kleenex

First Aid Kits

Flashlights

Umbrellas/Ponchos

School Supplies/Backpacks

Small totes/purses

Make up/Jewlery

Wrist watches/stickers

Nutrition Bars

Bibles/Faith materials

Bandanas/Toothpaste

Sunglasses/Puzzles

Lotion (small sizes)

Christmas Gifts arrive in Liberia!

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Thank you to the following for searching and donating Xmas stockings for the upcoming 2010 project and taking advantage of the after holiday sales! Many thanks to: Lorraine, Audrey, Jim, Robin, Kristin and Nancy.  

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Jim Vachuska (Community Outreach and Fundraising) packing barrells on day of pick up 2009

Christmas Barrells on the way to Liberia! We sent 90 kids packages this last weekend but still need financial support.

If you are interested in adopting a child (or children) this year for the stocking project, please click here to email your interest.

We reached our goal of 64 stockings in 2008 and this year we surpassed our goal of 75 kids and sent 90 packages !

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Annual Holiday Project FAQ's

Project Details:

You will be assigned a child by name, age, gender and whether or not the child is in school.

The children who are in school will receive their stocking in a back pack. 

If your child is in school you may choose whether or not to provide a back pack. OneByOne has received some backpack donations, but are grateful for any additional donations of back packs. We are requesting each stocking contain the following:

Toothbrush/Toothpaste/Case

Bar Soap/Soap Case

Face Towel

$5 to help cover shipping costs 

Then, a few other things of your choice (some ideas are: crayons, pencils, deck of cards, gum, ruler, markers, stickers, flashlight, protein bars and anything that glows in the dark Laughing )

The goal is to have 5 essential items and 5 fun items costing around $10 per stocking + the shipping donation.  If you are unable to locate a stocking because of the time of year, we do have extra stockings purchased last year in preparation for this unique challenge!

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Photo: shipping 2008 stockings to Liberia

Click here to view photos of children receiving their stockings !

Other Suggestions for stocking items:

* Art Supplies
* Toys                                  * Mirror
* Shampoo/Conditioner          * deodorant
* Pencils                               * razors/gel
* School supplies                   * Dolls
* Crayons/color books            * Perfume
* Hair accessories                  * Bath towels
* Brush/Comb                       * jewelry
* Batteries                            * Footwear (flip flops)
* Clothing                             * Vitamins
* Bibles                                * Feminine products
* Books                                * underwear
* lotion

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