School Supplies for Iraqi Kids
Hello all,
After hearing the toll that the war in Iraq has been taking on our troops and on the Iraqi people, I felt compelled to do something positive for all of them. Steve (Hach) did a little research and found a group of soldiers who have been working with kids in a school in Baghdad. Apparently, they have school building, but no school supplies.
Steve and I have volunteered to put together some boxes of pencils, paper, crayons, etc., and mail it over there. We will be making individual packs in little bags, the same way your parents probably did for your first day of school. I would like to get them enough for an entire class of kids. A donation of $10 would buy one pack. Please help us to send something positive to Iraqi kids from the US and help boost the morale of our tired troops.
To donate to the school supplies fund, you can click on this link:
Thanks for your help.
In peace,
Levana
PS Here is the email from the Major who Steve talked with if you would rather send them something on your own:
Great! If you want to send some school supplies, this is, generically,
what
the kids need. This list is not exhaustive (please, feel free to use
your
imagination as well), but can be used as a starting point.
First, the basics:
Number 2 Pencils and pencil sharpeners
Pens (ball-point)
Tablets of Paper (spiral notebooks especially)
Folders and/or organizers
Rulers
Scissors (safety)
Crayons
Magic Markers
Construction Paper
Then, if you’re feeling fancy or expansive:
* Bookbags (Iraqi kids have now seen American television. They see our
kids
wearing bookbags.and want them too. Go figure.)
* Coloring Books
* Art kits (watercolor paints, etc)
* Science projects (should be simple, although most science teachers
can
read some English here)
* Discarded (but working) computers.
* Calculators
Guiding principals should be to keep it simple, and it should not be
something needing translation. Also, and this should be obvious, but
nothing
with any religious overtones at all. If you really want to do it right,
buy
some one-gallon bags and package the supplies in batches (so that each
kid
can be given a bag with supplies all at once). That way we can walk
into a
classroom and hand out 30 bags to 30 kids all at one pop. You know the
deal,
if you’re going to chew gum in the classroom…you have to have enough
for
everyone. We try to make sure (with their teachers) that everyone gets
an
equal amount.
The person to send your donations to is:
SFC L. Wensink
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
MNSTC-I, J5
Baghdad, Iraq
APO AE 09316
SFC Wensink will be here for ten more months. Include a note with your
e-mail address so we can write back and thank you. Hopefully past that
point
we can set up something more direct to sustain the support for these
schools.
Thanks, and regards from Baghdad,
Bob Bateman
December 13th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
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