LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF
School Kits, Personal Care Kits, Fabric Kits, Baby Care Kits, Mission Quilts, Fleece Tied Blankets, soap and more…..are small gestures with a Spirit-inspired impact. Women of the ELCA’s annual contributions make us part of Lutheran World Relief’s broad focus: a world where all people live in justice, dignity, and peace….working to end poverty, injustice and human suffering. Through participating in LWR Quilt & Kit Ministry, we put our faith into action, stretching hearts and hands across the ocean to people in need.
Information on the contents of and packing instructions for all kits may be found on the LWR website (www.lwr.org). A printed copy of the updated brochure is available by phone at 800.597.5972. The website also has a page summarizing where our various contributions were distributed last year. Do you want to know where your quilts and kits go? Go onto the LWR website www.lwr.org/tracker and learn how to barcode your boxes! Follow the journey of your gifts of love as they make their way around the world.
Be creative! Challenge circles and Sunday School classes to compete to donate the most of one kind of kit or soap, schedule “assembly days” for fun and fellowship to put kits together, distribute empty school bags to the congregation with a list of needed contents, share quilt & kit shopping lists with friends, civic clubs and other organizations, ask about the possibility of merchant discounts for bulk supplies.
Reminders about details
Quilt & Kit Shipping Fund
Contributing toward shipping may be a simpler way for some women to participate. Estimated costs of shipping a single kit range from $1.00 (fabric kit) to $2.65 (personal care kit). Shipping for one 18-pound carton of soap is $11.60. Checks should be made payable to Southeastern Synod Women of the ELCA with a notation in the memo line “LWR-Quilt & Kit Shipping Fund”. Send your contribution to our synodical treasurer,
Additional ways to support LWR Goals
Other options are to purchase and share information about LWR Fair Trade coffee and chocolate or items available through the handicraft project. Details about each of these opportunities are on the website.
- Quilts, Personal Care Kits, and School Kits are the most needed;
- Soap should be bath size (4-5 oz) and must be in its original wrapper;
- Each type of kit or quilts must be boxed separately and clearly labeled;
- Maximum weight per box is 40 pounds…..less is better for spinal health;
- Absolutely no plastic or paper bags;
- Your church’s donations (delivered to a collection site) must include a copy of the 2017 Reporting Form
- Quilt & Kit In-gatherings will be held on August 23 and 24, 2019 at 7 locations throughout the synod
Quilt & Kit Shipping Fund
Contributing toward shipping may be a simpler way for some women to participate. Estimated costs of shipping a single kit range from $1.00 (fabric kit) to $2.65 (personal care kit). Shipping for one 18-pound carton of soap is $11.60. Checks should be made payable to Southeastern Synod Women of the ELCA with a notation in the memo line “LWR-Quilt & Kit Shipping Fund”. Send your contribution to our synodical treasurer,
Additional ways to support LWR Goals
Other options are to purchase and share information about LWR Fair Trade coffee and chocolate or items available through the handicraft project. Details about each of these opportunities are on the website.
2019 LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF COLLECTION
by Janice Hawkins
It was another great year for the Lutheran World Relief Quilt and Kit Ministry in the Southeastern Synod! Our Ingatherings were held on August 23 and 24 in seven locations around the synod. Thank you to all our site coordinators - Tommie Morgan and Eileen Becker in Daphne, AL; Kathryn Waters and Ann Scholl in Birmingham, AL; Rhonda Gaede in Madison, Al; Sandy Gibson and Marty Hendrix in Rincon, GA; Joni Donegan in Franklin, TN; May Jane Gray and Barbara Richards in Greeneville, TN; and my team in Lilburn GA.
The total weight loaded onto our trucks was 38,030 pounds. We had 75 churches participate and 16 of those were not Southeastern Synod congregations.
Total items collected were:
Quilts 4236
Fleece-tied Blankets 160
Personal Care Kits 3261
School Kits 3793
Baby Care Kits 790
Fabric Kits 89
Soap 4073 lbs
Even if you don't have a quilting group or a "Soap Sunday" in your congregation, you can participate by sending a donation to help with the shipping cost of the items collected. Just mail your donations to our synodical treasurer, Karen Andrews, 950 Eagles Landing Pkwy, Suite 617, Stockbridge, GA 30281. Please write Quilt and Kit Shipping on the memo line of your check.
Approximate cost to deliver items overseas:
1 Quilt $2.25
1 Fleece-tied Blanket $2.25
1 Personal Care Kit $2.65
1 School Kit $1.40
1 Baby Care Kit $1.30
1 Fabric Kit $1.00
1 18lb Carton of Soap $11.00
I would like to encourage you all to continue to make quilts and kits, and donate soap or send donations to help with shipping costs. We are in the midst of the worst refugee crisis in modern history. We are also hearing in the new about all the natural disasters occurring and those who need our donations and help in those situations. Children are particularly effected in most of these areas so that school and baby care kits are in great demand.
The total weight loaded onto our trucks was 38,030 pounds. We had 75 churches participate and 16 of those were not Southeastern Synod congregations.
Total items collected were:
Quilts 4236
Fleece-tied Blankets 160
Personal Care Kits 3261
School Kits 3793
Baby Care Kits 790
Fabric Kits 89
Soap 4073 lbs
Even if you don't have a quilting group or a "Soap Sunday" in your congregation, you can participate by sending a donation to help with the shipping cost of the items collected. Just mail your donations to our synodical treasurer, Karen Andrews, 950 Eagles Landing Pkwy, Suite 617, Stockbridge, GA 30281. Please write Quilt and Kit Shipping on the memo line of your check.
Approximate cost to deliver items overseas:
1 Quilt $2.25
1 Fleece-tied Blanket $2.25
1 Personal Care Kit $2.65
1 School Kit $1.40
1 Baby Care Kit $1.30
1 Fabric Kit $1.00
1 18lb Carton of Soap $11.00
I would like to encourage you all to continue to make quilts and kits, and donate soap or send donations to help with shipping costs. We are in the midst of the worst refugee crisis in modern history. We are also hearing in the new about all the natural disasters occurring and those who need our donations and help in those situations. Children are particularly effected in most of these areas so that school and baby care kits are in great demand.
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