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Charitable Needs

"You have not lived a perfect day even though you have earned money unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you."

-- Helen Keller

Please see the Acres of Hope Projects page for more information about our humanitarian work and building projects.

You can help support Acres of Hope's ministry to the needy children of Liberia. Below you will find an itemized list of immediate needs. Please consider how God may be asking you to help the children of Liberia.

  • Sponsor Building Projects . The Village of Hope is a multi-generational self-sustaining community of hope.  It will enhance the lives of Liberians from newborns to octogenarians.  The Bridge of Hope Center is a new multi-use facility that will include an emergency placement transitional care center for abandoned children and also house a medical clinic, expandable orphanage space, guest rooms, and missionary housing.
  • Sponsor Orphan Relief . Each container we send to Africa is filled with daily necessities and supplies for our projects OR food for the children . The approximate total cost to ship just one container from the US to Liberia is $8000.
  • Sponsor Community Development .  Donations can help build schools and wells, train teachers or medical staff, prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and the accidental ingestion of caustic soda solutions.
  • Donate Items to Support the Ministry .  You may take these with you when you travel or send them to other families who are traveling.  Feel free to print the list below for your convenience.  If you have items you would like to donate and are not traveling soon, please send them to: Acres of Hope, 29525 Four Corners Store Road, Mason, Wisconsin 54856.
  • ( Click here ) to download a simple Adobe Acrobat writable form that may be used when taking donations over to Liberia or sending them to AOH, that outlines briefly what you have given, and the cost you have spent.
  • "Due to new import restrictions on clothing, we are restricted to sending only children's clothing, size 12 months to 5 T.
    Also please do not send socks, jackets, sleeper pj's, long pants, long sleeve shirts, or sweatshirts, or any other warm weather type clothing. These are not weather appropriate for Liberia. You may still send cloth diapers, and all other items on our donations list."

CURRENT ORPHANAGE/GUESTHOUSE NEEDS:

Please fill this form ( Click here ) when collecting/sending/brining donations for AOH.


VERY URGENT NEEDS FOR THOSE WHO ARE TRAVELING

*These would be for those traveling over and bringing donations in their suitcase

Carnation Instant drink packets (any flavor) For Caustic Ingestion kids
This is a very urgent need.

Underwear is needed for all girls and boy sizes. We also need backpacks for escorting and hospital admissions.

REGULAR ONGOING NEEDS LIST

Pedialite packets (little individual serving pouches you add to water). We need a LOT of these to help battle dehydration caused by malaria and diarrhea.

Cloth diapers

Crib sheets

Twin sheets

Pierced earrings-for the girls-not dangling type.

Light weight baby carrier-the kind you wear

Bottle nipples stages 1 to 3

2 or more collapsible infant seats

Clothing - summer type-no sweatshirts, sweatsuits, blanket sleepers, or long pants/jeans. Sizes 12 months to 5 T. Boy and girl items needed. Sundresses/skirts preferred for girls, shorts and T's for boys. Plus underwear for both.

Very lightweight summer pajamas are also needed.

Shoes in all sizes/flip flops

THINGS WE CAN ALWAYS USE:

Regular baby bottles (not the kind you put the plastic liner in)

Bulb syringes (large & small)

Toothbrushes/Toothpaste

Pacifiers (various kinds)

Hand towels

Bath towels

Infant and children's vitamins

Misc. over the counter medicines and ointments (Tylenol, liquid and tablets, Motrin, Naproxen, Benadryl, anti fungal oint, antibiotic oint, anti itch cream, etc.)

Safety Pins.

Barbeque lighter (for lighting gas stove)

DVD Player

Heavy Duty hand can opener

Rice cooker 15-20 cup

10 flat mattress bed covers / plastic (not fitted) Twin, double , Queen, and King

5 Queen Size sheet sets

Drawing paper for kids

Coloring books

DVD's children and adult (Christian)

Plastic-glass looking glasses

plastic plates (large & small size)

Tupperware with lids of all sizes (gently used in great condition is ok)

Crystal lite – various flavors

Dry Sauce mixes (mushroom, veggie, onion, chicken, beef, etc. any)

plastic hangers

No stick metal baking dishes (cookie sheet, bread pans, and various sizes, (new or gently used)

Dried –apple, bananas, etc. fruit & nuts.

C and D Batteries

Reg- Liquid and waterless hand soap, may be in large bottle (we have dispensers)

Instant oatmeal packets, various kinds

Extra pull-ups in various sizes (incase of lost luggage.)

Hot chocolate packets

Vegetable seeds- melons,cucumbers-burpless,corn,tomatoes,

Miracle grow fertilizer

RAINY SEASON NEEDS: May-Oct.

Rainy season makes it so we need about twice as many diapers and sheets as usual. Also, the clothes and the diapers do suffer a lot of wear and tear with the constant hand washing.
A lot of the diapers are falling apart. And the big kids especially go through their clothes very fast.

 

 

Friends and Partners of Acres of Hope

  • Many churches of all denominations
  • Many supportive individuals and families
  • Gregg and Diane Krenz
  • Michael and Kittye Kelley
  • Charter Media

 

 

 

 

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"In every community there is work to be done. In every nation there are wounds to heal. In every heart there is the power to do it."

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