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, 602 Sterling Street, Sedro Woolley, WA 98284 ATTN: Terri Cannon
- ( Click here ) to download a simple Adobe Acrobat writable form that may be used
when taking donations over to Liberia or sending them to Terri, 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 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:
Updated 5/08
Please fill this form ( Click here ) when collecting/sending/brining donations for AOH. All recordkeeping for donations is done through the Acres of Hope West Coast office, please mail the form to
602 Sterling Street, Sedro Woolley, WA 98284, ATTN: Terri Cannon. Home Phone is 360-855-0618. Please also use this address for sending donations that will be shipped in a container.
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.
Also we are in desperate need of clothes for a few older girls sizes 10-12 dresses, skirts, shirts, underwear and starter bras also. We also need some size 8-10 clothes for a couple of boys we have. Underwear is needed for all girls 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)
Coffee
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
- Samaritan's Purse
- World Food Program
- Many churches of all denominations
- Gregg and Diane Krenz
- Michael and Kittye Kelley
- Charter Media
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