Specific Requests and What is Needed: You can be a tremendous help!

¤ Your funds and donated materials go a long way in Honduras.¤  

We are especially interested in collecting the following:

1) Over the counter meds: These can be generic and store brands, they don't have to be name brands.
Examples ~~ children's chewable vitamins (not the gummy bear kind because they melt in the heat and stick together);
adult and pre-natal women's vitamins;

various cough/cold medicines in infant, child and adult;

and ibuprofen and acetominophen (Tylenol) for pain relief, again in infant, child, and adult;

Pepto Bismol tablets, lice shampoo, anti-diarrhea meds;

cortisone creams and neosporin-type ointments are also much appreciated;

also, any unopened gauze pad dressings and bandaids.

2) Used summer-weight clothing and sandals/flip-flops/sneakers--infant to adult sizes.

3)School supplies--notebooks, pencils, pens, crayons.

4)Toiletries, like the little ones that people may have from staying in a hotel,

bars of soap, and basic skin creams of any kind.

5) Sometimes doctors' offices will give samples of prescription meds

or someone may know a pharmacy rep who may be able to part with medicine that is not expired.

¤ We collect goods all year long! ¤

We also appreciate gifts such as:

¤Unassigned donations of money, to be spent where the need is the greatest.... or

¤An entire year of school supplies for a child: $25.     ¤A year's supply of fluoride for a school of 400 children for an entire year: $50.

¤A prosthetic device following the amputation of a child's leg: $500.     ¤A pharmaceutical pack with medications to help 700 people: $400.

¤4 gurneys for patients in clinics: $200.     ¤A root canal for a person: $60.     ¤A wheelchair for a child: $100.  

¤Used sewing machines, including home and industrial styles and both electric and foot-pedal driven.     ¤Sergers, specialized sewing machines.

¤Lengths of fabric, any color, any material.  ¤Spools of thread, large and small; bobbins;  ¤Buttons, snaps, zippers, scissors, ribbons, needles, pins.

 

¤Yarn, all kinds, all colors; knitting needles and crochet hooks.      

 

¤Toothbrushes, toothpastes, and dental floss; especially in children's sizes.

 

WE HAVE A SPECIAL NEED FOR SPONSORS FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS WHO WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO COME AND DONATE THEIR TIME, BUT CANNOT AFFORD THE COST OF: 

    AIRFARE @ $650            

    OR            

  ROOM AND BOARD @ $650.           

                        EACH MEDICAL STUDENT AND STUDENT NURSE WILL SEE HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS;                         

           ALL WE NEED TO DO IS GET THEM THERE AND HOUSE THEM FOR THEIR WEEK'S STAY IN HONDURAS.               

      IF YOU CAN HELP SPONSOR A MEDICAL STUDENT OR STUDENT NURSE,            

       PLEASE CONSIDER SENDING A tax-deductible DONATION to:

 

Little Friends International

3 Southbridge

Cromwell, CT 06416

 

 WE, and the children, WILL BE DEEPLY GRATEFUL!