Material donations are requested by LCMS partners MISSION: HAITI, Lutheran Church Charities, and Orphan Grain Train for shipment to Haiti in response to the Jan. 12 earthquake. LCMS World Relief and Human Care will assist these Lutheran partners with overseas shipping charges.

MISSION: HAITI

On Tuesday, MISSION: HAITI, Inc., sent three 40-foot shipping containers on their way to Port-au-Prince. An estimated seven more containers will be loaded with donated supplies and sent by boat to Port-au-Prince in the coming days and weeks.

Helen Roenfeldt, treasurer with MISSION: HAITI, oversees the material goods efforts at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Davie, Fla. She says the outpouring of care and concern from all over the country has "just been amazing." Churches in Texas, Michigan, Ohio, and California have sent full semi-trucks of supplies. Roenfeldt even received three packages from missionaries in Taiwan.

On Wednesday, more than 1,000 boxes filled the Gloria Dei church sanctuary, hallways, and fellowship hall. Volunteers from "every age range" and four or five different congregations sorted the items for shipment.

MISSION: HAITI partner, Cross International will handle the shipping to Port-au-Prince and distribution , working closely with Lutheran pastors in Haiti.

Requested items:
Hygiene and medicinal items must be new and un-opened.

• Bottled water
• Canned food with pop tops (meat and fish particularly needed)
• Peanut butter
• Dry rice
• Dry beans
• Dishwashing liquid
• Bedding (sheets, pillows, etc.)
• Shovels and tools for rebuilding
• Buckets
• Antibacterial ointment
• Band aids
• Washcloths
• Soap
• Deodorant
• individual packets of disinfectant wipes
• Tooth brushes
• Tooth paste
• Band-aids
• First aid ointment
• Hand-sanitizing gel
• Infant formula
• Vitamins
• Tents (2-4 person capacity)
• Please note: clothing is no longer being accepted.

Ship to:

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
7601 SW 39th St.
Davie, FL 33328
954-475-0683

St. Paul Lutheran Church
701 West Palmetto Park Rd.
Boca Raton, FL 33486
561-395-0433

Lutheran Church Charities

Lutheran Church Charities (LCC) is also collecting items until Sunday, Jan. 31 to send to MISSION: HAITI. Dcs. Dianna Bonfield, volunteer coordinator with LCC said the response from area churches, schools, and corporations has been "tremendous."

Volunteers have also signed-up to sort and package the donations onto palettes for easy transport. Bonfield said at least one group from northern Iowa planned to spend a week volunteering in the warehouse. LCC anticipates filling three semi-trucks with the items.

There are 25 collection sites in Illinois, Michigan, Arkansas, and New York accepting items. For a list of requested items, shipping instructions, and collection sites visit http://tinyurl.com/ya958u2.

For more information about LCC, visit www.lutheranchurchcharities.org.

Orphan Grain Train

Orphan Grain Train (OGT) is shipping its first container Friday to Haiti, filled with more than 200,000 "Kids Against Hunger" meals. In the future weeks and months, OGT is prepared to ship additional containers.

"This is going to be a developing thing," said Richard Jostes, director of development with OGT, speaking to the long-term nature of relief efforts in Haiti.

Requested items:

• One OGT site is now accepting new, or gently used, summer clothing. (Please note: winter-weight clothing is not needed.)

Ship to:

International Office, OGT
606 W. Phillip Ave.
Norfolk, NE 68702-1466
(402) 371-7393
email@ogt.org

For more information about OGT, visit www.ogt.org.

On behalf of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, LCMS World Relief and Human Care (the mercy arm of the LCMS) is working cooperatively with LCMS World Mission (the mission sending arm of the LCMS), LCMS congregations and districts, and U.S. and international partners to provide immediate and long-term relief for the people of Haiti and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti. For a full view of LCMS response efforts in Haiti visit www.lcms.org/ca/worldrelief/dnews.

Financial donations are also urgently required for the long-term Lutheran response in Haiti. To make a gift, click the Give Now button below, call toll-free 888-930-4438, or mail checks marked "Haiti Earthquake Relief" to LCMS World Relief and Human Care, P.O. Box 66861, St. Louis, MO 63166-6861.