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District
7 Help Overseas |
Guidelines for
Overseas Service Organisers
This is not a comprehensive list, it is here to
help and guide you through some of the projects supported by District 7.
Your District Overseas Service Chairman very
much enjoys visiting Clubs and supporting overseas charity events so if you are
holding an Overseas event please send her an invitation and she will be pleased
to attend if she can. If you have an
event please forward her the charity leaflets which are then kept in a file for
information. This file is brought to
District meetings for everyone to have a look at.
Inner Wheel only supports registered
charities. If you are not sure you can
check with the Charity Commission on Tel. 087 0333 0123. If you have access to the Internet this is a
valuable source of information.
Alternatively contact your District Overseas Service Chairman to see if
she has any information on file.
International Inner
Wheel Charity until June 2009 is ‘Global Education for girls’ via UNICEF
Association Overseas
Service Charity is BORN
FREE
District 7 Overseas
Service Charity is MERCY SHIPS
Cheques for the District Overseas Charity
should be made payable to ‘District 7 Inner Wheel Committee with the name of
the Charity on the back and sent to either the District Overseas Service
Chairman or the District Treasurer (addresses in the District Directory).
Items you can collect:
Used spectacles are collected by most High
Street Opticians and after grading etc are sent to projects overseas. They do not require the cases. Please keep a record of how many you
collect.
Used stamps are collected for the Leprosy
Mission which has an office in our District in
Printer cartridges can be collected and the
money raised sent to Overseas Projects.
Contact Reclaim-it Ltd.,
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Suggested
Contents of Baby Bundles For Babies 1 – 12 months |
2
Vests, 1 Babygrow 4 Nappies 1 Bonnet 1
Matinee Coat 1 pr Socks or
Booties
2
Cot sheets – hemmed if cut down 1
Towel – bath size if possible 1 Bar of
Soap 1
Sponge
1
Vaseline or “Bottom Cream” 4
Nappy Pins 1
Blanket 36” x 36” approx.
Please
note that nothing need be new, please include some colours. Blankets may be made from knitted squares or
crocheted or cut down from old soft blankets.
This list is for guidance only – there is no right or wrong – for a
Mother with nothing for her baby a baby bundle is a wonderful gift.
To
put it together, first lay out the open blanket, place the towel open on top of
it and then place the other items in a neat pile in the centre. Fold first the towel around the pile, and
then the blanket. Secure with the 4
nappy pins to make the finished BABY BUNDLE. Thank you……
I
am happy to collect at District Meetings or on Club visits
Pat
Cole
Overseas
Service Chairman
07764
156074
01480
431574
pat@patcole.co.uk
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Joy Bags Our aim is to send something “extra special” as a small treat for the ladies of the third world. The bag can be any practical shape or size. A draw-string bag, old handbag or similar would be suitable |
The Contents
Anything to spoil our ladies in need overseas!
Soap Perfume Pants Face Flannel Teabags Pens Comb Shampoo
Towel Toothbrush Hankies Polo
mints Ring Tights Scarf Toothpaste
Makeup Talc Biro Bracelets Brush Sewing
kit Necklace Clips
Pins Tissues Brooch Note
pad Ribbon Sanitary
towels but do use your
imagination
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Toy Bags For children 3 – 12 years |
Ball,
small toy, handkerchief, ribbon balloon, very easy colouring book, some sharpened
colour pencils, easy puzzle, small rag or knitted doll, toothpaste and a
child’s toothbrush.
These
should be put in a material bag similar in size to the joy bag – approx 8” x
12” or 10” x 15” which can be closed so that its precious contents may be kept
safe. The Toy Bag could well be a
child’s only personal possession!
