"HAITI RELIEF EFFORT" UMCOR is encouraging church members to collect health kits for distribution in Haiti. "For people who are feeling powerless in being able to help those in Haiti, providing health kits is a tangible way they can make an immediate difference," said Kathy Kraiza, director of UMCOR's relief supplies. She estimates that hundreds of thousands of kits will be needed in the days and months ahead. ThE! kits, valued at about $12 per kit, contain everything from towels and washcloths to sterile bandages and bar soap. They will be distributed to those who have been forced to leave their homes as a result of the recent disaster. For individuals or groups that want to contribute basic necessities, UMCOR requests that the following NEW items be placed in a sealed one-gallon plastic bag. Drop off as many of the following items as you wish to Centenary. The Mission Committee and/or the UMW will assemble the kits once enough supplies have come in.         1 hand towel (15" x 25" up to 17" x 27". No kitchen towels. 1 washcloth         1 comb (large and sturdy, not pocket-sized)         1 nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toenail clippers)         1 bath-size bar of soap (3 oz. and up)         1 toothbrush (single brushes only in original wrapper, no child-size brushes)         6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages         $1.00 to purchase toothpaste (NOTE: Toothpaste is purchased in bulk to be added to health kits to ensure that the product does not expire before they are sent.) Because the emergency kits are carefully planned to make them usable in the greatest number of situations and strict rules govern product entry into international countries, UMCOR requires that the kits contain only the requested items - nothing more.Gifts to support UMCOR's Haiti Relief efforts can be made to Haiti Emergency, UMCOR Advance #418325. Checks can be made to UMCOR with "Advance #418325 Haiti Emergency" in the memo line. Checks can be put in the church's offering plate or mailed to: UMCOR, P.O. Box 9068, New York, NY 10087. The entire amount of each gift will be used' to help the people of Haiti. A Couple from Avoca Tim and Cindy Peterson are in Haiti, to view thier experiences click on the following link.                                                         www.timandcindypeterson.blogspot.com