Shady Grove United Methodist Church -- Mechanicsville
Friday, May 24, 2013
growing together

Missions Zone

The Missions Zone is the drop-off place for all missions requesting donations of items that are missions specific.  It is located on the first floor in the hall corridor which connects the Gym Building with the Education Building.
Below is a list of those items which are collected on an ongoing basis.  Other items are collected on an as needed basis and will be posted when needed.  For Kits for Conference info, click here.
Mission                              Items
CARITAS                              Travel size personal care items
Food Bank                            Non-perishable food items (for a complete list, click here.)
Hanover Head Start           Plastic school boxes, glue sticks, (16) crayons, children's scissors,
                                                #2 pencils, (8) washable markers, Black & White composition books
Honduras                              Eyeglasses
Kitty's Kids                           Box Tops for Education Labels
MCEF                                    Children's clothing
Pole Green Elementary     Campbells' Labels
Ronald McDonald House  Aluminum pull tops
UMW                                     Cancelled Stamps
Kits for Conference Information -- School and Health Kits for Conference

If you or your small group would like to help with school and health kits for Annual Conference, a list of contents for the kits can be downloaded here.(PDF)  Items can be delivered to the Missions Zone (first floor breezeway). The deadline for items is Sunday, June 2 to allow time for the kits to be packed. For more information, contact Cindy Lee at the church office (804) 746-9073 or by email cindylee@shadygroveumc.org.

IMPORTANT NOTES about the 2013 Virginia Conference Kits

1. All emergency kits are carefully planned to make them usable in the greatest number of situations. Since strict rules often govern product entry into international countries, it is important that kits contain only the requested items – nothing more.

2. DO NOT include any personal notes, money or additional material in the kits. These things must be painstakingly removed and will delay the shipment.