BUILDING SCHOOL SUPPLY KITS:
While it is tempting to send boxes of random supplies, the most efficient and effective way to help Iraqi children is to create sets of our School Supply Kits, which will be distributed to each student. Each Kit contains basic, badly-needed items that can make a world of difference to a child heading to school. Assembling standardized Kits ensures that each child receives the same number of the most needed items, facilitates customs clearance, and relieves our volunteers and soldiers of the time-consuming and labor intensive process of sorting and allocating random donated items. Kits are wildly popular among Iraqis, who often request them.
Assemble each Kit according to the following list of items. Please enclose NO additional items, and be sure that all items are new and unused. Each Kit should contain:
 | One pair of blunt-end scissors |
| One 12-inch ruler with metric markings |
| 12 new pencils with erasers |
| One small pencil sharpener |
| One large eraser |
| One box of colored pencils (Crayons melt!) |
| One package of notebook paper |
| One composition book |
| Three folders with inside pockets |
| One zippered pencil bag |
| One 2-gallon size zipper seal plastic bag |
Place all items in the zipper seal bag and seal it.
Please use discretion in choosing
your supplies. Avoid items that are
religious, depict war or conflict, or are strongly gender or age specific.
Please be sensitive to the fact that you are sending items into a culture less
exposed to television and video games, and under emotional strain.
