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From Durham District Office, July
29, 2008:
SOS! Flood Buckets are still needed at M.E.R.C.I.
Center!!
Bud Budzinski, Conference Disaster Response Consultant,
picked up and delivered the last flood buckets that you gave, and M.E.R.C.I.
already has shipped these out. More flood buckets are needed!!
The last flood bucket drive produced the following:
* Person County churches: 31 buckets
* Durham County churches: 41 buckets
* Vance County churches gave money to buy flood bucket
supplies. * Granville County churches did
zero. Come on, Granville County churches, we can do better than that!!
Bud Budzinski will be picking up flood buckets from the
following locations on August 28 or 29th. Let's really work on this and have
lots of flood buckets ready for pick-up!! Flood buckets should be at the
drop-off location prior to Aug. 28! (See drop-off info below and flood
bucket contents list.)
DROP-OFF LOCATIONS FOR FLOOD BUCKETS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Durham County: Aldersgate UMC, 1320 Umstead Rd., Durham NC 27712.
Please call 919-477-0509 to arrange a time for dropping off flood buckets.
Person County: Salem UMC, 535 Salem Church Rd., Hurdle Mills, NC
27541. Please call 252-432-2810 to arrange a time for dropping off flood
buckets.
Granville County: Oxford UMC, 105 West McClanahan St., Oxford,
NC 27565. Please call 919-693-4091 to arrange a time for dropping off flood
buckets.
Vance County: Plank Chapel UMC, 3047 Bobbit Rd., Kittrell, NC 27544.
Call 252-438-6080 or mobile 252-425-4906 to arrange time to drop off flood
buckets.
FROM THE MERCI WEBSITE:
UMCOR Clean-up Kits / Flood Bucket
5-gal. bucket with re-sealable lid
Bleach-approx. 50 oz. +/- (do not include bleach if you are shipping the
bucket through the US postal service, UPS, or FedEx)
5 scouring pads
1 scrub brush
7 sponges - assorted sizes
18 cleaning towels (reusable wipes)
1 Liquid laundry detergent - two 25 oz. or one 50 oz. bottle
1 Household cleaner - 12-16 oz. bottle
Disinfectant dish soap - 16-28 oz. bottle
50 clothes pins
Clothesline - two 50 ft. or one 100 ft.
Dust masks - one 5-pk.
2 pair latex gloves or non-latex kitchen gloves
1 pair work gloves
24-bag roll of heavy-duty trash bags (33-45 gallon)
Insect repellant spray- 6-14 oz. can
Air freshener -8 or 9 oz.
$5 for shipping
Please purchase all liquids in plastic bottles.
Be sure to send all new materials that are unopened. Put all items in
the plastic bucket and seal lid.
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