Casa Bernabe Needs List

January 28, 2008

 

GENERAL INFORMATION:

* There are very few people who wear adult large or extra-large.

*Some heavy items like shampoo and diapers can be purchased at about the same price in Guatemala. The same can be said for trash cans, laundry baskets, mirrors, curtain rods and pillows.

*Items that are best purchased in the U.S. include blankets, table cloths, sheets, fabric shower curtains, pajamas, some plastic ware and frames.

 

 

CASA NUEVO PACTO – boys ages 12-18

 

Always needed:

Sweatshirts (hoodies)

Socks and underwear/boxers

Forks and Spoons

Jeans/slacks - size 12-16 and/or men’s 26-30 waist

Shirts for dress and play

Dress and tennis shoes sizes 5-9

Snacks

Air fresheners

Towels

 

Special requests:

Large picnic table

20 plates and bowls – plastic (microwaveable)

Electric weed eater ($45 in Guatemala)

*Projects: need ventilation in bathrooms

 

 

CASA NUEVA ESPERANZA – boys 8-12, (staff kids: boys – 3 and 5yrs, girls – 3 and 14yrs)

 

Always needed:

Boy’s socks and underwear

Boy’s clothing and shoes, for play and church

 

Special requests:

Plastic plates, bowls, and glasses

Tennis shoes and dress shoes

Flip flops

Jeans and dress pants

Brooms

Trash cans

Blender

Iron

Ironing board

Plastic stools

Large Metal Pot

Pitchers

Machine for cutting hair

Curtains

Computer

Towels

Belts

Mirror for the bathroom

Coffee Maker

Bibles

 

*Projects:

Fix some closets/make some closets

Fix beds

Work on bathrooms

Paint the house

 

 

CASA LA PROMESA – girls ages 8-16

 

Always needed:

Bras for girls in sizes A, B, C 30-36, sports bras are good for the younger girls

Socks and underwear

Clothes/Jeans

Shoes size 2-8 (dress and tennis)

 

Special requests:

Hand Mixer/Beater

Toaster

Cookie Sheets/Cake pans (of different sizes but including large ones)

Spanish Bibles

Children’s novels and picture books in Spanish

Regular Webster’s Dictionary (Spanish Only)

Bathroom curtains

Sheets/Bedding for Double size bed

Pots for cooking (medium to large sauce pans)

Towels (Kitchen and Bath)

Snacks for the girls

 

*Projects:

 

 

CASA LAMAR – girls ages 8-18, (staff children: 3 girls and 2 boys)

 

Always needed:

Bras for girls in sizes 30-36, sports bras are good for the younger girls

Socks and underwear

Clothes/Jeans

Shoes size 2-7

 

Special Requests:

Sheets of the same color

Coffee maker

Blender

Toaster

Hand Mixer/Beater

Silverware

Glass cups

Snacks for the girls

Cake pans of different sizes

Large plastic containers for food

Dining room table (six-person)

Stools for dinner table

Table cloths for long tables, kitchen is a “cow motif”

Kitchen and bath towels

 

*Projects: Paint the house

 

 

 

CASA ALABANZA – girls ages 8-18, babies (staff children: girl – 4yrs, boys – 8 and 10yrs)

 

Always needed:

 Socks and underwear/boxers

Bras for girls in sizes 30-36, sports bras are good for the younger girls

Shoes size 2-7(especially tennis shoes)

Whole milk

Baby wipes

Diapers

 

Special requests:

Silverware

Plates

1 large pot for food from the kitchen

Pots, frying pans, Large Tupperware with lids

Table cloths for long tables (4)

Curtains and rod for kitchen

2 large trash cans, 2 small trash cans

Knife sharpener and kitchen knifes

*Projects: paint base for outdoor table; fix faucets in the bathrooms; fix window on the front of the house

 

 

CASA SAMUEL – boys and girls ages 5-9

 

Always needed:

Girls jeans sizes 6-10

Boys pants sizes 8-10, 14husky

Girls and Boys shoes size 11-3

Hair ties and accessories for girls

Tights and dressy socks for girls to wear with dresses

Jeans

 

Special requests:

Hand sanitizer

Full length mirror

Iron

Couches

Carpet

*Projects: Two large toy boxes; new living room couch sectional with storage unit; shelves in laundry room; door for closet one glass piece for window; wire lighting into a closet; light in girl’s bedroom

 

CASA DAVID – boys and girls ages 3-6

 

URGENT:

Girls clothes – size 2, 5 and 6

Undershirts for girls

Jeans – boys sizes 3, 4, 5

 

Always needed:

Underwear and socks for girls

Jeans – boys sizes 3, 4, 5, girls sizes 3-6

Boys’ socks and white undershirts – sizes 3-5

Snacks (especially needed for school break)

Milk

 

Special requests:

Furniture set or standard covers (preferable green or beige)

Educational and Christian videos and cassettes

Fabric to make Bed Sheets

Vaporizer and liquid vapor (maroon)

Hair Cutting Kit (clippers)

Girls Belts (6)

Heaters (3)

Warm pajamas

15 toddler size raincoats

Hooks for robes in the bathroom

*Projects: Big Shelf for toys and games (can be built here), mount an attached ladder to reach storage area; entertainment center (to buy or build), paint the house (green and brown)

Paint for the entire house

 

CASA DE LOS ANGELITOS – babies ages 0-3

 

URGENT: baby swings

 

Always needed:

Baby shampoo

Diapers: Newborn, 4 and 5

Diapers - Nighttime Powdered milk and baby cereal

Baby wipes

Air freshener/Lysol

Soy milk

Nan 1 and 2

Whole Milk

 

Special Requests:

Tupperware with lids – large size mostly

Industrial sized blender

“Big kid” silverware

Shower Curtain Liner

Curtains in blue

Sheets for the baby beds

King size sheets and blanket for house parents

3 plastic shower curtains

Toilet covers (blue and/or yellow

Large plastic toy wagon

Bikes

Snacks for the kids

Girls and boys belts

Towels

Couch and chairs

Baby swings

Glasses and cups for adults

Bottle Nipples (0-3 months and 3-6 months)

Shoes (sizes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 13 ½)

Undershirts 3-6 month and size 10

Rechargeable Batteries (D, AAA)

*Projects: Paint dining room, kitchen, living room, and laundry room

 

CASA DE LA FORTALEZA

 

URGENT: Washer and Dryer

 

Special Requests:

Gas stove

Garden Hose and sprayer

1 large beige rug for Berta’s apartment

 

FLORY’S APARTMENT

 

Dish Towels

Cleaning rags

Mops

Pans   

Socks white and grey for Mario and Benjamin

*Projects: shelves in bathroom; tile in bathroom; Paint the walls

 

SCHOOL

 

URGENT: Laser Printer and Photo copier

 

Always needed:

Construction and tissue paper

Paint – all types… finger paint, tempera, watercolor, etc…

Play-dough

Scissors (small, medium, large)

Folders

Computer paper

Construction paper

Crayons

Notebooks with lined paper

Graph paper

Glue, glue sticks, and tape (clear and masking)

Ink pens (red, blue, and black)

Whiteboard markers

Small prizes to award children

Craft supplies

Hole puncher

Stapler and Staples

Toner for printer (HP 5163A, HP DeskJet 710)

Cylinder for Xerox copier (XD155df)

Toner for copy machine (Xerox XD155df)

Internet sponsor at $10 per month (students need this for the summer reading program)

 

Special Requests:

Hot glue guns

Curtains

Microwave

Geometric math games

Guatemala Flag

FUNPRONI Flag

Shirts with logo for all the kids (uniform)

Blue or light purple shirts for teachers (uniform)

Snacks for the kids

Computer with big memory

TV

VCR

*Projects: Closet shelves for cleaning supplies; Curtain rod; metal fence with stairs; flag pole; repair false ceiling in library; concrete block wall, seven small bookshelves; large covered sandbox with fence, rook repairs 

 

 

CLINIC NEEDS

 

1.   Antibiotics  --  all kinds
2.   Decongestants / cough drops
3.
   Asthma medications  -- all kinds
4.   Pepto Bismol  -- tablets and liquid
5.   Immodium
6.
   Acetominophen (Tylenol)  -- drops, liquid, chewables, and swallow tabs
7.   ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil, etc.) - - liquid and tablets
8.   Lice Shampoo
9.
   Antibiotic eye drops or ointment
10,  Antibiotic ear drops
11.  Pseudoephedrine (Sudafed)
12.  Singulair
13.
  Proton Pump Inhibitors  (Protonix, Pepcid, etc.)
14.  Intestinal Parisite Medications
15.  Tape Measures (paper or cloth)
16.  Steroid skin creams or ointments  (Hydrocortisone)
17.  Burn creams  (silver sulfadiazine, etc.)
18.  ACE wrap bandages
19.  Antifungal / Antimycotic creams
 
Please remind people that expired medications CAN NOT be used, by law, at the orphanage.  The Guatemalan government has gotten quite strict about this. 

 

Special requests:

Scale to weigh children and adults and babies

Current Pediatric Books

UrinChek Set

Physician Reference Book 2008

Updated Spanish Pharmaceutical book

Antibiotics for Staph i.e. Cephalexin 250 suspension

Epinephrine 1 mg vials, 2 or 3

 

 

 

Items  NOT  needed in the clinic at this time

Anti-nausea/anti-vomiting medications such as Compazine

Antibiotic eye and ear drops

Monofilament non-absorbant suture (Prolene or Etenilon) 3-0 and 4-0

Cortisporin Otic

Immodium AD liquid

Band-Aids and bandages, especially fingertip and special types

Prednisone tablets

Benzein “glue” for anchoring steri-strips

Aurelgen ear drops

 

 

BODEGA – general supplies for all houses and school

 

Always needed:

Toilet paper

Sanitary pads for girls

Deodorant for woman /girls

Deodorant for men/boys

Razors/shavers for men

Toothpaste/brushes

Hand soap/sanitizer

Floor cleaner/disinfectant

Bleach

Laundry soap

Dish soap, scrubbers and towels

Kleenex

Light bulbs

Shoe shine

Batteries

Shampoo/conditioner

Soap

Lotion

Food Powder

Brooms

Toilet cleaner (Clorox or the like)

Window/Mirror cleaner

(Any and all cleaning supplies are always welcomed and needed)

 

OFFICE SUPPLIES

 

Always needed:

Letter and legal paper

Envelopes - letter and legal manila envelopes

Black and color ink for printer (BC1-24)

Ink cartridge #95 and 4x6 photo paper for HP Photosmart 375

Color ink cartridges for Canon Pixma MP150 printer 40 black and 41 color

13A black ink for laser printer (HP1300)

 

Special Requests:

Ink pens

Hole puncher (3 or 2 hole)

Construction Paper

Masking Tape

Scotch Tape

 

PSYCHOLOGY OFFICE

 

Special requests:

 

Educational board games

 

 

PACE (a program for special needs)

 

URGENT:

1 Metronome

1 Timer that counts up and down with seconds and minutes

 

Always needed:

Prizes for special education students

 

Special requests:

2 Mini trampolines – purchased in US

6 Paddle balls

 

 

LIBRARY/READING PROGRAM

 

Special requests:
New hard drive for the IBM laptop (think pad)  

Antennae for the top of the main building 

Video: sexo, mentirasy, la verdad workbook in spanish (Sex, lies and the truth -focus on the family)

Family/wholesome videos/dvds

*Projects: Wall to ceiling; make geosafari cards

DVD’S VIDEOS TO SEE/ OWN/ CASA B.  2007

*marked in Spanish

 (unclear if VHS and DVD or not)

 

The eastern bride          Vision video   dvd #300169   $14.99 cust#663346/ source code pc805

Behind the Sun           vision video     dvd #300129   $14.99 cust#663346/ source code pc805

Appalacian Trail          VV                  DVD#66335   $19.99  cust#663346/ source code pc805

*Agent Abby              VV                  DVD#500768 $14.99/ span VHS#500769 $9.99  cust#663346/ source code pc805

Flywheel         vv        DVD#98780

Home beyond the sun vvv      dvd#20034$17.99

The Inn of the 6th Happiness   VV      DVD $14.99

A distant thunder        vv                    DVD$19.99

Behind the Glass door: Hannah’s story vv     DVD4825$19.99

The gift of Hope: Tony Mendez story vv       DVD#4858     $19.99

In the Winners Circle  vv        DVD#4869     $14.99

The Walt Lawerence Story     vv        DVD#4834     $19.99

Beyond the Next Mountain vv           DVD#4790     $19.99

To Sir with love          vv        DVD#603296 $24.99

Yours Mine and ours vv         DVD#85916   $14.99

Cheaper by the Dozen            vv        DVD10394     $14.99

 

 

 

Customer #663346

Source cold cL06c      CL141             1-800-523-0226  WWW.VISIONVIDEO.COM; WWW.VIDEOSCRISTIANOS.ORG

*Peter and Paul           vv        DVD #4628    $24.99  *

*The Hiding Place vv             DVD#810       $19.99  (#8060 span)

Molokai: The story of Damien            vv        DVD#4714 $19.99     (4735 span vhs)

Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace  vv         DVD#4638  $19.99    (4679 span vhs)

Waiting for the Wind  vv        VHS#5225 sale $4.99 (99723 span vhs)

 

 

CBD

Customer # 1499409

Cat #  240554

1-800-47-4784   www.christianbook.com

 

Though none go with me        CBD   DVD#yk517760   $15.99

Dream giver    CBD    DVDyk816788  $3.99

Martin Luther cbd       DVD yk800123  $3.99

 

 

Customer # 1499409

Cat. #242929

Sheffy cbd      dvd#LL199646  $19.99

Luther cbd      dvd#LL154215           $19.99

 

 

 

DANCE GROUP

 

Always needed:

Praise and worship cds (spanish and English)

White leggings

Dresses with full skirts

Dance shoes/slippers

 

Special requests:

Hebrew music cds

Dance videos

Tambourines with coverings

White, black or red tops/tanks

Belts

 

 

 

 

 

BAND and PERFORMING ARTS

 

URGENT:

Sax and clarinet reeds #3 and #2 1/2 

Trombone extension

Bass drum pedal

Bass drum head

High hat cymbals

 

Always needed:

Spanish gospel tracks

Sax and clarinet reeds #3 and #2 1/2 

Cork grease/slide grease

Valve oil and key oil

Clarinet pads

Special requests:

File cabinets
3-4 folding metal stands.
2 nice cymbals stands (suspended)

Double French horn (best with small hand grip)
Nylon guitar strings

Juggle clubs in sets of three

3 keyboard adapters (+C-) 120V 60Hz, 17W DC9v-12v, (Yahama) (PASB)

Bass amp (best if keyboard amp with at least 3 channels for versitality)

20 tin whistles in D (Walton brand)

Transparencies to copy from computer printer

Material for black band skirts

Guitar pegs

Small clarinet barrels (2-3)

Coronet or trumpet case

Yamaha alto sax octave key

Instruments:

French Horn, flutes, xylophone, sax, clarinet, trumpet, baritone, trombone, percussion drum set, bass drum, bass drum head – 22” inside rim, drum pedal for drum set bass drum, stool for drum set, snare silencer, crash cymbals,  oboe, bassoon, tuba

 

 

HOSPITALITY

 

URGENT: Big/thick blankets for beds, towels, pillows

 

Always needed:

Air fresheners

Liquid soap for dorms

Twin sheet sets

Clothes pins

 

Special requests:

Trash cans with tops for the bathrooms

Large and small curtains

Shower curtains and hooks (not transparent)

Throw rugs for dorms and bathrooms

Shower mats/rugs

Large laundry baskets

 

KITCHEN

 

Special requests:

2 commercial size blenders

Stainless steel paddles

Dish towels

Big kitchen knives

Large Teflon skillets

Large spatulas (metal)

3 large scoops/ladels

4 large pans

2 small pots

Large wisks

Big measuring cups

Strainers

Large plastic basins

10 white neon light bulbs

Pitchers

Big coffee maker

 

 

 

GENERAL MAINTENANCE

 

Chain Saw ($300)

Weed Wacker (gasoline engine) ($200)

 

PROJECT LIST 2008

 

URGENT:

Vehicle maintenance – tires, batteries, etc…

 

15 electrical vents for all bathrooms

Concrete fence around property

Painting – as needed

Shelves and cupboards – as needed

Emergency lights – outside and inside

Concrete on the ramp

Clinic center

Restaurant