St. Benedict's Day Nursery and Childrens' Home
 
 

The following is a standing list of items we are in need of. 

Large items
Educational suppies
Cleaning supplies
Personal supplies
Clothing
Household
Chirstmas needs
Office supplies
Sewing supplies
Items used for fund-raising events
General

LARGE ITEMS 

(Note: Voltage of St. Vincent: 220, - as much as possible)

  • Commercial quality ice machine
  • Commercial water cooler
  • Commercial pop-corn machine
  • Television
  • Bathroom scale (sitting, special type)
  • Storage bins (large) 2`h
  • Electric Ice-cream makers
  • Ink for model # KX-fp145 & plain paper fax and copier – ( Panasonic)
  • Food/drink coolers: medium – 4  x  36 Qts.; large – 2 x 72 Qts
  • Tents – for outdoor activities (10’ x 10” or other) (special request)
  • Toner – Work Centre Pro 412: reorder No. 106R584
  • Gelatin – (Rota trim type)
  • DVD player
  • DVDs and CDs for children -with educational information and music
  • Wheel chairs with table top –adult and children size
  • CD player with head phone for 2 Boys: age: 11 yrs. Girls: 11 yrs.; 9 yrs.
  • Printer (Hewlett Packard Desk jet 710C or other)
  • Food items
  • Cookies, candies, crackers
  • Jams and jellies; peanut Butter
  • Cereals (general and raisin bran)
  • Canned meats, tuna, ham etc.

 

EDUCATIONAL SUPPIES

  • Tambourine (professional - adult)
  • Drum (professional - adult) – Caribbean style
  • Drum set (trap set – for adult)
  • Guitar with nylon strings (professional - adult)
  • Guitar strings
  • Keyboard
  • Colored markers – washable
  • File pages
  • Exercise books
  • Table top educational toys – puzzles, matching cards, and computer – battery operated etc.
  • Puzzles with knobs – for hand disabled children
  • Adult scissors
  • Craft books
  • Crepe paper – rolls
  • One subject notebooks – single and double spaced lined
  • Scotch tape – Variety of size
  • Masking tape – 1”, 2” wide; Duck tape
  • Story books – early elementary
  • Paint Brushes – for children’s art
  • Balloons
  • Magazines for preparing learning charts, e.g. food, scenery, people etc.
  • Educational photos and charts for walls
  • Cassettes, CD, DVD’s, children’s songs with words also, games, stories
  • Computers for children’s  use
  • Professional Magazines
  • Stick-ons (for fabric re: name tags)

 

CLEANING SUPPLIES

  • Hand brooms and dust pans
  • Disposable gloves – medium, large, X-large
  • Household gloves – medium, large, X-large
  • Garbage bags – small, medium, large, and X-large (preferably black)
  • Laundry soap – powder
  • Bleach ( to be secured re: transportation)
  • A few watering cans – standard size – (for children to assist/learn gardening)

 

PERSONAL SUPPLIES

  • Bubbles (hair binders – for girls’ hair)
  • School bags
  • Large bath towels – new and used
  • Wash clothes – new and used
  • Hand/face towels- new and used
  • Toothpaste
  • Shampoo/cream-rinse
  • Body Lotion
  • Hair Grease
  • Deodorant – male, female
  • Bath soap
  • Toilet Paper
  • Cloth diapers – printed, plain – medium and larger (for use of bigger children)
  • Hair combs and brushes – for black hair
  • Insect repellant (cream and spray - OFF or any other)
  • Wipes (Baby)
  • Pampers – Pull- ons – (or other) for non ambulant mentally challenged:
    • Adult size: large
    •  Children size: XX large (over 35 lbs.)

 

CLOTHING

  • Disposable Shoes – adults (While assisting children in shower)
  • Hair ribbons –white, green (solid colors)
  • Vests – boys and girls – 5 to 23 years old
  • Socks –blue, dark green, white, black – for boys and girls – 5 to 23 years old
  • Shoes- boys and girls – 5 to  23 years old
  • Dress: all brown, black
  • School: all white, black – tennis shoes
  • Sandals – 5 to 23 years old
  • Slippers – 5 to 23 years old
  • Book bags – for school, black, and green, brown (solid colors)
  • Large bibs – (for the mentally challenged)
  • Sleep wear – boys and girls – 5 to 23 years old
  • Summer Cloths – boys and girls 5 to 23 years old
  • Casual, dress, church
  • T-Shirts (age as above)
  • Underwear (age as above)

 

HOUSEHOLD

  • Ice trays (stacking)
  • LINEN: Twin size bed sheets – fitted, flat\ white, colored – sets/single
  • Full– Flat can be used (Note: for use of the children)
  • (Note: Other sizes – can be used for jumbles – to help ourselves)
  • Pillow protectors – plastic: soft and durable
  • Kitchen towels
  • Hot pads
  • Adult aprons – durable plastic
  • Clothes lines; clothes pegs
  • Plastic shopping bags – new and used
  • Laundry marker (for fabric)
  • Garbage bags:  black – small, medium, large, XX Large
  • Clear plastic bags – variety of sizes, including XX large
  • Batteries – all sizes

 

CHIRSTMAS NEEDS

  • Gifts for hard working staff members:
    • Wall or standing clocks, radios, beach towels
    • Bed sheets: All sizes
    • Lanterns – with single 9” tube
    • Flash-lights, CD player, Plastic Containers – sets
    • Any other suitable Items
  • Christmas Cards: with Nativity Scene
  • Christmas decorations
  • Christmas gift paper – new and used
  • Life size Santa, Laughing Bag Santa

 

CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR THE CHILDREN

  • Dolls:   10” – 12” – normal, crying, other sounds
  • Cars/Trucks – 8” – 10” normal, with sounds
  • Teddy Bear: boys and girls – 9” – 10”
  • Curtain material: children’s Print: (general print for boy or girl), approximately 150 Yards
  • Bed spreads - Light: 40” 

 

OFFICE SUPPLIES

  • Markers –mainly black, permanent – variety of tips
  • Photo copy paper – letter size, white
    • Folds cap (8 ½ x 14) colored
  • Copying paper, white colored, letter size
  • Bristol board – Variety of colors, letter size – For copy machine
  • Envelops – Letter size, closed and window - white
  • White-off/typing correction fluid
  • Labels – 4” x 1 1/3 “(102m x 34 mm)
  • Blank diskettes and CD

 

SEWING SUPPLIES

  • Sewing machine needles – (Singer) Variety
  • Waterproof fabric to cover 6 mattresses (for twin beds)
  • Clothes dye – bright colors (red, blue, green, orange)
  • Fabric paint – bottles: variety of colors

 

ITEMS USED FOR FUND-RAISING EVENTS

(Fair & Tea Party and On-going Jumble Sales - we try to help ourselves with these sales)

  • Handi Snacks 29g (Amount required: 1000, whatever you can assist with)
  • Balloons

Children’s Prizes

  • Small toys:  dolls, cars, trucks, any other  (Cost for the game is E.C. $1.00, Can. $.44 cents; USA $.37 cents)
  • Candies:  single-wrapped preferable

 

Adult Prizes

  • Kitchen utensils, plastic containers, very small touch lights, any other items (Cost for the game is E.C. $2.00, Can. $.88 Cents USA $.75 cents.)
  • Adults:  single-wrapped preferable

 

GENERAL

  • Teddy Bears – used or new – variety of sizes
  • Crayons, pens, pencils, erasers, sharpeners, balls/soccer, (if soccer teams are known, who discard their used balls, we will welcome them)
  • Dolls: variety of sizes
  • Cars and trucks – variety of sizes
  • Stuffed animals – variety of sizes Coloring Books
  • Sheets: all sizes – white (for tie dying) and colored – used or new (To assist with our Thrift Shop - helping ourselves to obtain funds)
  • Toothbrushes
  • Wash cloth, face towels
  • Kitchens towels, plastic containers: small and medium, other
  • Polo shirts: for the use of the staff on duty: light colors incl. white, Sizes: small, medium, large, extra large

 

 

 
 

THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR WHATEVER HELP YOU CAN OFFER TO US.

GOD BLESS YOU,
Sr. Nyra Anne Pajotte, Administrator, St. Benedict’s Day Nursery and Children's Home

 
     
 

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