Ministry Needs

While all ministries have financial needs, there are also physical needs as well.  These can be covered by donors sending money or the actual items needed.  If you are feeling led to donate to the ministry in a monetary way, please check out the link on the left titled "Funding the Ministry."  But if you are interested in sending physical items check out the lists below.  Check back regularly because items may change or be added.  Also, a couple of times a year we will do drives for particular categories of items.  Be aware that it can take up to 3 months for boxes to arrive so all items must be non-perishable.

Continual Needs for the English language program:

1. Kids participation give aways (think like you would fill an operation Christmas child box)

2. Dry erase markers

3. Pencils and pens

4. White card stock (8 1/2 x 11)

5. Erasers (both for pencil and dry erase)

6. Books- novels for all ages, story books for kids in English, Tagalog, or Visayan

7. Dictionaries (either tradition all English or English/Visayan, not Tagalog)

8. English word games (ex: Scrabble, Boggle, Quiddler, or similar)


Continual Needs for Apatan Family:
1. Over the counter meds (ex: ibuprofen, stomach relief, decongestant, allergy etc)
2. Band-aids and antibiotic cream
3. Q-tips and cotton balls
4. Sunscreen
5. Flavored baking chips... think butterscotch, white choco, peanut butter, mint, etc (even if they melt together we can freeze them and break them up again)
6. Books to read! (Physical or audio:) )
7. DVD movies, new or used, but think inexpensive

8. We also have an Amazon wish list: juagdanenglish@gmail.com

Some much-loved foods that are either very expensive or unfindable:
1. Chocolate covered nuts and Chocolate bars (milk or dark, be sure to bag separately just in case meltage happens)

2. Dried beans

3. Nuts like cashews, pecans, almonds (or trail mixes)

4. Dried minced garlic and onion (NOT powder or granulated

6. Canned olives (black please!)

7. Season salt

8. Instant mashed potatoes)


Occasional needs for ministry partners:
1. Crayons/Colored pencils and coloring books 

2. Children and infant pain and cold meds

3. Small toys and games
4. Durable basketballs
5. Volleyballs
6. Clothes (all sizes, but especially kids and particularly boys)
7. Shoes (mostly kids, but also good support basketball men's sizes 8-11)
8. School supplies (ex: pencil bags, notebooks, markers, crayons, scissors etc)

If you choose to donate items from the lists there are two ways you can get them to us.

1. Send them to one of the US locations that ship large care packages to us a couple of times a year.  You can either drop donations off or mail them.  If you are going to drop items off you need to make sure someone is there to receive them.  It is much easier and more economical to send these larger boxes rather than individual packages due to shipping cost and import fees.
             Christine Davenport                Attn: Philippines Ministry
             1465 W Calle del Mito            1430 Bridge Street NW
             Sahuarita, AZ  85629              Grand Rapids, MI  49504
       
2.  Find a location near you that ships Balikbayan boxes!  These are the boxes our US locations use to send collected donations.  They are fairly large and so you would only want to do this if a group of people (such as a church or Bible study group) is interested in sending us supplies.  There are a number of companies that ship these.  One we know for sure is LBC Express.  They are a Filipino based shipping company that will deliver the boxes right to my door without import fees.  Their website is http://www.lbcexpress.com/us.  A second company is Atlas Shipping.  I believe they are also a Filipino based company and they also deliever right to our door.  Their website is http://www.atlasshippers.com/.

Here is the shipping address:
             Juagdan ECCU English Program
               c/o Christine Davenport Apatan
             Purok 4 Juagdan
             Ubay, Bohol 6315 Philippines
             0906-339-6241