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Emergency Clean-up Buckets -- a tangible way to help flood survivors
CWS Kits specialist Cindy Watson puts together an Emergency Clean-up Bucket to help a family begin the process of cleaning up once flood waters have receded.
Photo: Jackie Carlson/CWS
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Elkhart, Indiana -- Church World Service is urging congregations, groups and individuals across the U.S. to help flooded out Midwest families by assembling Emergency Clean-up Buckets.
In response to massive needs in the Midwest, between now and August 29, Church World Service is asking that completed Emergency Clean-up Buckets be dropped off or shipped to its Elkhart, Indiana, office (28606 Phillips Street, Elkhart, 46514), Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
Church World Service provides the clean-up buckets and supplies to enable communities to begin the overwhelming job of cleaning up after a flood, hurricane, tornado or other disaster. (Because of the volatility of some of the contents, Emergency Clean-up Buckets are not shipped internationally.)
An Emergency Clean-up Bucket includes:
- One five-gallon bucket with resealable lid
- Five scouring pads
- Seven sponges, assorted sizes
- One scrub brush
- Eighteen cleaning towels (reusable, like Easy Wipes®)
- One 50-78 oz. box dry laundry detergent
- One 12 oz. bottle of liquid concentrated household cleaner (like Lysol®)
- One 25 oz. bottle liquid disinfectant dish soap (like Dawn®)
- Fifty clothespins
- Clothesline, two 50 ft. or one 100 ft.
- Five dust masks
- Two pairs latex gloves (like Playtex®)
- One pair work gloves
- 24-bag roll of heavy-duty trash bags (33-45 gallon)
- One 6-14 oz. bottle of insect repellent (drops or lotion, not aerosol)
All liquids should be purchased in plastic bottles, and should remain in those unopened bottles. Items should be packed securely into the plastic bucket to avoid damage during shipment, and the lid sealed with packing tape.
After August 29, for needs across the U.S., Emergency Clean-up Buckets may be shipped to:
Church World Service
Brethren Service Center Annex
601 Main Street
P.O. Box 188
New Windsor, MD 21776-0188
(Please include both the PO box and the street address on boxes.)
The completed clean-up buckets are valued at $50. Church World Service welcomes contributions in addition to or in lieu of the buckets. Contributions may be made online, by phone (800-297-1516 or 574-264-3102), or by mail to Church World Service, P.O. Box 968, Elkhart, IN 46515. For more information, visit the CWS Kits webpage.
Elkhart, Indiana, contact: Cindy Watson, 800-297-1516 or 574-264-3102, ext. 441, cwatson@churchworldservice.org
Media Contact:
Lesley Crosson, CWS/New York, 212-870-2676;
Jan Dragin, 781-925-1526;
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