You may have heard about a new project Interlink is working on. We are filling and shipping a large freight container over to our center in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. One of Interlink’s partners on the property called Crossroads specializes in receiving these containers and distributing the items in them to those in need. Interlink is filling a container that will aid our current work in Kazakhstan, but we cannot take on this endeavor alone. We need your help.
This coming Saturday, May 2 we have a workday planned. It will be from 9:00 a.m. – noon. We will be packing the boxes to go into the container. We will be working at 4630 N. Broadway Ave, Muncie, IN in the bus barn. If you need more information about the workday, send an email to kidsconnection@interlinkresources.org or call our office at 765-213-3975.
The second way you can help is by donating items or money to go towards the container. We still have a wish list of items.
Sports Equipment
New Shoes for Children: tennis shoes, dress shoes, sandals, slippers
New Shoes for Older Youth: tennis shoes, dress shoes
Craft Supplies
Basic English books: early reading and short chapter books, books about USA, fiction (all newer books)
Educational games/Indoor Toys
Game Room Supplies: ping-pong tables, foosball tables, board games
Camping Supplies: tents, sleeping bags, pillows, camping mats
New Computers or just a few years old (Pentium 4 or better)
Small/Large White Boards: some of the easel types
Exercise Equipment: weights, bicycles, treadmills, etc
Skills Training Supplies : video cameras for orphanage use, digital cameras, hand woodworking tools
New Children's and Youth Clothing: small and medium sizes primarily
Cerebral Palsy Supplies: playground sets for physically handicapped children, wheelchair padding, straps for wheelchairs (luggage straps work well also), large exercise balls, pool noodles, children’s walkers, nice crutches
Winter Jackets: dressy and play jackets for children and youth, primarily extra small, small and medium sizes
Backpacks: children and youth of all ages
Hair Cutting Kits
Posters: (for orphanages and youth to decorate rooms and use as teaching aids)
Toolkits: (for graduates moving out on their own)
Spiral Notebooks
Photo Albums
Paint Supplies
Purses: (or larger nice bags for older girls to carry books in)
Current Magazines : 2008 or newer
220V Tools: Drills, Sanders, Rotary Saws, etc
Multimedia items in English for the Shymkent library: videos, cassettes, CDs, DVDs (for all levels)
Folding Chairs – (for the classrooms in Shymkent
Square folding table and chairs
Coolers
Large Aluminum Extension Ladders
Lawn/Garden: garden tools, shovels
Snow Shovels
If you would prefer to contribute funds toward shipping costs (approximately $8,000 is needed), please email us for options to donate.
Here are some pictures from our first work day:
