One of our First Baptist Church Small Groups is collecting items to assemble backpacks or duffle bags that could be used to bless someone who is homeless or in crisis.

There are two ways you could help! The first is by donating bags or items for the bags. Here is a list of the items we are looking for:

• Gently used, clean backpack or duffle bag
  (new bags or packs make homeless people a target for violence)

• New or gently used, clean blanket

• Foil-type, emergency blanket or poncho

• Non-perishable, single-serving food items (granola bars, crackers, peanut butter, fruit cups, juice boxes, trail mixes, jerky, etc): 

• Mints/cough drops/gum

• Single-serve water bottles

• Toilet paper

• Hand sanitizer/wet wipes

• Travel kleenex

• Toothbrush

• Toothpaste

• Feminine Hygiene Products

• Comb

• Unscented deodorant

• Unscented bar soap

• Razor

• Unscented shampoo/conditioner

• Chap-stick

• Nail clippers

• Band-aids

• Hand warmers

• Socks (men’s 10-13 recommended)

• New or gently used hat, gloves, and/or scarf

These things can be brought to the church on a Sunday morning (service at 11:00 am) or the church office (open Tuesday-Friday, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm) before Tuesday, November 10th.

The second way you could help is by signing up to receive one of the bags that you might then put in your trunk and carry around with you so that you can give it to a homeless person or someone the Lord leads or to bless.

If you have any questions, please email lynn@fbcpa.org