One of the service projects our cub scouts have done over the years is to assemble hygiene kits for LDS Humanitarian Services. These kits contain 2 combs, 4 toothbrushes, 1 tube of toothpaste, 2 bars of soap, and 2 hand towels. Many scout, church, and community groups or individuals and families around the world have put together these kits with donated items from family, friends, and neighbors and then sent them to LDS Humanitarian Services. They are then distributed to those in need throughout the world.
It was inspiring for me to observe the unloading of many pallets of boxes containing these hygiene kits here in Dili, Timor-Leste. 120 pallets (6 truckloads) of these donations were loaded on to the “Mercy” before it left San Diego. These kits have been distributed to each country that the “Mercy” has visited this summer. I saw the last of these donations unloaded by helicopter here in Dili. They are brought in 2 pallets at a time using a large system of netting. They are set down on the pier and then stored in containers for distribution to the Timorese people in the ship’s “Operation Handclasp” program that will occur in several days here in Dili.
Who knows? Maybe some of the kits we put together with Pack 665 ended up here!
To learn more about making hygiene kits, visit:
http://www.providentliving.org/content/display/0,11666,4598-1-3263-1,00.html
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