Mission:180's 2013 Christmas Gift Giving Options

It is only the end of September but we here at Mission:180 Kenya are already gearing up for the Christmas season.  We are very excited to announce our annual "Christmas Gift Giving Options" for the current year!!

This Christmas season we would like to present you with these options to help you give back:

Hampers of Hope

A Christmas hamper is not only a gift of food; it's a gift of HOPE!  It's a gift that says someone cares about us!

The cost of the hamper is $70 Canadian and is broken down as follows:

•                $65 for food items in hamper

•                $5 cost of delivering hamper (fuel)

Each hamper will contain 137 pounds of staple foods made up of the following:

•                2 - 2kg bags of Home Baking Flour 

•                2 - 5kg bags of Rice

•                2 - 2kg bags of Sugar

•                3 - 10kg bags of Maize Flour

•                10 - 1kg bags of Wairimu Beans or Nyayo Beans

•                1 - 500 gram bag of Tea

•                1 - 2kg tub of Cooking Fat

•                1 – 1kg bag of salt

•                1 – 800 gram Laundry/Dish soap

This is enough food to feed a family of four to six people for up to 10 weeks.  By donating a hamper, it not only provides much needed physical sustenance but also hope and encouragement that somewhere there are people who know about them and their situation, and who care enough to give generously to help them.   

 

It is our goal that by mid December each hamper donor will receive an email from Jennifer with pictures and a short bio of the family that received your hamper.  If your payment is delayed your hamper might not be able to be delivered in time for Christmas.  If this is the case you will receive an email telling you that a hamper has sponsored by you or on behalf of you and that the details of the family that received it will follow in January once it has been delivered.

If you would like to be a part of this program and purchase a Christmas Hamper as a gift for yourself or on behalf of someone else, please email Jennifer at jennifer@mission180.ca

Please ensure that you send an email to Jennifer to indicate how many hampers you would like to donate BEFORE you send payment.

Payment options are cheque or PayPal though our website at www.mission180.ca, but please note that any payments made through PayPal will need to have a $2 transaction fee added to it.

•                Paying by cheque - $70.00

•                Paying by PayPal - $72 .00

Mission:180 will issue receipts for all hampers in early 2014.  

Final cut off for hampers will be November 15^th.

Infant Formula

For a donation of $35.00 you can purchase 4 cans of infant formula for our Forever Homes.  We are hoping to have babies in our first home by the end of October as we are currently in the final stages of acquiring our license from the Kenyan government.  If you would like to sponsor infant formula this Christmas please email Jennifer at jennifer@mission180.ca for further details.

Furniture for House #2

We are nearing completion of our 2^nd Infant Rescue Home and will soon need to furnish it with everything.  The cost to furnish an entire house is approximately $5,000.00.  If you would like to make a donation towards the cost to furnish the home please email Jennifer at jennifer@mission180.ca and I can provide you with further details.

Mission:180’s General Budget

We are always in need of donors for our general operating budget.  This budget funds everything we do in Kenya with the exception of the Hamper of Hope project.  The big projects that are funded through our general budget are the “Community Water Project” where we provide clean drinking water to 1,500 people and 3,500 animals EVERYDAY and our “Forever Homes” which will rescue 8 abandoned babies per home.  A one-time donation or pledged monthly giving can be set up to be automatically withdrawn from your bank account, through PayPal by going to our blog at www.m180.blogspot.com or of course by sending a cheque to our Saskatoon office.  Email me at jennifer@mission180.ca if you require further information.