Donations needed to help Homeless Community in Moncton

Jerrica, a fellow couponer, was asking on our trades page for coupons for toothpaste and toothbrushes. Since we donate as a group to various organizations each month, I thought we may be able to help as a group. We just finished our collection from October today, so I would like to share her project with you now as our November Donation Drive.

All Donations need to be in by Nov 15th.
Please contact Jerrica for more info or to arrange delivery or pick up.
Jerrica’s email address is o823a@unb.ca, and her phone number is 850-2640

The following is a bit about what she and the other Nursing students are working on for the homeless community in our area.

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“As third year nursing students, we were assigned to partner with the Salvus clinic during our community clinical experience. Using the Nursing Process, we have performed a needs assessment of the vulnerable populations from the Greater Moncton Area and found that with the winter months approaching, this would be an important issue to address. We decided that an event that would address primary prevention for winter-related illness through administering influenza vaccines, educating the population on strategies to keep warm, serving a hot meal, providing information about local resources available, offering winter clothing and hygiene kits. This population is more susceptible to illness because of their physical environment, risky behavior, and the barriers present to health care services. The event will be held in the Peace Centre on November 21st where most of our population is familiar with and no one will be denied access. Our aim is to reduce the incidence of illnesses such as influenza, common colds, respiratory infections, and frostbite. The Salvus clinic has committed to providing the space for our event, the needed supplies for administering the influenza vaccines, and nursing and medical expertise. We will be relying on donations from our families, churches, grocery stores, and other organizations. We feel privileged to be able to develop such a program to this vulnerable population. We will be advertising for this even through invitations left at the Salvus clinic, Harvest House, and Youth Quest.”

We are looking to complete between 50 and 100 hygiene kits, the actual number really just depends on how many donations and what we come up with in the end. We will not deny any donation as anything that is left over will be left at the Salvus clinic & Harvest House for those that come through their doors and are in need. So far I have been able to cover all of the body wash through what I have stocked up on this summer, as we have taken small bottles and filled them using larger ones. However items that we are still looking for include, but again are not limited to as this population can use pretty much anything that we provide them with.

Toothbrushes
Toothpaste
Bar soap
Condoms
Shampoo (any size bottles)
Hand sanitizer
Kleenex

We are also doing a winter clothing drive, mainly among the students and our families simply because we have not been given permission from the Peace Center to allow drop offs there nor at the campus due to privacy issues; however, if people wanted to donate items I would have no problem arranging a time and place to meet them for drop offs/pick ups. The items we are looking for here are hats, mittens, scarfs, old jackets, and socks are most often requested.

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Jerrica is in Moncton pretty much every day between classes and work, so can arrange pickups. My email address is o823a@unb.ca, and my phone number is 850-2640.

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