With the rapid growth and changes here in Brazil every so
often we need to update our list of things people may want to send to us. Sometimes items are sent via mail or in a
suitcase with someone who is visiting Brazil.
The items on the old lists are still welcome but we may have found a
source to purchase them here so the need has somewhat lessened. Items in BOLD RED are coveted because they
are either impossible to find or just really expensive when we do find them. Items put in the “Treasure Box” can be won by
kids who memorize verses and receive points.
Each treasure is given a value and the children are able to earn 100
points for every verse on our list that they memorize. The first five verses must be learned to earn
a hardback Portuguese Bible but each one thereafter can be used for prizes.
PLEASE NOTE:
If shipping through the mail please DO NOT insure the package
contents. Even though packages sometimes
do not arrive at their destination, whenever a package is insured it arrives
here with a heavy import fee, which must be paid in order for the package to be
received. This fee is figured at 70% of
the insured value and almost always is more expensive than the value of the
package contents. We have learned that
insured packages invite such fees and it is better to risk the loss than
guarantee paying double.
Hygiene/Medical
Products:
O Gillette
Disposable razors (men’s & women’s)
O Crest Toothpaste (adult and childrens)
O Speed Stick Deodorant (Non-antiperspirant,
Men & Women)
O Dental
Picks (Small plastic picks with floss mounted on them)
O Band-aid
brand band aids (elastic or type that seals off the entire cut)
O Bactine Spray
O Children’s
Chewable Tylenol (Or generic)
O Children’s Multi-vitamins (ex. Flintstone,
Wal-mart,…)
O Adult
Multi-Vitamin (Wal-mart brand “Equate”)
Food Products
(not quickly perishable or liquid):
O Flavored
coffees- Carmel, French vanilla, ….
O Iced Tea
Bags
O Packets of
dressing mixes: Hidden Valley Ranch,
Italian, etc.
O Fajita
seasoning, salsa seasonings, guacamole seasonings, hot sauce seasoning
O Hot drink
packs- cappuccino, cider, cocoa (with little marshmallows)
O Peter Pan Peanut Butter- Our family favorite, expensive to ship
but it fits well in a suitcase.
O Candy bars,
M&Ms or Chocolate (individually wrapped works best so it doesn’t melt
much.)
O Any type of Mrs. McCormick flavoring (Maple, Root beer, Cherry, Raspberry)
O Others- See
“Reusable Packing” below for some more items
Office Products (some small quantities available but expensive):
O Thank
You Notes or Stationary
O Post-it
type sticky notes
O AA
Rechargeable batteries (Have NiMh type charger)
O Scotch
tape
O
Recordable DVDs
O Pencils
(Few pencils have erasers here)
Kids Craft
Supplies (ANYTHING Crafty helps):
O Crayola-
“Color Wonder” products
O
Construction paper
O Bulk Craft
supplies (Michaela’s favorite pastime)
Gifts &
Treasure Box Prizes:
O Clothes
& Shoes- (Call us for sizes if you want to send—we have many children and
parents that are very poor)
O DVDs- Newly
released movies are not always available here
O Stuffed
animals (Webkinz brand or other type)
O Crayons and
Colored Pencils
O Coloring books (regular size or small)
O Stickers, Activities Books, etc.…
O Any type of Small toy (plastic or gel type like cars, animals)
O Rubber super
Balls
O Bike Inner-tube patch kits
O Sports Balls of all types (Deflate for shipping, Leather, rubber, Nerf)
O English
Standard Version New Testaments or similar (For Teaching English using the
Bible)
Reusable
Packaging:
Bags of cereal, candy
or other soft foods work great for packing material. Or also try: bags of
cotton balls, travel packages of Kleenex, fruit snack packages, individual
products in envelopes (Powdered drink mixes, dressing mixes, taco
mixes).ZipLock Bags (with zippers): are great to keep things from spilling or
melting into something else and we can reuse them. Also, if you partially blow
them up and tape the opening they work great for “bubble” type packaging to
fill holes and protect other items. We cannot get them here!
