Kits For Kids

Kits For Kids Kits for Kids is a community volunteer project with the goal to create "care bags" filled with hygiene items for homeless school children in Deschutes County.

The project begins in May, each year. Bags are sewn from donated fabric by volunteers throughout the community. The completed bags - which are about the size of a pillowcase - are filled with hygiene items that cannot be purchased with food stamps. (Contents noted in the "Products" box to the right.) These items are donated or purchased with donated funds. In late August, the Kits are given to the

Project Help coordinator at the Bend/LaPine School District and distributed through FAN volunteers (Family Access Network) at each school.

05/11/2019

Kits for Kids has started its 2019 project!
Again we have a goal of 1000 bags of hygiene items for school children in need in Central Oregon.
Working with Family Access Network we make these essential hygiene items for children in Bend, LaPine, Sunriver, Sisters, Redmond, and Prineville.
We welcome donations of any of the hygiene items listed under "Our Story". Donations may be dropped off at First Presbyterian Church Bend, 230 NE 9th St. (across from the Bend HS baseball fields) any weekday but Friday.
If you would like to sew bags or take sewn bags to fill we have a table in the Commons area that you enter from the eastern set of doors. There are instructions for sewing and filling bags and/or you can leave donated items in front of the table.
We welcome monetary donations (we purchase about 1/2 of the items we use). Checks may be made out to First Presbyterian Church Bend with Kits For Kids on the memo line. Mail to the church address above.

Any questions, call 541-330-5683 or the church office at 541-382-4401.

04/09/2019

Kits for Kids 2019 will begin May 12 and conclude August 4. For more information contact First Presbyterian Church of Bend 541-382--4401.
We again have a goal of 1000 hygiene kits for students in Bend-LaPine, Redmond, & Sisters schools.

03/22/2019

Kits for Kids 2019 will begin May 12 and run through Aug. 8.

10/08/2018

Our 2018 project successfully ended August 24 . We turned over 1099 Kits to FAN for use in the Bend, LaPine, Sisters and Redmond schools.
Our heartfelt thanks to every one who participated in whatever way...it was truly a community effort!
The 2019 project will begin in May...check back for more information as May gets closer.

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Bend, OR
97701

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Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm

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