From July 2-31, CPJ will be collecting items for its annual appeal to help the impoverished people in Nicaragua.  This effort is led by Ann Marie Zon, a Catholic social worker who spends several months each year at a mission in Nicaragua. 

Among the humanitarian items needed are:

• Clothes: gently used lightweight clothing and shoes for all ages
• Linens:  sheets, pillows, blankets. towels, curtains and draperies
• Household items: dishes, mugs, glasses silverware, unscratched pots and pans or cookie tins, dish detergent, small appliancees such as irons, blenders, and toasters (no coffee makers, please)
• Toys & games: all kinds except war games and guns (not even squirt), no games requiring English
• Non-perishable food: canned goods, jello, cake mixes, peanut butter, jelly, etc.
• Personal care items:  soaps, shampoos, creams, combs, toothbrushes, toothpaste, etc.
• Religious articles: rosaries, crucifixes, communion dresses, statues, etc. (no prayer books unless in Spanish)
• Medical supplies: bandages, over-the-counter medications, vitamins
• School supplies:  notebooks, pens, pencils, crayons, folders, binders, tape

Call Joan and Rodney Houck (673-9258) to make arrangements to deliver your donations to their home (146 Central Ave., Fredonia) and set a time for access to their garage.   Please do not deliver items to their front porch.

Financial support to sponsor children's education, dig wells, support the cow and dairy project, and support the sheep project to benefit the leper colony is also greatly appreciated.  Checks made payable to Dunkirk-Fredonia Center for Peace and Justice, with the notation "Nicaragua," may be sent to the Houcks at 146 Central Ave., Fredonia, NY  14063.  Please specify if you would like to designate a particular project.

Contact the Houcks for further information and/or if you would like to help box up items for shipment or load the truck.

Thank you