Clean
Your Desk Campaign 2008
Recycle. Reuse. Renew Hope for Nicaraguan Children.
Join Amherst Pediatrics and donate school
supplies for children in Nicaragua.
Background
information about Nicaragua
Items We Collect for Nicaraguan Students
New or used—but please be sure supplies are in good condition.
School supplies
- Pencils, chalk, crayons,
small pencil sharpeners
- Pens and markers (new only
please)
- Scissors, rulers, erasers
- Notebooks, art supplies
- Backpacks, book bags
- Solar powered calculators
Sports Equipment
- Basketballs, soccer balls
(can be inflated in Nicaragua), baseballs, tennis balls
- Sneakers, sports shoes
- Baseball gloves, baseball
hats, T-shirts
Other
- Musical Instruments
- Complete jigsaw puzzles,
small toys
- Drugstore reading glasses
for adult education
- Laptop computers. Minimum
requirements: Pentium II, CD-ROM, USB, Windows 95
Please DO NOT donate the following items:
- Books
- Three-ring
binders
- Staplers,
hole punchers or paper clips
- Anything
battery operated
Donations to help with shipping costs are
welcome and appreciated. Make checks payable to "Quest for Peace." We
will forward the checks.
Bring your
donations any weekday in May and June between 9 am and 6:30 pm to:
Amherst Pediatrics
31A Hall Drive
Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 253-3773
The Staff at Amherst Pediatrics will pack and
ship donations to Quest for Peace, the organization responsible for this
effort. Families in Nicaragua will be grateful for your generosity. Visit the Quest for Peace
website for a video and more information.