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Kitchener, Ont. – As the old saying goes ‘many hands make light work.’ This Christmas season, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is hoping this rings true, as it appeals for 10,000 school kits and 10,000 hygiene kits to replenish its supply.

“These kits are a blessing to the people who receive them,” said Rick Cober Bauman, Executive Director of MCC Ontario. “They’re also a practical, hands-on way to help those who have less.”

MCC is encouraging people to share the spirit of Christmas by packing kits, donating cash or supplies, or signing up for one of many Christmas kit packing events happening across the province on December 16^th. These events are being jointly hosted by MCC’s Material Resources Centre located at 50 Kent Ave. in Kitchener and MCC thrift shops across the province, including Generations, 50 Bridgeport Rd. East, Waterloo.

Kits will be stockpiled in warehouses for quick shipment whenever and wherever they are needed. MCC staff and partner organizations internationally help determine precisely what the kits should contain. This ensures the kits are useful, locally appropriate and that each person in the community receives very similar items.

Individuals, families, schools, and churches donate thousands of kits to MCC each year to help those lacking basic human needs. MCC recently shipped 38,000 school kits and other items from its warehouses to Somali refugees who have been affected by the drought in East Africa.

MCC is a worldwide ministry of Anabaptist churches that shares God’s love and compassion for all in the name of Christ by responding to basic human needs and working for peace and justice. 

For information on Christmas kit packing events, kit contents, assembling kits and drop-off locations please call MCC at 1-800-313-6226 or click here.

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Rick Cober Bauman

Executive Director | MCC Ontario

519-745-8458 | 519-404-1927 (cell) | rickcb@mennonitecc.on.ca

50 Kent Avenue, Kitchener ON, N2G 3R1