Rather than throwing away all those plastic prescription medicine bottles, why not send them to a mission field? Here are mailing instruction and an address to which they can be shipped.
Mailing instructions
- Size and weight:
- Check with your local post office for up-to-date instructions.
- Mark parcel:
- "Empty medicine bottles - not for resale"
- Value:
- None (If post office insists on a value, put 1 U.S. dollar).
- Shipping costs:
- Check with your local post office for surface mail cost per pound.
- Forms:
- Place a sheet inside the parcel with your name and address and a listing of the contents.
- Confirm:
- Whenever you mail a box, write the missionary a separate letter telling when and what was sent.
Note: Labels need not be completely removed before sending pill bottles. However, commercial carburetor cleaners such as WD-40 can facilitate cleaning off labels.
Shipping addresses
Nazarene Clinic
P. O. Box 879
Siteki L300
KINGDOM OF SWAZILANDRolling bandages
For information on where bandage rolls are needed:
- Go to: www.nazarenemissions.org
- Click on "Involvement" and "LINKS."
- Scroll to the bottom of the page to "Unofficial LINKS."
- Click on "Rolled Bandages." This will provide a list of needs and directions for shipping.
- Choose a recipient and follow the instructions for sending.
Looking for a way to raise money for Compassionate Ministries? Try using the rice bowls from RiceBowls.org. Those plastic banks shaped like bowls of rice will turn loose change and dollar bills into food for the hungry!
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Howard Culbertson, Southern Nazarene University, 6729 NW 39th, Bethany, OK 73008 | Phone: 405-491-6693 - Fax: 405-491-6658
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