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Mission Opportunities 

Christmas Mission Project 2020

This holiday season at SUMC we will once again be supporting the Prisma Health Children’s Hospital Child Life Team. The Child Life department assists children from birth thru the teenage years so there is a wide-range of shopping opportunities – the infection control policy requires that all donations must be NEW with original tags and/or packaging. A list of suggested items can be found below. In order to support this mission, we ask that all donations be left unwrapped and placed in a designated area of the Welcome Center by Wednesday, December 16th.

Current high-priority needs:

  • Individual crafts 

  • 8- or 16- pack crayons

  • Coloring books

  • Paint strips

  • Play-doh and tools

  • Paint paper and watercolor paint

  • Paint by number watercolor books

  • Scratch art

  • Small wooden items to paint

  • Velvet art posters

  • Paint brushes

  • Party pack Legos

  • DVDs

  • Ziploc bags (sandwich, quart and snack size)

  • Baby rattles

  • Small baby musical toys

  • Baby teethers

  • Bibs

  • Over-the-door basketball hoops

  • Small balls (non-choking hazard sizes)

Helpful donations for all ages:
Infant items:
  • Baby blankets
  • Pacifiers
  • Lullaby boxes
  • Busy boxes
  • Bottles
  • Crib attachments
  • Oballs
  • Light-up/musical toys
  • Infant socks with grips
  • Sippy cups
Toddler/preschool:
  • Mr. Potato Head
  • Fisher Price® Farm/Little People
  • Sound books/board books
  • Light-up/musical toys
  • Interactive toys (Vtech® & LeapFrog®)
  • Baby dolls of all ethnicities (especially African-American)
  • Bilingual toys & books (English/Spanish)
  • Magna Doodles
  • Medical play kits
  • Duplos®
  • Plastic dinosaurs & zoo animals
  • Push cars/wagons/scoot toys
  • View-Master® & slides
School age:
  • Barbie® & Barbie clothes
  • My Little Pony®
  • Monster High®
  • Littlest Pet Shop
  • Matchbox®/Hot Wheels® cars
  • Action figures (Spider-Man, Hulk, Ninja Turtles, Wrestling, etc.)
  • G.I. Joe
  • Nerf guns
  • Lego® kits for boys and girls ages 10+
  • Puzzles (under 100 pieces)
  • “I Spy” books
Teens:
  • Gift cards (iTunes, Starbucks, Walmart, Target, Amazon, etc.)
  • Jewelry
  • Lip gloss
  • Nail polish/mani-pedi kits
  • iPods®
  • Remote control cars
  • Balls (sports, Nerf)
  • Journals
  • Fuzzy/colorful socks
  • Headphones
  • Universal phone chargers (Android/Apple)
  • Wireless speakers
Games:
  • Board games
  • UNO®/Phase 10 cards
  • Playing cards
  • Nintendo® DS & games (up to Teen rating)
  • Wii™, PS3™ & Xbox 360 games (up to Teen rating)
  • Xbox 360 (wireless controllers)
Crafts:
  • Stickers
  • Crayola® crayons/markers (Crayola products are latex free)
  • Coloring books
  • Individual water color painting sets with brush
  • Dot paint
  • Paint by numbers
  • Word search/crossword puzzle books
  • Paint with water books
  • Beads
  • Jewelry making kits
  • Wood & ceramic objects to paint
  • Picture frames to decorate
Miscellaneous:
  • Fleece blankets (bright colors & patterns for all ages)
  • Stuffed animals
  • Current DVDs up to PG-13
  • Pajama pants (all sizes)
  • Underwear (all sizes)
  • Tervis®-style tumblers
  • Batteries (all types, especially C & D)
  • Window clings
  • Single-sized bed sheet sets (Bright colors & patterns and/or character-themed for all ages)

Youth

Youth Release Form

SalemUMC Youth Re-entry
Guidelines
As schools start back and more things are opening up, we will begin our return to Youth Activities at SalemUMC.
However, in accordance with local regulations and UMC Conference Youth Ministry recommendations, there are
several guidelines we will be following in this re-entry process. Please read each of these so you know what we will
be doing for the first few months of this return.
• We will be meeting outside for as long as we are comfortably able to do so in order to have an easier time
distancing. Should it rain, a group text will be sent out sharing that Youth Group will be cancelled that
night.
• Face coverings are recommended but not required. I do ask everyone think beyond themselves in this
area, however. We have several youth who either live with, or interact closely with, family members that
are in the high risk groups.
• We will have hand sanitation areas even outside to be used as needed.
• We will be recording the names of all that attend in order to utilize Covid-19 tracing should someone test
positive for the virus and was in attendance at the previous youth meeting.
• We will not provide any food during this time unless it is prepackaged and will be handed out by adults to
youth.
• If someone attends Youth Group and tests positive for the virus, we will contact all in attendance and ask
everyone that was in attendance to follow local guidelines for self-care and remove themselves from
youth group and other church activities for 14 days. Youth group will also stop for those 14 days.
• If you are asked to quarantine from school for any reason (positive test in one of your classes, school
mandated quarantine, etc.) we ask that you do not attend Youth Group until that quarantine time ends.
Please remember in all of this, that if you decide not to adhere to these guidelines and expose others to the
virus, it not only affects those in attendance, but those they live with who also attend schools, work, etc. Do not
put them in uncomfortable, and difficult positions. Be respectful of everyone else.
We will have several fellowship type of activities each week outside to go along with a brief devotion and time of
prayer as a group. We will have volleyball, 4-square, disc golf, and more to do. It will be a fun time to gather
together again and fellowship together. Let’s take care of ourselves and each other and adhere to the above
guidelines so that we do not have to take more time apart and can begin being with each other again with God in
the center.