Lutheran World Relief Kits
Lutheran World Relief Kits of Care help people in crises all around the globe, with enthusiastic assistance each year from this Ascension ministry.
Why
do we make Kits of Care?

Who
to contact to get involved.

What
kinds of Kits?

When
do we make the Kits?

Where
have our Kits been sent?
A Brief History: Beginning in 2005, the Tuesday Morning Bible Study group at ALC sewed school bags, purchased school supplies and assembled between 25-60 school kits for Lutheran World Relief each year.
In 2016, the Global Ministries Team took on leadership of the LWR Kits project at ALC. Since that time, hundreds of school kits, personal care kits, and baby care kits have been assembled by enthusiastic helpers—Ascension Lutheran School children, Sunday School children, Confirmation classes, Senior Luther League, congregation members and Life Group members.
Since 2016, kits we have made at ALC have been delivered to people in Djibouti, Angola, Peru, Honduras, Rwanda, Lebanon, and Georgia, in Eastern Europe.
BY THE NUMBERS for 2022 (as of November 7)
KITS
…1,101 PERSONAL CARE KITS with a cost per kit of $6.59/kit
… 25 SCHOOL KITS
…90 TOTAL PACKED BOXES OF
…13 BOXES OF 75 QUILTS
…74 BOXES OF 1,101 PERSONAL CARE KITS
…3 BOXES OF 25 SCHOOL KITS
VOLUNTEERS—DOZENS
ASSEMBLY
8 CLASSES OF CHILDREN FROM OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (TK-6th grade)
ONE ASCENSION STAFF MEMBERS
THREE LIFE GROUPS
MONDAY MORNING WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONFIRMATION CLASS
SENIOR LUTHER LEAGUE
GLOBAL MINISTRIES TEAM MEMBERS
FINANCIALS
Eight THRIVENT Action Team Grants of $250 per grant ($2,000) for kit materials.
See detailed Ledger report for specific details on donations, expenses and carry over from prior fiscal year. Missing September school offering amount for shipping costs.
Offerings: 24 gifts by check; 17 by credit card; 1 cash; 1 stock gift and 1 Thrivent Choice Dollars designation.
$2,500 from ALC Foundation for shipping costs.
Prepared by Louise Evenson, November 7, 2022
Ascension’s talented craftspeople are also active in creating quilts for LWR. CLICK to learn more.