By Anglican Family Care | Posted: Monday March 4, 2019
From time to time we are asked if there is anything specific that we need extra help with.
So, we have developed a "Wish List" to help us meet the financial shortfall and to reduce the cost of purchasing some items.
Family Start Resources
Family Start is a parenting programme that focuses on improving children’s growth and health, family circumstances, environment, and safety.
The following resources will help our social workers support parents in their parenting delivery and their child's learning experience:
* Developmental toys (wooden activity cubes, peg jigsaw puzzles)
* Tactile books for babies
* Fluorescent child safety vests
* Jigsaw puzzles
* Reborn baby doll (play therapy)
* Children’s books (My First Colours, My First Numbers, My First Letters)
* Art supplies (pens, pencils, pallet paint, paint brushes, stickers)
* Safelet SOS -band www.safelet.co.nz (for safety of our Whanau Workers)
General
* Toiletries (body wash, shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant)
* Supermarket vouchers (to purchase milk formula).
North Otago
* Knitting wool (not acrylic) suitable to give to volunteers to knit baby blankets and singlets, etc.
* Children’s books, new or second hand in good condition, suitable for babies and children up to the age of three- years-old
* A life-size baby doll, with a soft body, suitable for demonstrating safe sleep positioning, gentle handling, etc. with our antenatal clients.
* Armchairs for our waiting room (suitable for breastfeeding)
Wherever possible we do prefer brand new, but we also accept "as new" pre-loved items. If you would like to contribute or have a question, please contact:0800 FAM CARE 0800 326 2273 or email us enquiries@FamilyCare.org.nz
We would love to hear from you!