When you share CWS Kits and Blankets, you show a tremendous amount of love and compassion to our most vulnerable neighbors, and you help to transform lives.
How do your efforts transform lives? Your contribution to CWS Kits and Blankets means Church World Service can respond and help families get the supplies they need when they need them the most.
Here is just a sampling of where CWS Kits and Blankets have been shared with grateful recipients in the United States and with our neighbors in other countries.
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Colorado
Florida
Illinois
Indiana
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Michigan
Mississippi
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Texas
Tennessee
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Jordan
Honduras
Moldova
Romania
Responding to Disaster
When a natural disaster happens, the road to recovery and safety may be a long one, and no one should walk it alone. Generous donors walk alongside our neighbors to ensure they have the supplies they need.
Kits distributed to disaster relief victims include:
Serving Neighbors who are Homeless
When difficult times happen, a kind and loving response makes a difference. That’s why the CWS Blankets and Kits program was created—to remind someone facing a difficult time that they are not alone. Caring donors ensure that someone who needs comfort not only receives a warm blanket and other supplies they might need, they are given unconditional kindness, respect, dignity and love.
Kits distributed to our unsheltered neighbors include:
Welcoming New Neighbors
When neighbors around the world are forced to leave their homes and begin a new life in various parts of the United States, they often travel with a few materials possessions. Compassionate donors help welcome our newly arriving neighbors and provide essentials like food, water, blankets and hygiene supplies.
Kits distributed to our new neighbors include:
Caring for Our Communities
Kits distributed to our local communities include:
Supporting Students' Education
Starting a new school year is exciting, but for children who don’t have school supplies, it can also be terrifying. That’s where compassionate donors come in—you share your resources with children so they can start the school year with the supplies they need to thrive.
Kits distributed to our local partners and schools include:
Aiding Health and Wellness
The ability to brush your teeth and wash your face are things many don’t think twice about. But for some people access to hygiene supplies—an important component to staying healthy—is scarce. Because of generous donors, our neighbors have the hygiene items they need when the supplies are hard to come by.
Kits distributed to our local partners include: