COL Gift List

Please consider giving to Cradle of Love during any season of giving. Your donation makes a difference in the lives of our children every day.

Pay the monthly medical costs for 5 babies. Medical costs include immunizations, medicine, and doctor visits.

$10

Buy a month of baby supplies, including cotton wool, skin cream, nail clippers, and bath soap.

$15

Provide our office with telephone services, paper, ink, etc. for a month.

$20

Feed a toddler three vegetarian meals a day for a month. Meals are made from rice, beans, eggs, milk, and fresh veggies.

$25

Purchase 10 cloth nappies and plastic covers. We use washable nappies to save costs, since we go through hundreds each day.

$25

Keep one of our premature babies in disposable diapers for a month. Since these babies are so small, the cloth nappies do not fit well.

$30
 

Supply us with laundry detergent, bleach, scouring powder, mops, brooms, disinfectant, and sponges for a month.

$35

Buy formula to feed a baby for a month. Currently we have ten babies who are on formula. $50

Allow for half a month of fuel costs. We require the use of a car to transport our children to the clinic and purchase supplies for the baby home.

$60

Pay for one fifth of our monthly electricity, which is necessary for washing clothes and nappies, heating water for the children's baths, and powering lights.

$75

Purchase enough propane for a month, which is used for all our cooking.

$100

Sponsor two caregivers’ salaries for a month. We employ 29 staff members including a guard, a nurse, a housekeeper, a groundskeeper, and a staff supervisor, in addition to nannies, cooks, and laundry staff.

$250

Supply us with hot water. We would love to install several solar panels that would help generate hot water for the house and cut down on our utility bill. (Suggested donation is for the cost of one panel, installed).

$600

 

Please make checks payable to GEM Resources and indicate that the funds are for Cradle of Love. Donations of any amount are greatly appreciated! Thank you very much!

GEM Resources
P.O. Box 61
Berrien Springs, MI 49103 USA

All donations are tax deductible.
GEM’s tax # is 38-3114488.

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(3% of your donation is taken for PayPal's overhead) 

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