WHERE DO LWR QUILTS GO?
and kits and soap, too ?

Since 1945, U.S. Lutherans have provided material resources by the ton for people in need around the world. The quilts, kits and soap travel through a well-coordinated, intercontinental pipeline to get from your parish to the women, children and men who so deeply appreciate your gifts of comfort.

1. U.S. Lutherans make and gather material resources and deliver them to LWR warehouses—in person, by post, truck or even by rail.
   
   
2. Warehouse staff process, sort into categories and prepare the items for shipment overseas. Kits and soap are packed into boxes; quilts are compressed into plastic-wrapped bales.
   
   

3. 		Where do LWR quilts and kits go? Click here for the 2007 Material Resources Shipping Report.

   LWR partners, local faith- and community-based organizations around the world, identify needs and submit requests for material resources. LWR coordinates shipping arrangements and the warehouse staff packs ocean freight containers and sends them to port.
   
   
4. Containers are loaded onto an ocean freighter, which sails to the port nearest LWR's partner—arriving 4-6 weeks from the day it was ordered.
   
   
5. LWR's partner confirms receipt of the materials and prepares them either for short-term storage or immediate delivery to remote villages, refugee camps, hospitals and disaster sites. Some items are kept in storage, poised for quick distribution in case of a later emergency, such as an earthquake or flood.
   
   
6. LWR's partner conducts a fair and orderly distribution, ensuring that those in the greatest need receive the material resources, and reports the results back to LWR.
   
   
7. LWR staff make periodic site visits to monitor distribution systems of the partners and learn about the communities they serve.

For more information on where LWR material resources go, request the following free-loan videos by calling 1-800-LWR-LWR-2:

Ordinary to Extraordinary (new in 2007!)
Angola's Piecemakers: The Quilt

Also, visit From the Field for stories and photos.

Your parish can also help LWR get quilts and other material resources to the people who need them. Learn more:

• donate a brick on the Good Samaritan Quilt Plaza
• raise money to contribute to the Project Comfort Fund

Please contact Brenda Meier (bmeier@lwr.org) at LWR if you have any additional questions.