Your family can bring cheer to patients with AIDs living in Coler-Goldwater Hospital in New York City . The patients at Coler-Goldwater are very poor. Some do not have any other place to go while they are being 
treated and some do not receive any visitors from their families or friends.
Throughout the year, the Sisters of the Fraternité Notre Dame, of Harlem , New York , visit the 200 women and men afflicted with AIDS. During the Holiday Season they would like to provide the patients with a small holiday gift of toiletries, socks or T-shirts. A long time partner of FamilyCares, they have asked for help to cheer up patients during the Holidays and to let them know that someone cares.
Materials Needed: All Items Must be New!
Toiletries – Regular or hotel size
Shampoo and conditioner
Soaps
Creams and lotions
Deodorant
Chapstick
Socks
Slipper Socks
T-Shirts or Undershirts
Ribbons and bows
Colorful Holiday paper bags (lunch bag size)
Steps Involved
- Ask your children what they think it would be like to spend the holidays in the hospital. (While this is a collection for adults, you can check out the book, “You Can Call Me Willy – A Story for Children about AIDS,” by Joan C. Verniero, written for children ages 4-8. It explains some of the difficulties children face living with AIDS. )
- Package hotel size items in small holiday colored party bags with tissue paper or in plastic baggies or wrap in cellophane and tie with ribbons. Your family can put ribbons and bows on the larger items and attach the card.
- Make homemade Holiday cards and drawings. These are as important as the toiletries.
- Box the items and cards and mail to FamilyCares or directly to Fraternité Notre Dame by December 31, 2008:
c/o Kids Care Clubs
975 Boston Post Road
Dairen, CT 06820
Tel: 203- 656-8052
Contact: Maureen Byrne
2290 First Avenue
New York , NY 10035
Tel: 212-876-5855
Contact: Sister Marie Renee
If your family does not live in the New York area, please try and connect with a local hospital or organization that serves AIDS patients.
