Needs and Requests

URGENT NEEDS

VOLUNTEER SHORT OR LONG TERM MISSIONARIES:

  • Musician to help with our weekly Children’s Church and our various small groups in town.
  • Bilingual volunteer to become our Children’s Pastor and help with our children’s program during our small groups.
  • A male volunteer to come down and help run mission groups during spring break and summers while Daniel is in Bible College. No Spanish required, construction skills a plus, and good people skills.
  • Male/Female volunteer to help with accounting, office work, art projects & updating website/Facebook.  No Spanish required (but always a plus). Good administration skills needed!
  • ***All volunteers receive free room and board, plus lots of hugs from 50 kids and a huge reward in heaven.***
    Please prayerfully consider joining the Open Arms team, serving God and the Mexican people together in Baja!

MEDICAL/DENTAL/OPTICAL CLINIC

Exam Rooms

  • Exam gloves – 6 ½, 7, 7 ½, 8 (Box)
  • Tongue blades
  • 4×4’s
  • #10 Glass jars to hold things (i.e.:  tongue blades, etc.)
  • Alcohol wipes
  • Dot band aids, regular band aids, large band aids
  • Antibiotic ointment
  • Nonstick telfa  pads (trans pore)
  • Nonstick 3m tape rolls (micro pore)
  • Paper drapes
  • Paper gowns
  • Ear speculum – adult & pediatric
  • Vaginal speculum
  • Sterile gloves – 6 ½, 7, 7 ½, 8
  • BP cuff & sphygmomanometer x3
  • Temp taker
  • Pulse oximeter
  • 3-4 nebulizer machines
  • Surgical/laceration sets x10
  • Suture thread – vicryl 3-0, 4-0, 5-0/silk (prolene 3-0, 4-0, 5-0)
  • Betadine liquid/swabs
  • Hydroperoxide H2O2
  • Sterile water
  • Silver nitrate sticks
  • Drysol
  • Cotton balls
  • Rolls of paper for exam table
  • Ophthalmoscope – for eye & ear
    - Wall mount x3
    - Replacement bulbs for Welch Allen scope (ophthalmoscope)
  • Hytercator – 2200℉
  • Doppler – OB/ultrasound machine

Meds – any old & new

  • Pain meds: Toradol, Epin, Kenalog, Depomedrol, Lidocaine, (1%, 1%c Epin, 2%, 2%c Epin)
    - Viscous Lidocaine
    - Lidocaine gel, K-4 gel
  • Narcotic meds: Demerol, Versed, Morphine, Marcaine 0.5%, Ammonium salts, Gebauer’s solution, Phenergan, Benadryl
  • Cold medicine
  • Cough syrup
  • Amoxicillin
  • Penicillin
  • Alcohol gel
  • Antiseptic wipes
  • Urine cups & dipsticks for analysis
  • Rapid strep test
  • Rapid pregnancy test
  • Throat culture swabs
  • Fox swab – vaginal

Machines

  • EKG machine
    - Paper

-Dental equipment for cleanings, filling cavities, pulling teeth, x-ray machine, sterilization unit, etc.

-Optical equipment

COMPUTERS:

We would like to start a computer lab in our homework room for the OA kids.

Ongoing Needs:

FOOD:

  • Canned goods (fruit, vegetables, tomato sauce, etc)
  • Meat (chicken, pork, beef)
  • Rice& Beans
  • Juice or Punch
  • Pasta
  • Bread
  • Tortillas

CLEANING SUPPLIES:

  • Brooms, mops and buckets
  • Pinsol
  • Bleach
  • Ajax
  • Lysol Wipes
  • Hand Sanitizer
  • Toilet Paper
  • Paper Towels

BABY SUPPLIES:

  • Baby Wipes
  • Diapers- all sizes
  • Baby Formula
  • Bottles

CLOTHING:

  • New or barely used clothes for baby to size 16 children.
  • School Uniform- all sizes
    • White Collared Shirt
    • Blue slacks
    • Red Sweater

Feel free to bring the donations down to us or send it through the U.S. Post Office to our PO Box.

Remember all donations are tax deductible and a receipt can be given upon request.