Needs for Costa Rica Trip

For the Tías (house moms) - there are 16 total:

  Shampoo & conditioner
  Hand and body creams

For the home: 

  Flashlights - good quality, rechargeable ones that will last 
  Flashlights for the night guard (6-volt rechargeable square kind) 
  2  long lasting lantern-style flashlights (eg.http://www.discountsafetygear.com/ra6volawikrb.html)
  6 - 6-volt rechargeable style batteries
  6 volt charger for batteries
  12 replacement bulbs for the above flashlights
  2 DVD players
  6 heavy duty potato peelers 
  6 quality kitchen knives that have a sheath that doubles as a knife sharpener

Fun things that are a blessing to the orphanage director's family:

  1 gallon of parmesan cheese
  Many bags of flavored and regular sunflower seeds
  Many bags of flavored corn nuts
  Slim Jim (mild, regular and hot)
  Beef jerky
  Peanut butter

General Needs 

Single bed fitted (bottom) sheets, crib sheets, cough syrup, Children’s ibuprofen, Children’s Tylenol,antibiotic ointment, antifungal cream, hydrocortisone cream, diaper rash creams, baby shampoo, baby lotion, Spanish Christian videos, pencil bags, liquid school glue, scissors, spiral notebooks, (NO crayons please!), girls and boys underwear and socks, sizes 2T to 16, boys new clothes, sizes 3T to 8, girls new clothes including dresses and skirts (no short shorts) size 6x, 8, 10, 12, heavy duty kitchen aprons, kitchen terry cloth towels, printer ink cartridges 80 color 70 black, clear contact paper, ranch dressing mixes, catalina dressing.