Wish list – April 2007

If you can’t come with us this time, please consider a gift instead. This list represents items needed at Hands on New Orleans for operations, staff and volunteers. If you’ll bring the items to a drop-off location, we’ll take them with us to Biloxi and New Orleans in April. (to be updated with list from Hands on Gulf Coast)

Drop-off deadline is April 4, 2007.

(Note: Gift cards can be mailed to Magic City Mission, c/o Hands on Birmingham, 601 19th St. N., Ste. 205, Birmingham, AL 35203. Remember, all other items must be delivered to drop-off locations below.)

What’s needed?

Gift cards (for purchasing supplies, materials)
Supplies
- Bottled water
- Gatorade/Powerade
- Toilet paper
- ~~Paper towels~~
- ~~Cleaning supplies~~
- Sunscreen
- Bug spray
Tools
- Metal drywall mud pans
- Drywall mud knives
- Retractable-blade utility knives
- Tape measures (Stanley, at least 25 foot)
- Trash cans (without wheels)
- Paint strainer (to snap into 5-gal. buckets and pouring paint through, like cheesecloth)
- Hammer tackers, with staples that fit
- Staple guns, with staples that fit
- Framing hammers (22 oz. or 24 oz.)
- Fubars (a five-in-one tool … example)
- Miscellaneous plumbing and electrical drill bits
- Heavy-duty two-way or three-way splitter for extension cords
- Hardhats, with the turn-knob adjustment in the back
- Safety goggles/glasses
- Tool belts (with two pouches)
- Pneumatic palm-nailer
- Air compressor
- Drywall guns (similar to a drill, Black & Decker preferred)
- Heavy-duty circular saws (Skill brand with worm-drive design)
- Respirator filters
  - 3M 60926 Multi gas/vapor cartridge/P100 filter
  - 3M 2091/07000* Particulate filter P100
Electronics
- Television
- ~~Laptop computers~~
- Radio/CD player (industrial/construction strength … example)
- Projector (to watch movies)
Miscellaneous
- Refrigerator
- Vacuum cleaner
- Bikes
~~Care packages for long-term volunteers (homemade cookies, notes of encouragement)~~

Where do I send the items? BancorpSouth has graciously provided the following drop-off locations:

Downtown, One Federal Place, 1819 Fifth Ave. N., Ste. A [map]
Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays
(205) 323-7181
Southside, 2211 Highland Ave. [map]
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday
(205) 933-8080
Leeds, 8433 First Ave. S.E. [map]
Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, 8:30-noon Saturday
(205) 699-2181
Hoover, 1980 Braddock Drive [map]
Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday
(205) 822-2566
Inverness, 4680 U.S. 280 [map]
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday
(205) 408-1954
Moody, 2450 Moody Pkwy. [map]
Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, 8:30-noon Saturday
(205) 640-2382
Trussville, 5905 Trussville Crossing Blvd. [map]
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday
(205) 661-4200