We are collecting donations of basic supplies for migrants and those seeking asylum who have been deported at the border in Arizona. Supplies collected will be sent to the Kino Border Initiative, which provides immediate aid to migrants after crossing the border in Arizona and immediately after deported individuals are deposited in Mexico. They provide shelter and basic supplies to migrants and asylum-seekers, who often have only the clothes they crossed the border in and a plastic bag with their personal belongings.
The collection box is located at the Front Desk of the Honors College in Burnham Hall, until Friday, July 13. The following items are requested to meet the needs created by the recent influx of people unable to leave the immediate border area and without any supplies or resources:
- Coffee
- Powdered milk
- Dish soap
- Medium size garbage bags
- Aluminum foil
- Vegetable oil
- Toilet paper
- Men’s pants waist sizes 28 to 34
- Women’s pants small and medium
- Jackets for men and women
- Men’s tennis shoes sizes 8 to 91/2
- Women’s tennis shoes up to size 7
- Women’s flip flops or sandals
- Underwear-for men and women small and medium
- Body lotion
- Deodorant for men and women
- Travel size toiletries:
- Tooth paste
- Tooth brushes
- Soap
- Shampoo
