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Saturday, January 30, 2010

If you come to visit Jamaica - Donate school supplies:

Stop by a school and deliver some badly-needed books and supplies. Simple items are scarce for many school children. Donations of school supplies like notebooks, pencils, pens, rulers, crayons, erasers, coloring books, and educational workbooks (reading, spelling, math, comprehension, brain games, puzzles) are always in high demand.


Tips:

  

  * Take items out of their packaging and cut off the tags - Jamaica's landfills are  overflowing and customs is less likely to care if it doesn't look like a re-sale item;
  

  * Vary your donations - too many of the same item tends to raise eyebrows and make you look like a vendor bringing products to sell;
   
 * No battery operated toys - batteries die and are toxic in landfills;
 
   * No games or toys with tons of small pieces that get lost or broken - the more durable the better;
   
 * Spread items throughout your suitcases;
   
 * If asked, you are bringing items to play with kids and plan to bring them back with you. If you say they are just for donation, they are still potentially taxable items.
    

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