Just like your own home, our "homes" have special needs. We are especially interested in developing a prayer relationship with the children in each program.

If you choose to adopt a cottage here at Bashor Children's Home, we will send you a list of prayer concerns each week. This list will include the child's first name and his/her specific request. We will also forward staff names and - from time-to-time - campus concerns that need extra emphasis.

We ask that your congregation, Sunday School class, or small group make a weekly commitment to pray over this list. We have seen over and over again how God has worked wonders in response to specific prayer!

Classroom Supplies

• Spiral Notebooks
  
• Loose Leaf Notebook
• Paper
  
• Copy Paper
  
• Construction Paper
  
• Three Ring Binders
  
• Pocket Folders
  
• Black & Red Ball Point Pens
  
• #2 Pencils
  
• Erasers
  
• Rulers
  
• Crayons
  
• Paints
  
• Calculators (Big Key)
  
• Protractors
  
• Compasses
  
• Scotch Tape
  
• Masking Tape
  
• Dry Erase Boards
• Dry Erase Markers
  
• Poster Board
  
• 3 x 5 Note Cards
  
• Elmers Glue
  
• Transparencies
  
• Overhead Markers
  
• White Out Pens
  

Art Supplies

• Drawing Paper
  
• Sketch Pads
  
• Paints
  
• Colored Pencils
  
• Colored Markers
  
• Modeling Clay
  
• Scissors
  
• Glue Sticks
  

Student Needs

• Backpacks
  
• Trapper Keepers
  
• Gym Shoes (Sizes 6-12)
  
• Sweatshirts (Sizes L, XL)
  
• T-Shirts (Sizes L, XL)
  

Other Items

• Intermediate Level Dictionaries
  
• Current Encyclopedias (1995- )
  
• Educational Games
  
• Educational DVDs
  
• Current Globes and Maps
  
• Inspirational Posters
  
• Computers
  

There are plenty of service projects on our campus for youth groups, civic clubs and other organizations. In the past, these work camps have painted the cottages, landscaped the grounds, cleared the pond, erected a fence on our softball diamond, helped with spring cleanup projects and much, much more.

The Bashor Children's Home Auxiliary is designed to promote and stimulate interest in the organization and provide needed services to staff and residents.

The ladies meet on campus on the second Tuesday of September, October, November, April, May and June. The highlights of the calendar include the group's annual food auction during its November meeting and the campus picnic for staff and residents in June.

The Auxiliary has also provided birthday cakes for each resident and has been active in several fundraising projects for campus ministries.

For more information, contact President Mary Jo Cotherman (574-533-7338) or Bashor Children's Home.