Exciting News! CWS is rolling out refreshed and updated kits for 2025, designed to better serve those in need.

Our team is working on improving our materials, including updates to this website, and will resume these projects after the holidays. Check back soon after the New Year for the latest changes!

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CWS KITS HAS A NEW HOME!

Beginning December 1, 2025, CWS will partner with Mission Central in Mechanicsburg, PA, as our new Mid-Atlantic Super Depot—building on the 65-year legacy of the Brethren Service Center.

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CWS Kits are simple, life‑changing packages assembled by compassionate supporters like you. These everyday items reach communities across the U.S., bringing care, hope and a powerful reminder to neighbors in difficult times that they are never alone.

Explore the CWS Kits Collection

CWS Kits have been refreshed and updated to better meet the needs of those we serve. You can make a difference this year! Explore the new and improved kits by clicking on the options below.
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CWS Hygiene Kits
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CWS Period Packs
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CWS Kids Kit
(Formerly School Kits)
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CWS Cleanup Buckets

Hygiene Kits

Provide kits to make all the difference between sickness and health for struggling families.

Assemble Hygiene Kits

School Kits

Give children in impoverished communities and refugee camps the basic tools for learning.

Assemble School Kits

Buckets

Emergency cleanup buckets equip people after a flood, tornado or other disaster.

Assemble Buckets

Backpacks

NEW FOR 2022! Extend a warm welcome while giving essentials like food and toothbrushes to refugee and immigrant families rebuilding their lives in the U.S.

Assemble Backpacks

Period Packs (Menstrual Hygiene Kit)

NEW FOR 2022! Give women and girls the essentials they need to feel clean, be healthy and live with dignity during the menstrual cycle.

Assemble Period Packs

In 2025, generous donors just like you, helped provide
CWS Kits and Blankets to partners and agencies serving those in need.

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0 Clean up Buckets
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0 Period Packs
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0 Hygiene Kits
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0 School Kits
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0 Disaster Preparedness Kits
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0 Blankets

Join us today to make a lasting impact in 2026 and beyond!

How it Works

Assembling CWS Kits is an easy way to share your love with others and have a fun experience with your family and friends.

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Step 1

Select your favorite kit(s) and go shopping for the supplies.

Don’t have time to shop? Order a CWS Kits Party Pack and we will send all the supplies you need.

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Step 2

Gather a group of friends and assemble your CWS Kits. This is the fun part!

Take photos of your group assembling CWS Kits and email them to: kits@cwsglobal.org

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Step 3

Following your kit assembly, the CWS Kits can be taken to a kits drop off location or simply mail them to our warehouse.

See what others have to say about CWS Kits


“When neighbors help neighbors, hope shows up in the most beautiful ways–thanks to the compassion of CWS donors.”

- Rise and Shine Community Event, Galveston, Texas

“CWS Kits is a meaningful service project and a fun way to connect and work together to make a difference. We’d encourage your church or youth group to join this mission too.”

- Heidelberg Church of the Brethren Youth Group, Myerstown, PA

“We've packed CWS Cleanup Buckets for years, and we know that each one means hope for a family starting recovery. It's a small act of love that helps people start the long process of cleaning up."

- Burt and Helen, Brethren Disaster Ministries, Southern Ohio and Kentucky

One of my neighbors asked me to join their Period Pack Party and I had so much fun! Now I am planning to host a CWS Kits collection with my group of friends during 2024.

- Victoria Dillon, Rochester, MN

    You are making a difference.