Packing List

2014 Pioneer Trek Equipment List

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• Personal Equipment List
  
  
  The following items are required of each person participating in trek
  
  
  ☐ 5-Gallon Bucket with lid: LABELED with name and ward, ALL gear must fit in bucket (except sleeping bag), bucket will be used as a STOOL and it also waterproofs your gear.
  
  
  ☐ Flashlight w/batteries
  
  
  ☐ Warm sleeping bag in a heavy-duty trash bag
  
  
  ☐ Heavy-duty trash bag for dirty or wet clothes
  
  
  ☐ Mess kit (plate, bowl, spoon, and fork) labeled with your name
  
  
  ☐ Mesh bag to hold mess kit
  
  
  ☐ Tin cup with handle or water bottle that can be carried on you hands free
  
  
  ☐ 2 Carabiners (1 to attach tin cup to belt loop or apron and 1for mesh bag)
  
  
  ☐ Personal hygiene Items
  • Small hand towel/or pre-moistened wipes for face & hands
  • travel size shampoo, conditioner, and soap
  • toothbrush, toothpaste, and dental floss
  • deodorant, lotion, and chapstick
  • comb or brush
  • hand sanitizer and tissues
  • contact lens solution and case (if you wear contact lenses)
  • feminine hygiene products (young women)
  
  
  ☐ Prescription medications: labeled in original pack (to be checked in with medical staff).
  
  
  ☐ Insect repellent
  
  
  ☐ Sunblock
  
  
  ☐ Sunglasses
  
  
  ☐ Personal first aid kit (Band-Aids & Mole Skin for foot care)
  
  
  ☐ Pillowcase (use to make a pillow out of your jacket)
  
  
  ☐ Old set of scriptures in a Ziploc bag
  
  
  ☐ Sturdy work gloves for pulling the handcart (these are a MUST)
  
  
  ☐ Clothing
  • 2 pairs of tennis shoes or hiking boots (MUST BE broken in)
  • 4 pairs of sturdy socks + 1 thick pair to sleep in
  • 4 undergarments
  • rain poncho
  • warm jacket
  • warm pajamas
  
  
  YOUNG WOMEN
  ·      1-2 bonnets
  ·      2 mid-calf length skirts and 2 blouses or  2 dresses
  ·      1-2 Aprons
  ·      2 pairs of bloomers (can be made of old pajamas or scrubs)
  
  
  YOUNG MEN
  ·      2 pairs of light-colored cotton pants (NO camouflage, athletic pants or jeans)
  ·      2 long-sleeved, button up, light colored shirts, preferably cotton (NO t-shirts)
  ·      western-style hat (no baseball caps, beanies or army hats)
  ·      suspenders or vest (optional)
  
  
  ☐ NO JEWELRY OR ELECTRONICS OF ANY KIND