A local church is collecting items for Ukraine.

Members of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church - Mahoning, met Wednesday morning at the church.

There, they loaded up trucks full of items, which they in turn dropped off at the Ukrainian Homestead in Lehighton.

“We’ve been collecting items for the Ukrainian Homestead; they gave a list that they could use in Ukraine,” Sheila Drummond, church member, said. “We had a bazaar over the weekend, handed pamphlets out, did it with our church; (there’s) pretty many items we have collected.”

Items that are being collected include the following:

• Medical supplies: Minimum of nine-month expiration date; first aid/trauma kits.

• Items of hygiene: Bar soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, sanitary products for women.

• Baby formula, diapers, wipes.

• Adult briefs and patient underpads.

• Newly packaged undergarments and socks.

• Trash bags.

• Mobility aids: Wheelchairs, walkers, canes, crutches, bedside commode.

• Linens: Towels, sheets, blankets.

• Hand and feet warmers.

• Camping mats (no blowup mattress).

• Tents.

• Solar powered phone chargers.

• Aquatabs (water purifier tablets).

Items are being collected at the church from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

They will be collecting for the month of April, both monetary donations and the items that are being dropped off.