Container Load and Pack Schedule

E-quip Africa Volunteers will meet at the storage facility during the week of August 18-22, 2008 to pack and load a 40 foot container headed for northern Ghana. Here is the schedule:

Monday, August 18, 9:00 am-Noon: The container will be dropped to 5643 - 37th Street NE, Willmar, arranged by DHL Global

Monday, August 18, 1:00 pm--8:00 pm: EQA Volunteers move computers from shelves to container; build computer pallets inside container; apply shipping labels

Tuesday, August 19, 9:00 am-1:00 pm: Polamer Moving Services will direct loading of container; EQA Vols to assist Polamer, check and record items for packing list, lift boxes into container

Tuesday, August 19, 3:00 pm-8:00 pm: EQA Vols build monitor pallets; lift boxes into container; record items on packing list; move Cape Coast items to staging area; apply shipping labels

Wednesday, August 20, 9:00 am-1:00 pm: Polamer Moving Services will direct loading of container; EQA Vols to assist Polamer, check and record items for packing list, lift boxes into container, build pallets if space allows

Wednesday, August 20, 3:00 pm-8:00 pm: EQA Vols build Cape Coast pallets; check and label Cape Coast boxes

Thursday, August 21, 9:00 am-1:00 pm: Polamer Moving Services will finish packing, loading and seal the container; EQA Vols to assist Polamer, finalize packing list, clean up and reorganize garage

Thursday, August 21, 3:00 pm-??: Finish project work as needed

Friday, August 22, 8:00 am: Container will be picked up and trucked to a MSP rail yard for shipment to a port city and eventually Europe and Ghana, Africa