Operation
Christmas Child brings joy and hope to children in desperate
situations around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes
and the Good News of God’s love. Since 1993, more
than 61 million shoe boxes have been packed, shipped, and
delivered across the globe. People of all ages can be involved
in this simple, hands-on missions project while focusing
on the true meaning of Christmas—Jesus Christ.
Our
goal this year is 200 boxes -- we will be having a Box Packing
Party on November 9th. Why are we starting so early? We
would like to take advantage of a lot of the back-to-school
sales that are going on during August and September, plus
it gives us a chance to have everything organized and ready
to go when we have our Packing Party.
Here
is how YOU can participate:
1.
You can make up a shoebox (or two...). Print up a label
and a suggested
shopping list and have fun! This is a wonderful project
to do with your family -- you can even include a small
letter/photo for the child who will receive the box. Print
up a coloring page for
your little ones to include, too.
2.
You can do some shopping
and bring your items in any time between now and November
2nd. We will happily store it for you until the packing
party.
3.
Make a donation in any amount toward items that we will
use to pack the boxes with. Please be sure to designate
on the check or on the envelope "Shoebox" and
we will use every last penny for this project!
CCDB
will be taking care of the donation costs per box (there
is a $7 per box fee that Samaritan's Purse uses for covering
shipping costs and other expense). You can also pay for
your own box if you would like.
Please note that we do not have the printed boxes this year
-- we suggest that you use a small plastic shoebox to pack
your items (a 6qt shoebox seems to be the ideal size).
There
are also opportunities for service -- we need people to
help us organize supplies, help us prepare for the packing
party, etc. Please see Virginia or Melody for more information.
Keep
checking back for updates on what items we need (we will
try to put up an organized checklist). If you have any
other questions, please email
us.
Current
Inventory List (our aim is 200 boxes)
