Operation Christmas Child

For the past five years, our class has participated in a wonderful way to experience the spirit of Christmas. It’s Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse. This organization delivers shoe box gifts to needy children around the world, while also telling them about God’s love for them. While this class project is optional, I hope you’ll consider it. I have included in the Thursday packet a donation form, labels and the directions for how to pack a shoe box; the directions clearly explain each step in how we can take part in this wonderful project. Basically, to participate, each child wraps a shoe box (lid separately) in Christmas wrapping. Then the child fills the box with a variety of gifts, such as small toys, school supplies, candy, hygiene items, or other useful items, plus $7.00 or more to help cover shipping and other costs incurred by the organization. You can find more information about Operation Christmas Child on the internet at www.samaritanspurse.org. You can also print out more labels from this site.

Your shoe boxes may come into the classroom anytime, but our deadline is Friday, November 16.

To make this a gift truly from your child, consider having them earn the money for the gifts by doing jobs around the house other than their daily household chores. They could also help in picking out the gifts.

What a great way for children to share their aloha with other children!

Please make the check payable to Samaritan’s Purse. I will need someone to volunteer to take the boxes to the collection site at Central Union Church by November 19. If you can do this, or if you have any questions, please give me a call.

Posted on November 1, 2007 12:54 PM | Permalink