A few weeks ago, my friends Y and N, and I decided to join the Operation Christmas Child program organized by Samaritan’s Purse. The mission is to prepare shoeboxes filled with school supplies, basic hygiene products, and other useful items for children. Then, our church, SOCC, will help us send the shoeboxes to Samaritan’s Purse, who will distribute them to children in need worldwide.
We asked our friends and fellow church members in the International Coffee Hour cell group for monetary and item donations. Within two weeks, we collected over $100! Thank you to all our generous donors.
On November 15th, we used the donated money to shop for items at Walmart and Dollar Tree. On November 16th, we held a shoebox packing party where we gathered to pack all the items into boxes. We received so many donated items that we couldn’t count them all.
We aimed to pack 30 boxes, but thanks to everyone’s generosity and God’s blessing, we exceeded our goal and packed 43 boxes! Twenty-one boxes are for boys and 22 are for girls, all aged 5 to 9.
Here are some photos from the party:
We asked our friends and fellow church members in the International Coffee Hour cell group for monetary and item donations. Within two weeks, we collected over $100! Thank you to all our generous donors.
On November 15th, we used the donated money to shop for items at Walmart and Dollar Tree. On November 16th, we held a shoebox packing party where we gathered to pack all the items into boxes. We received so many donated items that we couldn’t count them all.
We aimed to pack 30 boxes, but thanks to everyone’s generosity and God’s blessing, we exceeded our goal and packed 43 boxes! Twenty-one boxes are for boys and 22 are for girls, all aged 5 to 9.
Here are some photos from the party:
The logo of Operation Christmas Child.
The refreshment was sponsored by International Coffee Hour.
We had 4 tables full of items! The categories were toys, hygiene products, school supplies and accessories. This was the toys and candies table.
This was the hygiene products table.
This was the accessories table.
The nearest table was the school supplies table. I accidentally deleted the close up of this table. Sorry!
The men in the house.
The women in the house.
More men and women in the house.
Y, N, and our junior E, posing with the shoeboxes at the end!
Thank you again to everyone who donated or volunteered. May God bless you for your generosity. Let’s continue to pray that these shoeboxes will bless children’s lives.
“Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.” – Luke 6:38
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