November 13 POST ON YOUR CALENDAR!
In this season of Thanksgiving and Christmas gift-giving, you have an opportunity to participate with your children in a mission oriented activity by coming to the Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Packing Party on Thursday, November 13 at 7 p.m.
We will provide shoeboxes; you bring a bulk item containing 20 items that will be split up to pack. Suggestions include wash cloths, soap bars, small cars/toys/dolls, Kleenex packages, crayons, art/craft supplies, tools, sewing kits, kid jewelry, games. You can find these at the Dollar Store, or Target has a dollar section and there are good ideas in the kids party section, watch clearance areas and watch for coupons/rebates/rewards at Walgreens and Menards. At our party, we will create a assembly line with the donated items and pack as many boxes as we can! In addition, we will collect donations of $$ for the $7 shipping cost for each box. These boxes are then shipped around the world, often to nearly inaccessible places where there are children in need. Many of these children have never received a gift in their lives! We will hear some stories of the children who have been impacted by this program.
If you can't attend the party, you can still participate! Leave donations toward the shipping cost in an envelope and mark it for Shoebox Project. Donate items to pack.
This is your time to shine! Make a difference in the world today and teach your children that they can make a difference too!
November 25: No co-op classes! Week of Thanksgiving--we have much to be thankful for!
Advance notice: Gateway Christian Fellowship will be hosting a Christmas Brunch and Drama on Sunday, December 21. More info to follow.
