Sunday, November 13, 2011

Operation Christmas Child

This Sunday we brought our Operation Christmas Child boxes to church, which reminded me to remind you that if you want to participate in charitable giving this holiday season, this is a great source to give through.  The concept of this project, for those of you unfamiliar with it, is that you fill a standard sized shoe box with a bunch of great stuff that you think a child needs/wants.  You pick whether you fill your box for a male/female child and what age group.  Better hurry though, box pick-ups are this week.  Here's why I like it... 1.) You can spend as little or as much as you want.  This doesn't require a specific dollar ammount; 2.) This is the only charity I can think of where literally 100% of your donations go directly to a child who needs them; and 3.) You can actually track your donation and see what country your box is dropped off at.  My kids love doing this, believe it or not, and for 1 day of this consumer-driven holiday season they are actually focused on someone besides themselves, which is refreshing as well.  Interested?  Find everything from boxes, to labels, to packing lists at http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/occ

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