A couple of weeks ago The Evening Telegraph had a front page story about they they were working with the Rotary International Group to sponsor the "Operation Christmas Child" shoebox drive. I thought this was a great opportunity to get our family involved in helping out some kids have a special Christmas. Well, I wondered also if any of my fellow ISE's would be interested in doing it as well so I hosted the November brunch/tea and asked everyone to donate a few things for the shoe boxes and had an overwhelming response. I originally picked up 8 boxes to fill but had to go back and get 10 more. We as a group were able to put together 6 little girls boxes, 2 little boys, 3 teen boys, 3 teen girls and 4 household boxes and we jam packed the boxes pretty tight. Addison helped me color on the outsides of the boxes to make them look "pretty."
In the household boxes, we hand scarves, gloves, and hats, body wash, toothbrushes, shampoo/conditioner, bars of soap, liquid washing soup, laundry soap, notepads, pens, and stationary.
In the teen boys we had deodorant, hair gel, combs, pens, notepads, men's body wash, stocking caps/baseball caps, toothbrushes and toothpaste.
The little girl boxes were filled with crayons, toys, jewelry, coloring books, lip gloss, and just lots of fun little things for girls.
The teen girls had loads of shampoos, conditioners, lotions, lipgloss, brushes, gloves, scarves, jewelry, toothpaste and brush and more.
The little boys boxes were filled with coloring books, balls, small toys and cars, balls, sunglasses, stuffed animals, and more.
It was a bit hectic trying to keep the items in the boxes when my kids were curious little cats and wanted to play with everything. I did have a heck of time trying to explain as best as I could to an almost 3 year old that these were presents for other children who may not have mommies and daddies and that this was a special gift for them. It was a real joy getting to fill these boxes up and I hope that we can continue doing it every year even back in the States.
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