Annual Christmas Shoe Box Gift Giving,
Sunday November 10, 2013, 10:00 am-12:30 pm.
Shelbourne Baptist Church
4808 Shelbourne Road
Arbutus MD 21227
tel: #410-242-3261
web: www.shelbournechurch.org
email: pastordrtaylor@aol.com
It's Shoe Box Time!
We're filling Christmas Shoe Boxes again this year at Shelbourne Baptist
Church for needy and hurting children around the world. Our Baptist
Women will be packing and collecting gift-filled shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child which is celebrating it's 20th Anniversary this year.
If you would like to pack a Christmas Shoe Box for a boy or girl or both,
you can bring your packed box to our Christmas Shoe Box table in our
church foyer on any Sunday from 10:00 am-12:30 pm, or on any Wednesday
from 6:45-8:00 pm, up until Sunday, November 10th.
Many of the children that Operation Christmas Child
reaches have never received a gift before. These life-changing shoe
boxes travel thousands of miles to 100 million needy and hurting
children in over 100 countries around the world.
Shoe box gifts may be gift wrapped with box and lid wrapped separately for age groups 2-4, 5-9 or 10-14.
Place a label on your shoebox indicating whether it's for a boy or girl
and the age group. Christmas shoe box gifts may be packed with school
supplies like pencils, sharpeners, crayons, markers, writing
pads, coloring & picture books and solar calculators; hygiene items
like toothbrushes and toothpaste, mild bar soap, comb or small brush,
washcloth; and of course toys like small cars, dolls, stuffed animals,
kazoos, small Etch A Sketch, stickers, Slinky, yo-yos and Legos; and
everyday needs like t-shirts, socks, underwear, ball caps, hats,
mittens, hair clips & hair bands, sunglasses, hard candy, watches
and small flashlights or light-up toys with extra batteries.
You can personalize your shoe box gift even
more by enclosing a note to the child with a photo of yourself or your
family. If you include your address, the child may write to you. Do not
include used or damaged items, war-related toys or figures like toy
guns, knives or military figures, chocolate or food, liquid or lotions,
medications or vitamins, breakable items or aerosol cans. For more
information on packing or bringing a box, call Shelbourne Church at #410-242-3261.