Receiving the Shoeboxes

The third Saturday in December we delivered the boxes to the Seniors and what a great day that was! As you can see from the pictures every senior that attended received a beautifully decorated box FILLED to the top with donated items. They were all very happy and thankful to receive the gift.
Inside were Christmas cards with a picture and signature of the child that packed and decorated the box. The Seniors loved to see the children and knew that they had fun!

Packing the boxes

The kids had a wonderful time packing the boxes! Some understoond what and why they were packing and others just had fun. For those that understood what a wonderful way to introduce them to the idea of giving. For those that just had fun their year will come! Keep them involved!

The holiday cards are used to decorate the outside of the boxes and the inside of the lid. The kids use decorative scissors and glue to make the ordinary shoe boxes look like a beautifully wrapped box.

Once decorated the boxes are then filled with our little goodies consisting of shampoos, soaps, dental care, candles, picture frames, lotions, small trinket gifts etc. Magazines and books are also a huge hit with the Seniors.

Donations Collected in 2008

2008 was a great year for donations! We had enough fillers to stuff 21 boxes! We need more in 2009 so please start collecting now! Don't throw away those holiday card tops so we can replenish the box for next year! Also don't toss those shoe boxes.

Thank you for all your donations and please forward this to anyone you know that might be interested in helping.