Every year we try to do something for others at Christmas. It makes us happy! We usually don't do the same thing every year. This year, I think we may have found something we'll stick with :) Samaritan's Purse does Operation Christmas Child and it was easy, fun and inexpensive. I found out about OCC on the southernsavers website. Here is the link to their website and if you want to be suckered into participating, just watch the video below :) I've been meaning to post this sooner because the drop off week is this week. The website tells exactly how to pack a box. It's really easy!
http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/
We did one box for a girl and one box for a boy, both ages 2-4. Everything in it came from the Dollar Tree and Wal-Mart. Each box was about $25. You can even print labels with bar codes so you can see where your box ends up! We put a card and a family picture in too. I wish we could see a video or picture of the child that received our box. How cool would that be? Here's what we put inside.
I know it will make two children very, very happy this Christmas:)
That is such a wonderful idea! Is there still time for us to do this?
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