Each year our church is involved with and helps put together Operation Christmas Child. Tons of people bring in shoe boxes filled with supplies that will help out kids in need in other countries. It is not to late to get involved with this one and it is so much fun! You may even get a letter back from your sponsored child. It is amazing the joy something as small as a tooth brush and crayons can bring a young child. Find all the info you will need to pack a shoe box here. Find the closest drop off location here. There is also going to be a Giveaway of a Veggies Tales DVD Library going on over at Real Life Blog as well as a packing party at 1pm on November 5th at MomTV.com.
Another great way to get involved this season is with Hannah’s Socks. When 4 year old Hannah helped her mother at a local homeless shelter she saw a man with holes in his socks and wanted to offer him her own. The next day Hannah and her mother purchased and donated several pairs of socks to the local shelters. Since then, Hannah’s Socks has collected over 100,000 pairs of socks for homeless and domestic violence shelters. This year the Colorox company has decided to sponsor Hannah’s Socks and strives to donate up to 10,000 pairs of socks to underprivileged children’s homes, domestic violence shelters, as well as the homeless. You can find out more about getting involved at HannahsSocks.org. Also, make sure to follow Hannah’s Socks on Twitter and promote the charity with #HannahsSocks. You can also follow the charity on Facebook.
Shooting Stars Mag says
I’ve done a shoebox before. It’s a lot of fun for sure. Thanks for sharing those two ideas!!
I’m actually doing auctions right now to raise money for First Book, a charity that gets books to underpriveleged children. It’s a great charity and we want to help. You can find out more:
http://www.leaveamarkauctions.blogspot.com
-Lauren
Kristie says
We put a shoe box together for the first time last year through our church and hope to do it again this year. Very neat cause! 🙂
Bill and Lorie Shewbridge says
I have never heard of either of these charities, thanks for bringing them to my attention. I usually have two charities that I give to at Christmas, but I will look into these as they seem very worthy and not too expensive.