My wife and I work with a program each Christmas time that we founded called Philly Hope. You can read about this years project here. It works similar to that other bigoutreach. Only we do for urban kids in Philadelphia.
You can modify this program for any city and for any age group.
Here goes:
Steps to making the Dollar Store Missional.
(Childs Version)
1. Go to the Dollar Store!
2. Pick up 10 plastic shoe boxes with Lids. $10.00
3. 2 5 packs of tooth brushes. $2.00
4. 3 4 packs of soap. $3.00
5. 4 3 packs of hand towels. $4.00
6. 10 winter hats $10.00
7. 5 2 packs pairs gloves $5.00
8. 10 stuffed animals $10.00
9. 5 boys toys $5.00
10. 5 girls toys $5.00
11. 10 puzzle books $10.00
12. 2 - 20 pencil pack $2.00
13. 2 boxes erasers $2.00
14. 10 pack sharpeners $1.00
15. 4 bags assorted hard candy $4.00
16. 2 assorted sticker packages $2.00
17. 10 devotional books (most stores we've been too have them) $10.00
18. 3 rolls wrapping paper $3.00
19. 2 packages of combs $2.00
$90.00 spent and 10 boxes to assemble. Write cards for 5 boys and 5 girls. Wrap your boxes and your ready to go.
If you doing it for homeless folks here's some substitution items.
Socks, cough drops, toothpaste, hand sanitizer, instant heat packs thanks John, scarf, chewable vitamins etc.
You see it doesn't take much and you can make a difference in the lives of 10 people this Christmas.
It's not to late to do it. There's a month to do it and month to find out where to distribute it.
If this has inspired you to do something more, please let us know.
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3 comments:
What a great idea Jerry. I wonder if one could do a "care box" for the homeless. I'm going to go off the the Dollar Store and look around. If John Lunt checks in here, I'd love to hear what he thinks and what should be included.
We have a gal in Revolution who LOVES the homeless...very much a mother teresa heart in a lot of ways. This is a fantastic idea and I'm going to talk to her about doing this as our outreach this winter. I'm thinking that since we live in CO where we have real winters (mild as they are relatively speaking), a "winter care kit" would be awesome. I'll get back to you on what we do :)
John: Thanks for the suggestions!
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