The Junior Beta Club will be collecting empty, wrapped shoe boxes for the program “Operation Christmas Child” from September 7 through September 21 from grades Pre-K through 5. The lids and the bottom parts of the boxes need to be wrapped separately, so the lids can be lifted off easily.
The Senior Beta Club is collecting the items to go inside the boxes from grades 6-12.
The Senior Class will be packing the boxes.
What Can They Win?
As an incentive, the Beta Clubs are offering the class of the elementary school that brings in the greatest number of wrapped shoeboxes a Pizza Party.
The Upper School class that brings in the largest number of items to place in the boxes will win a lunch of some kind (the menu is still up for debate!).
Operation Christmas Child is trying to help children around the world have a better Christmas. Let's do what we can to make it their best year yet!
NOTE: If you would like help by bringing in items to be put in the boxes, there will be a box in the main hallway as you walk in where they can be dropped. (Elementary: Bringing in items is not required to win the pizza party, only much appreciated.)
List of Items You Can Bring:
- Toys:
small cars, balls, dolls, stuffed animals, kazoos, harmonicas, yo-yos, small Etch-A-Sketch, toys that light up or make noise (with extra batteries), Slinky, Etc. - School supplies:
pens, pencils and sharpener, crayons or markers, stamps and ink pad sets, coloring books, writing pads or paper, solar calculators, etc. - Hygiene items:
toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, comb, washcloth, etc. - Other:
hard candy, lollipops, mints, gum, sunglasses, flashlights with extra batteries, ball caps, socks, T-shirts, toy jewelry, hair-clips, watches, small picture books, etc.
Please do not include the following items:
- Used items
- Toy guns, knives, or other war-related items
- Chocolate or perishable items
- Liquids of any kind (shampoo, lotion, bubbles, etc.)
- Medicines of any kind (vitamins, cough drops, etc.)
- Breakable items, (mirrors, china dolls, etc.)
Senior Class - Packing Party
The Seniors will have a packing party to stuff the boxes (according to boy/girl, age-appropriate categories) once the Beta Clubs have collected the wrapped boxes for them.