Lisa Carter, SBC Project Leader and Year Round Volunteer Church Relations and Media Support team member for OCC.
Silo Baptist Church has graciously offered to cover the $10 shipping cost per shoebox gift this year, We have shoeboxes available in the foyer with an activated label. Just fill it and bring it back before the posted deadline. Any questions, please reach out to Lisa Carter at 580-380-2719.
What should go in a shoebox?
Check to see if Samaritan's Purse will allow a specific item.
Shoebox Craft Saturdays is an event we host once a month (typically 3rd Saturday) to create items for shoeboxes.
Anyone/everyone is welcome to attend. Details about each event is posted in our Facebook group, Silo Baptist Church Operation Christmas Child.
January - Bendy Doll Craft
February - Washer Necklace Craft
March - CD Spinner Craft
April - Sock Puppet Craft
May - T-shirt Jump Ropes
- 189 total shoeboxes delivered to BBA
- The Adventure Begins …
- Fully loaded: Good News / Great Joy!
- 2022 Truth Seekers pack shoeboxes for boys and girls ages 5-9
Operation Christmas Child is a Shoebox Ministry of Samaritan’s Purse. Dolores Kiser has coordinated projects to make items to go into the boxes as well as Packing Parties for years. Thanks to her tireless efforts, Silo Baptist Church delivered over 260 shoeboxes to Bryan Baptist Association in 2021.
We'll be doing things a little different and I hope everyone at SBC collects items year-round. We have a little Christmas tree dedicated to OCC at the top of the slanted hallway. There is a lot of information as well as a donation bin. Each month we'll collect items for our Shoebox Packing Party in late October/early November. If you have any questions, or if you'd like to get involved, please contact me at 580.380.2719 or email lmcarter1964@yahoo.com.
Craft Activities include stuffing teddy bears, writing letters/drawing/coloring pictures, making jump ropes, as well as other things that are age appropriate.
Visit https://www.samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/ for more information.