I had the honor & pleasure of walking to Almond Blossom Church in Ripon with the 5th graders at Ripon
Christian on this Friday, 2/4/11. The 5th graders carried all the donations that they were collecting for the past few weeks.
It was "organized chaos" as Mrs. Nancy VanderVeen described & she was right. There were 2 very looooooonnnng tables with boxes labeled (soap, soup, pillowcases, hand sanitizer, toothbrushes, toothpaste, baby wipes, pencils, pens, stationery, batteries, cereal bars, deoderant, candy, gum, popcorn, toys, magazines, shaving cream, razors, beef jerky, feminine products, nuts, shampoo, socks, canned food, protein bars).
We had 2 hours of both 5th grade classes sorting all the donated items. After we sorted, the kids had a buddy & packed one box at a time with love & care. I enjoyed listening to the kids thought processes. They were talking with each other & saying well
we need to make sure they have a pen with their stationery, shaving cream with razors. My son was really stuck on making sure that his soldier received the nerf football plus a can of chunky soup. After they packed a box real tight, they had to write what was in each box (for the post office).
We packed about 60 soldier care packages, I know they were hopeing for 100 of them.
We are looking for soldiers serving in Iraq or Afganhistan to send these packages too. If you know anyone serving right now over there, please email me or respond here with their address so we may send them one of these fun packages.
Comments(7)