Please note: We NO LONGER need shoebox donations, as we have received enough of those already! Thank you to everyone who brought some in! We are now looking for GIFT ITEM donations to fill the boxes with! See the letter below for more information.

October 11, 2018

Dear Parents,

Our second Anchor Group activity is coming up in a little over a month! We are going to be assembling Blessing Boxes to give to the Hope Center here in the Fox Valley. The Hope Center is run by WELS members/congregations, but helps needy families and single mothers from all over the Valley, not just in our WELS churches. This year, we are making Christmas gift boxes for the families. The boxes will include small gifts and cards of encouragement made by the students. We are asking for your help in donating the materials needed. We have provided a list of suggestions of things we would like to include. All items must be unopened/unused/not expired. If you would prefer to send money, one of the teachers will go out and purchase items with any money that has been collected. You may start sending items starting next week, but all items and/or money need to be given to the classroom teachers by Monday, November 12th. On the day of our Anchor Group, each group will decorate the boxes, make the cards, and put in the items that have been collected. The number of boxes each group will be making will depend on how many items have been donated and collected by the deadline.

Suggestions:

·   Mittens – adult or children’s

·    Socks – adult or children’s

·   Christmas mittens/socks

·   Candles

·   Chapstick

·   Nail polish

·   Small trinkets/fidgety toys

·   Lotions

·   Bubble bath

·   Stickers

   · Notepads

   · Crayons

   · Play Doh

   · Bubbles

·    Deck of cards

·    Toy animals

·    Baby gifts/items

· Etc.