Do not forget to add a handwritten note to the child that will receive your box.  You may want to add a personal touch by adding a picture of yourself or your pet.  This will help the child make a connection to those who cared enough to demonstrate Jesus’ love by sending him/her tangible items, such as a new shirt, new socks, sunglasses, a small plastic water bottle, a toothbrush, soap, washcloth, comb, coloring book, and school supplies.  Remember to pack a WOW! Item, such as a soft stuffed animal, ball, etc.  It is hard to imagine that these may be the only “new” items a child will receive...something that is theirs alone! 

 

 

A donation of $10.00 per box you pack is suggested to cover the following costs:

 

• Transportation of shoeboxes to children in far-away places

• The child’s The Greatest Gift booklet in their own language

• Helps the local partner to provide The Greatest Journey training sessions

• Cover cost of The Greatest Journey Graduate’s New Testament and Certificate

 

If you so desire to donate $10.00 per box, you can make that donation in one of the following ways:

 

1) Pay online at Samaritan’s Purse website using the label number on your box’s boy/girl label which will allow you to track where that box is sent; just let Jim and Cathy know you did so for their records. Or,

 

2) Pay with cash and leave the funds in the shoebox, or pick one box if you are packing multiple boxes to leave the total donation.  Also, let Jim and Cathy know your donation is in the box.

 

3) Write a check to Round Hill Baptist Church for the donation amount, and note in the memo line “OCC, Line #1450”.  Jim and Cathy request you give them the check, so they can record whether a box has this special donation.  They will deliver the check to the counters. Then RHBC will write one check to Samaritan’s Purse to cover the total transportation donations of all shoeboxes donated in 2021.  This way your personal check is not taking months to clear.

 

The main thing is packing, praying over, and donating a shoebox.  If you are unable to handle the transportation donation this year, still participate in sharing Jesus with a child by packing and donating a shoebox gift.

 

And, thank you for helping to spread the good news of Jesus to the Ends of the Earth!

As you saw in the video on packing a shoebox, some items cannot be packed. Please, look over the list below of items YOU CAN NOT PACK in an OCC Shoe Box, to ensure your box  

does not cause the shipment of thousands of shoeboxes to be held up in customs as they enter the designated foreign country.  

 

 

WHAT YOU CAN NOT PACK IN AN OCC SHOEBOX

 

Due to customer requirements to enter countries, please, do not pack these items in your box:

 

• Candy of any type

• Toothpaste

• Gum of any kind

• Used or damaged items

• War-related items, such as a tool pistols; knives; even little green army men are a no-no

• Seeds

• Food items of any type

• Liquids or lotions

• Medications or vitamins

• Breakable items or glass containers

• Aerosol can items​

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Not able to get to the store to gather the items to pack a box; then pack a box online and still help RHBC reach its goal!  Special note:  Boxes built online are available to Samaritan’s Purse to be specially packed so that they can pass through customs easier in hard-to-reach nations worldwide.

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Just go to this link and start building something very special for a young child.  Remember to note you are building a box in support of Round Hill Baptist Church of King George, VA.  Your box built online will have options to pick a Wow item, a toy/ gift, accessories, and essentials.  The essential items cover personal care items and school supplies.  They vary slightly depending on the age and gender for which you are packing.  These items include chalk (age 2-4), crayons, colored pencils, a coloring book or coloring pad, a notebook, pencils, a pencil sharpener, pens (age 5-9 and 10-14), a comb or brush, and a toothbrush.

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