22 November, 2011

Operation Shoebox

The holiday season brings much cheer and joy to all the little boys 
and girls around the globe  But what about the child who will wake 
up on Christmas morning to an empty spot under the tree?  

While our National Honor Society was planning and organizing gifts 
for the Christmas Giving Tree for the Elizabeth Coalition for the 
Homeless, Ms. Medina's students decided to work with Santa 
in wrapping shoe boxes filled with stocking stuffer items such 
as new boxes of crayons, pens, T-shirts, balls, stuffed animals 
and boxes of Uno.  They also collected over $100 to give for 
shipping costs of the shoeboxes.

Franklin Graham, the President of Samaritan’s Purse, which oversees 
Operation Christmas Child, encourages all his volunteers to “Pack 
your shoe box with love, send it with prayer, and share the Good News 
of Jesus Christ with a poor little child. That’s the power of a simple gift.”

At Benedictine Academy, we did just that!  Students and staff 
brought in shoeboxes packed with love, good things, and a 
little prayer.  It was an early Christmas for all of us as we experienced 
our own gift of joy this season.