After doing a couple of years of internal care packages for the Calvin's youth and Young Adults - see previous posts - it was time once again to bless University Students with care packages.
This year we prepared 175 boxes.
Pics are below but before you get to that some fun facts.
Contents of Each Box was:
- New Testament Bibles - Book of John 1 / box
- Mr. Noodle 1 / box
- Highlighters - 1 / box
- Microwave popcorn 2 / box
- Gum packets 1 per box
- Oatmeal packages 3 / box
- Small tissue packets 1 / box
- Granola Bars - 2 / box
- Hot Chocolate 2 / box
- Fruitsations 2 / box
- Earl Grey Tea packets 3 / box
- Small post-it notes - 1 /box
- Rice Crispy Square - 1 / box
- Mini Ritz cheese 1/ box
- Werther's originals 2 / box
- Celebration Mini Chocolate Chips - 1 / box
- Paper mate pens - 1 / box
- Swiss milk chocolate start with 10 / box
- $5 tim's cards - 1 / box
- Hand Made Card 1 / box
Total pieces purchased
put into the boxes was 6650 - give or take a couple of hundred more : )
Total donated amount
This year generous donators gave as $3,065 which allowed all the above items to be purchased. I was able to spend it all, going over by $1.15 : )
Parcels will be given out to:
- 5 to Redeemer U students away
- 8 to persons just needing a pick me up
- 13 to people attending Calvin and are students
- 10 in reserve in case someone needs one : )
- 139 to U of Ottawa Students via Ottawa Campus Chaplaincy.
Thanks to all from Calvin who donated items or funds to make this possible.
So, Once again, here's all the before work.
I spend a bit of time at various stores gathering the goods.
Then I do a test box to make sure it will all fit.
Here's a pictorial view of what goes into a box.
Then, I wait till Tuesday so these wonderful youth and adults can put everything together.
After a brief explanation, it was time to bring all the items downstairs.
And begin to tape the bottom of the boxes.
I helped with that while some young people folded them for me first.
Others also taped, but it was a learning curve for Ethan. He cut himself on the tape dispenser. I think a couple of others did as well.
Lewis is fast at work taping, with Joshua helping.
Megan and Miranda headed up the card-making department.
Leanne put the number "5" on each of the 175 Tim's cards that were going into the box.
And let the fun begin.
Scott starts directing what goes in the boxes.
There is (well there was) a system to this : ).
We were a bit out of practice after a 2-year absence.
While the box stuffing was, how shall I say it,
energetic : ), the card makers were calm and collected : )
The boxes are lined up and ready for stuffing.
And the stuff is ready to be unpacked and stuffed.
The next batch of pics is just of all of us stuffing the boxes with lots and lots of items.
Oh, and Grant wanted to destroy all the empty boxes, so we let him have at it. : )
Like a well-oiled machine.
Haha - wellllllllll
Boxes are pretty much full now.
Still cold Elijah?
Wow : )
oh, and my finger must have gotten in this pic. Oops.
Finished box. Ready to be taped shut.
Grant, you are falling behind : )
We added more card makers to get done on time.
And Scott gave Grant a hand.
And Leanne and I taped the finished boxes shut.
Lots and lots of boxes....
With a few needing to be reopened because we forgot to include a card.
Silly us. : )
Organized Chaos : )
Thanks for looking up Joshua and Lewis : )
It doesn't look like the pile is getting any smaller : )
I asked Ethan to take some of the pics and he wanted credit for that. So here is his selfie.
I told him it would go on the blog if he did it.
So here it is : )
After we finished, everyone was treated to cheesecake and chocolate cake and then the traditional group pic.
THANK YOU to all who helped make this possible again this year.
May those who receive these gifts of love be blessed.
Till NEXT YEAR!!! D.V.
The goal is 225.
Well that was Scott's suggestion : )
We shall seeeeeee...........
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