Frugal Girls on OCC the Frugal Way

http://thefrugalgirls.com/2013/07/operation-christmas-child-boxes.html

Their site has many savings and ideas for packing your shoeboxes frugally not just in their informational post but year round. So grateful for their support of OCC.

Back to School Bargains Help Operation Christmas Child

Found this article and loved it so much I just had to share! http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/07/20/2478164/back-to-school-bargains-help-operation.html

As back-to-school specials begin to dominate many shoppers' attention, area Operation Christmas Child (OCC) leaders say it's also a great time to shop for items that can easily be packed into "Christmas Shoeboxes."

The gift boxes will be sent to needy children in about 100 war-torn or devastated nations.

"For just a few cents each, people here can buy a lot of crayons, markers, flip-flops, note-books, pencils ... all sorts of school things to send children who have literally nothing," said Tricia MacFarlan of Richland and OCC area coordinator. "It's one way to send some love to a lot of hurting children and let them know there are people in the world who do care about them."

Nino Kapitula, 24, of Richland, received an OCC Shoebox filled with gifts when she was 10 and living with her family in Moldova. In it was a box of crayons; she'd never had color crayons.

"I got into trouble because I tried to eat them," she said with a laugh.

She was the only one in her school who had crayons.

Donors are asked to fill a shoebox with gifts including small toys (no war themes), personal hygiene items, candies (nonchocolate), clothing, and school supplies. Donors are asked to include $7 per box to help pay for the shipping costs.

Last year, donors from the Mid-Columbia and Eastern Oregon filled and gave 12,642 Christmas Shoeboxes; they were among 243,000 collected in the Pacific Northwest and 6.5 million gift boxes nationwide.

Operation Christmas Child is a worldwide children's project of Samaritan's Purse, a nonprofit Christian relief and evangelism organization. Shoeboxes will be collected around the region in November.

Note that this is from Eastern Oregon... love seeing this being promoted all over Oregon and this article demonstrates how powerful the simple school supplies can be in the shoebox.. they transform lives! 

Read more here: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/07/20/2478164/back-to-school-bargains-help-operation.html#storylink=cpy

SAVINGS for the week of 7/21/13

A mixup of various deals for your shoeboxes:

RiteAid:
Pencil Pouch $0.47

Staples:
Bic Round Stic Grip Ballpoint Pens, 8 ct $0.25 Limit 2
Ziplock bags, $2
Staples Multipurpose Paper (500 sheets) on sale $6.99,
Buy 1, Get $5.99 Easy Rebate — limit 2,
Use $1/1 Stapes coupon, FREE after coupon & rebate

Walmart:
1 Subject Notebooks (70 Pages) - $0.17
Crayola 24-count Crayons - $0.50
Crayola 10 Count Markers - $0.97
Crayola 12 Count Colored Pencils - $0.97
Bic Crystal Pens - $0.97 $1.50/2 Bic Stationary Products printable

Michaels:
unknown yet... last week the flip flops were 70% off.... I will let you know if that continues or goes even lower. 

VBS and Operation Christmas Child.... a Great Matchup.. and a PRAISE REPORT

First of all, I wanted to apologize for my lack of posts this week.. I was working our church VBS. I am thoroughly exhausted and MORE thoroughly blessed. Andyway, many VBS programs have a collection of goods or money, towards a godly purpose.... for years, the VBS at Calvary Chapel Klamath Falls has raised money for Gospel for Asia... a very worthy cause. This year however, the money raised went towards The Greatest Journey!!! And I am thrilled to announce that this year the children brought in a total of $141 for Operation Christmas Child... and we received an additional check for $75 from a separate donor! I am rejoicing in the blessings that this will bring. That money will sponsor 36 children going through The Greatest Journey and receiving a New Testament in their own language!!! What a wonderful pairing. Children HERE learning about Christ... paired with children around the world who WANT to learn about Christ and now getting that opportunity!!!

The Greatest Journey.... Take a Peek

MISSIONS FOCUS OF OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD... event here in Klamath Falls

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD – Christmas in July

The Missional Focus of OCC

Come and hear what God is doing around the world!

Saturday July 27th, 1-3 pm, here at Calvary Chapel Klamath Falls

Operation Christmas Child is about SO MUCH MORE than a shoebox!

Would you like to know more about the missions’ aspect of Operation Christmas Child? We will be sharing all about the discipleship program, The Greatest Journey, a 12 lesson program designed to teach children about Christ, and about how to be a Christ-follower. Each child who completes the Greatest Journey receives a New Testament in their own language.

Millions are making decisions for Christ!

Hear the Stories of Christ working.

Experience part of a lesson of the Greatest Journey.

RSVP to lambofhisflock @ gmail . com or here in the comments section.

Toys R Us, Crayola Crayons 4 for $1

I know we do not have a Toys R Us here in Klamath Falls, but many of my readers are from outside the area, or maybe you are heading to Medford. Anyway....

Valid in stores now through the 20th... limit 8 boxes. Great deal on GREAT quality crayons.

The Gift of School Supplies

Its school supply season... and what can be bought for so little at this time of year can be a HUGE blessing for the children who receive the box. Over and over again we read about the thankfulness of the children who receive these simple items. Here is one such praise from the Philippines:

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Just in time!
Due to lack of resources, Florence Mae's parents couldn't provide her enough pencils and pens for her schooling. She used to have one pencil but she lend it to her seatmate who also doesn't have a pen. Sometimes, her teacher would let Florence borrow her pen. During the OCC gift distribution, Florence excitedly approached us and told us she asked Jesus to give her pencils and school supplies and she could not believe her eyes for there in her shoe box are a dozen of pencils, lots of pens, big crayons and other school supplies. "These gifts are more than enough, now I can also share it with my seatmate too!", she joyfully said Indeed, God's gift was just in perfect time for Florence needs in school.

Church to Church

100% of churches that participate in Operation Christmas Child are partnering with churches around the world.... sharing the love of Christ and participating in the Great Commission...

Finding Love in a Shoebox - Livia Satterfield

Many of you already know the touching full circle story of Livia.... I have shared her video on her before, but on the 33 for a moment blog I linked to yesterday I found an older video from a CNN story on Livia and Operation Christmas Child... and I wanted to share it with all of you. What a beautiful beautiful story of God's love.






And here is the youtube video I have shared before: