Church Family, Friends & Guests!
Join us as we bring some holiday cheer and good spirits to foster children and their families! We have again partnered with Canadian County CASA to help distribute toys to the children in Canadian County foster care. At any given time there are 250-350 children in foster care in Canadian County. This is a great opportunity to help give back to the community and support foster children in the surrounding area. Let’s come together and make this a great holiday season.
Our 3rd annual toy drive will run from Sunday, November 19th through Sunday, December, 4th and the donations will be taken to Christ’s Church of Yukon on December 9th during a CASA Christmas event to be distributed with discretion at recipient’s homes. There will be a donation box in the foyer to leave your donation(s). If you’d like to have someone else purchase the gifts on your behalf, you’re welcome to gift a monetary donation. Please leave all cash, checks or gift card donations with Kristin or Pastor Doug in the front office.
Children in foster care range from 1 day old to 17 years old, and at 18 they age out of foster care. There is a huge need for gifts spanning all of these ages. Any gift IS wonderful! That being said, there is always a special need for ages 12-17, as these older children can be overlooked when we see the vibrant packaged toys aimed to meet the eyes & excitement of a much younger demographic. If you’re interested in shopping for a teenager this year, consider getting some ideas from your teenage relatives. Perhaps you could enlist the help of our own youth group in getting some gift ideas as well! Below is a list of suggestions & be sure to check out the CASA website for more information on becoming a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) in our county.
Thank you for blessing and loving these children. . . for Jesus Loves the Little Children!
Toy Drive Donation Suggestions:
Infant
- Stuffed animals with fabric eyes
- Sippy Cups, rattles, teethers
- Plastic or board books in English and Spanish
- Stacking, musical, and light-up toys
- Baby blankets
Toddler and Preschoolers
- Shape sorters, Pop-up toys
- Stuffed animals, dolls, Barbies
- Preschool age games and card games such as Chutes and Ladders, Candy Land, Hi Ho Cherry O, Old Maid, Go Fish, etc.
- Anything dinosaur
- Age appropriate books
School-age Children
- Lego sets for boys and girls
- Arts and crafts , art supplies, crayons, and markers
- Board and card games such as Monopoly, Sorry, Life, Uno, Skip Bo, etc.
- All plastic action figures
- Hot Wheels cars, large cars and trucks
- Robots/STEM activity sets
- Chemistry/Science Sets
- Age appropriate books
Teens
- Gift cards in $10 increments to Amazon, Target, Starbucks, Sephora, GameStop, Wal-Mart, Dollar Tree, Dollar General, McDonald’s, Subway, Canes, etc.
- Craft and school supplies including pens, notebooks, markers, colored pencils, sketch book, paints, paint bubbles, Diaries
- Toiletry sets, Nail polish
- Costume Jewelry
- Earbuds, Headphones
- Age appropriate books
These are only suggestions, there are so many fun gift ideas out there, have fun shopping!
If you’d like to contribute but would rather someone else do the shopping for you, no problem!!!
Checks may be made out to Heather Kughn, Surrey Hills Baptist Church, or Canadian County Casa.
Please turn in any Cash, Checks, or Gifts Cards to Kristin or Doug in the office.