Shoebox Packers

Shoebox packing is a great way to teach your children and grandchildren the importance of giving.

Members of the Watauga High School football team of Boone, North Carolina, carefully select just the right items for each child who will receive a shoebox.

Through your prayers for a shoebox recipient, God often brings the just the right items to a boy or girl who is asking Him for those very things.

Overcoming a debilitating illness, Marika Chasse (pictured with family) hosts a neighborhood packing party every year in her community of Johns Creek, Georgia.

Plush toys make good “wow” items to immediately delight a child in need when they open their shoebox.

A Johns Creek, Georgia, packing party overflows out of the Chasse family home and onto their lawn, drawing participants of all ages.

Georgia neighbors and friends gather to pack shoeboxes full of gifts for boys and girls in need.

Packing parties supply all the resources you need to fill a box with fun, full, and personalized items to show a child in need a glimpse of God’s love.

A girl packs a shoebox gift with crayons, a necklace, and a bracelet to delight the heart of another girl overseas.

Shoebox packers pause to include a handwritten note in each box—a great way to personalize the gift.

It’s never too early to get children involved with packing shoeboxes!

A girl completes her shoebox gift by including a personalized letter.

Sisters from Republic, Missouri, fill shoebox gifts for boys and girls in need.

Packing shoeboxes is an activity the whole family can enjoy.

Don't forget to pray over your shoeboxes before you send them off.

Make sure each shoebox gift is fun, full, and personalized for a child in need.

Students from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, help pack shoebox gifts.

Girls at Glade Spring Baptist Church in Virginia help pack shoeboxes to make up for those a neighboring congregation lost to Hurricane Helene.

Be sure to include a letter in your shoebox gifts. Sometimes it is the child's favorite item!

A young shoebox packer selects just the right doll to delight the heart of another girl somewhere around the world.

Shoebox packers pause for a selfie amid the excitement of a packing party.

Don’t forget to take time to pray for the shoebox recipient when packing his or her gift!