Christmas Shoebox Gifts
Donations Accepted through November 26 | Oak Brook | Butterfield
Christmas can be a challenging time for families in need, as pressing financial obligations often mean little or no money left over for children’s gifts. Please join the Christ Church Food Pantry Team in filling Christmas Shoeboxes to bless God’s precious children! In many cases, the gift you donate will be the only one a child receives.
Many of these gifts will be shared with families at the Christ Church/Salvation Army Food Pantry on Saturday, December 10. Many more will be distributed by some of Christ Church’s cherished domestic mission partners:
- Inner City Impact | Chicago
- Love INC: Toy Express | Clarendon Hills
- aring Network Illinois | Downers Grove
- Resilient | Villa Park
How do I donate a shoebox?
Step 1 | Pick up a box and accompanying instruction sheet at either campus and fill it with the items listed on the sheet.
Step 2 | Add one of the sticky labels from the instruction sheet to the shoebox to indicate if the gift is for a boy or a girl.
Step 3 | Return your UNWRAPPED shoebox to either campus by Saturday, November 26. At Oak Brook, boxes can be placed beneath the rear door of the big white truck in the parking lot every day of the week.
Preschool/Grade School Gift List
- Hat & Gloves
- Socks (2 pair)
- Sealed Comb (Boy)
- Hair Pick or 2 Hair Ties (Girl)
- Brush, Hair Accessories
- Toothbrush & Toothpaste
- Hard Candy (no chocolate or nuts)
- Books to Read, Journal
- Small Stuffed Toy
- Small Games or Toys (UNO, Matchbox cars, Legos, small doll or action figure)
- Art Supplies (crayons, pencils, markers, glue sticks)
- Sticker Books
Teenager Gift List
- Hat & Gloves
- Socks (2 pair)
- Sealed Comb (Boy)
- Hair Pick/Hair Ties (Girl)
- Brush, Hair Accessories
- Spa Supplies/Nail Polish/Emery Board (Girl)
- Toothbrush & Toothpaste
- Markers/Colored Pencils
- Bag of Hard Candy (no chocolate or nuts)
- Small Stuffed Toy
- Teen-Appropriate Toy/Game
- Mechanical Pencils
- Gel Pens
- 1 Glue Stick
- Journal/Sketch Pad
I’d like to help wrap gifts!
Christmas shoeboxes will be wrapped by volunteers on Saturday, December 3 at Oak Brook during our Oh What Fun! Christmas Party. No registration is necessary
Additionally, you can join us on Sunday, December 4 at our Butterfield campus for the Christmas Wrapping Party and Chili Cookoff following the service. For more details and to register for a time to wrap, click below.