"Be joyful at your feasts together with the orphans.” Deuteronomy 16:14 At YWAM Madison, we believe that loss is not the end of the line for children at risk. We long to restore hope & joy to orphans & street kids. Our volunteer teams put great effort into spoiling these kids. We plan extravagant parties and special outings. We deliver piles of gifts, toys, and gently used clothes and shoes. We engineer craft & game times. And we are looking for your help!
http://www.ywammadison.org/childrenatrisk/spoilthekids/
Here's the wishlist:
- Craft Supplies (crayons, markers, paints, water color paints, colored paper, printer paper, construction paper, scrapbook paper, glue, glue sticks, scissors, stickers, rolls of butcher paper, one-hole punchers, decorative hole punchers, staplers & staples, tape of all kinds from scotch to duct tape, foam & foamies, sharpies of all thicknesses and colors, beads and necklace making materials, )
- New or Gently used Shoes & Clothes
- New or Gently Used Toys
- Snacks and Candies (cookie & cake mixes, pancake mixes, etc.)
- Face Paint
- Balloons (Animal balloons, water balloons and party balloons) & Balloon pumps
- Twinkle lights (or Christmas lights)
- Party goods (hats, kazoos, whistles, streamers, decorative paper plates and glasses – like with cartoon characters, plastic disposable rectangle table cloths, etc.)
- Outdoor games (bean bag toss, frisbees, etc.)
- Sports equipment (deflated balls <soccer, basketball, footballs, baseballs> + gloves & bats, volleyballs, cleats, ball pumps and needles)
- Card and board games
- Kid’s books (both story time and learning)
- Backpacks & book bags
- Mini Makeover materials for women. We often use these to spoil the workers at children at risk ministries. We have also used these to reach out to prostitutes. Often it is their kids we are working with. (Items for hair, pedicures, manicures, lotions, perfumes, jewelry, toiletries, accessories, stationery, candles)
- Goodie bags for men (combs, cologne, gel, toiletries)
- Stuffed animals
- Toiletries for kids (toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, lice shampoo)
- Kid’s & Adult Vitamins
- Paint Brushes and paints and canvases to use for murals
Plan a Party in a Bag
Party in a Bag Planners come up with a party idea for our outreach teams to use for orphans. Briefly outline your idea on paper and collect all the items necessary for our team to host that party. All these items should be put in a suitcase which should weigh less than 50 pounds.
For Example – you could plan a pirate party and collect items to make pirate hats as a craft + send sugar cookie mixes that we could make cookies for the kids in the shape of treasure chests and send little candies along to decorate the cookies as the treasures. You also might want to throw in a few cookie cutters! You get the idea. Let your imagination go wild. :D
This is a great event for youth groups, classrooms, or other ministry groups to have a service project. I can even bring back pictures, as I'll be involved in putting on parties for this!
I will be in town Thanksgiving Break as well as the week of Christmas (Dec 20-28ish). If you would like to donate towards this specific type of outreach, either with funds or goods, please let me know! Also, feel free to ask me any questions!
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