Warwick, RI, December 9, 2010: Students in St. Peter’s Middle School recently completed their annual service project of packing and sending boxes of gifts to Operation Christmas Child. The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to needy children around the world, and together with the local church worldwide, to share the Good News of Jesus Christ.
St. Peter students in grades 6, 7 & 8 determined whether they would purchase gifts for a boy or a girl and then decided for which age group they would buy. On November 23, the students spent their Enrichment Period assembling their gift boxes. The wrapped the gifts were brought to a North Kingstown Collection Center later that week where each box was checked to make sure all contents are appropriate for children. Hundreds of trucks and sea containers transport the boxes to the receiving country where they are delivered to local churches and ministry partners. Finally, the boxes from St. Peter School in Warwick will get into the hands of a child in time for Christmas! This is a lively, fun event for the children. Most importantly, the Warwick Middle Schoolers are encouraged to pray for the child who will receive their gift.
This year, the students included “All About Me” letters in their shoe boxes. They included some personal information as well as the school address. The students hope that someday they will hear back from the recipients of their Operation Christmas Child gifts.
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- 6th graders Alex DeJordy, James Kuzusko, Jarod Sickinger, Billy Roberge and 6th grade homeroom teacher Mrs. Susan Unger form an assembly line in order to wrap all of the gifts donated by St. Peter School Middle School.
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- 7th grader Samantha Wynne carefully wraps her packages to be delivered to a North Kingstown Collection Center for Operation Christmas Child.
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- 8th grader Caroline Cavanagh carefully wraps her packages to be delivered to a North Kingstown Collection Center for Operation Christmas Child.
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- 8th graders Paige Robinson, Scarlette Schultz, Isabella Carroll spent the afternoon wrapping gifts for a needy child in a developing country.
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- 8th graders Sam Young and Adam Crabtree wrap presents they selected for their Operation Christmas Child.
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- 6th graders Johnathan Crawford and Jay Cepada DeJesus wrap gifts for Operation Christmas Child.
