OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
West Grove UMC is going to be participating once again in Operation Christmas Child (OCC). Both Missions and the Youth will be working together to collect boxes from our congregation. Boxes will be distributed for our personal donations.
We and others in the area will drop-off boxes at the church during National Collection Week which November 12-19, 2018.
Don’t forget to pick up your Operation Christmas Child shoebox located on the table in the lobby. Instructions and ideas for filling the boxes are on the table as well.
Calling all volunteers!!!
WGUMC is going to be a drop-off location for other churches and organizations in the Southern Chester County region.
Please contact the church office or Janice Bowers at [email protected] or 484-888-6821 to sign-up to help.
Our collection hours are:
Monday, 11/12, 4-6 p.m.
Tuesday 11/13, 4-6 p.m.
Wednesday 11/14, 4-6 p.m.
Thursday, 11/15, 4-6 p.m.
Friday, 11/16, 4-6 p.m.
Saturday 11/17, 9-11 a.m.
Sunday 11/18, 12:30 p.m.- 6 p.m.
Monday, 11/19, 9-11 a.m.
Following is some of the help needed during the collection week:
Greeters- welcoming the public to OCC and to your church
- Paperwork- counting shoeboxes and cartons, doing the necessary accurate paperwork
- Hospitality- organizing snacks and drink for the volunteers as well as having trays of cookies for people that come into the church during the week
- Runners- helping people bring their shoeboxes from their cars into your staging area, use of hand trucks, etc
- Cartonizers- placing shoeboxes into cartons, getting the correct count, sealing cartons, moving cartons to designated storage area for the week