Now that Emily has recovered from this incident, I took her to Dollar Tree this afternoon for a special shopping trip to fill some Jared Boxes for our local hospital. If you are not familiar with Jared Boxes, you can read more about them here. Basically, the idea is to fill a shoebox-sized plastic container with new games and toys intended for ill children that you then donate to your local hospital to distribute.
Jared Boxes are made up of very inexpensive items, many of which can be purchased at a Dollar Tree, or some place similar. Emily enjoyed choosing all of the items for our Jared Boxes including (but not limited to): crayons, a coloring book, stickers, a small stamp set, a puzzle, and a card game. She even picked out items for the baby Jared Box: a ball, board book, receiving blanket, small stuffed animal, and bib.
Be sure NOT to include any hair items, and no food items please!
Altogether, it was just $12 to fill two Jared Boxes to the brim with games and toys! We are looking forward to delivering these to the hospital. I was under the impression that they were running a little low…. both of my girls received boy boxes! Nevertheless, they LOVED them!For detailed directions on how you can put together a Jared Box, click here.
that is a neat idea! and what a good way for your children to learn about giving 🙂
I was pleased to see our local hospital participates in the program. Thanks for the info. We'll be making a box too!
What a great activity!
I think its great that Emily was able to be a part of it! Too bad our hospital doesnt participate.
@ DairyQueen — I am always looking for ideas to get the girls involved in volunteer work or charitable giving. If you know of any good programs, feel free to send the info my way!
@ Mama King — How exciting!! I'm sure the girls will enjoy putting a box together. 🙂
@ MaryAnne — Thank you!!
@ Ally — I have a feeling the program is more widely known in PA, since it started in State College, but it is continuing to grow, and now included close to 37 different states!
What a great lesson for the kids! I love this idea.
You're amazing. 🙂 I wondering if our local childrens has something like that? I will have to check.
Val
Great idea! Thanks for sharing the link!
what an easy and cost-effective way of giving…everyone should read that post!