This year, Street Hope’s Christmas sock drive is a variation on Christmas stockings: nice socks filled with Christmas chocolate, candy, and some other goodies. We have already purchased 100 pairs of socks (Walmart’s ‘CHAPS’ 3-packs as recommended by Lisa), and are hoping that as a congregation, we can gather the items recommended for filling them over the next month or so. Then on one Sunday early in Advent, the youth will assemble them in time for delivery to Street Hope before their 8 December deadline..
Contents for each sock: chocolate and candy, 2 packs of hand warmers and a hand-written, encouraging Christmas note or small card (this latter is a great project for kids.) It is very important that all the chocolate and candy be suitable for people with few or no teeth! The candy listed below is suitable. And please note, all candy must be in its original, individually wrapped packaging.
- Ferrero Rocher chocolate balls
- Lindt Lindor chocolate truffles
- Leto chocolate truffles
- Hershey’s kisses
- York peppermint chocolates
- Small chocolate Santas
- Candy canes
- Packets of Skittles
- Packets of Sour Patch Kids
- Jolly Rancher candies
- Werther’s original caramel candies
- 2 packs of hand warmers
- Hand-written Christmas note or card
You could also add a couple of things like a chapstick and small pack of hand wipes.
- Rob Hosie
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