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The Birthday Box Project

1/8/2017

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How Your Kids – Or You! – Can Help Kids with Less
Put a Birthday in a Box!
A Concrete, Hands-on Way to Give
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It’s hard for many of us – adults or children – to imagine celebrating a child’s birthday without a party or presents. But for many of the families we serve, finding the extra money to afford a child’s birthday celebration is a struggle at best, and frequently impossible.
AMHH Birthday Box Program is designed to help these families by providing a small “party in a box” for a child in need… and at the same time gives children with “more” the opportunity to learn empathy in a concrete way by helping another child.

The idea is to decorate and fill shoe boxes with everything needed for a small birthday party. (Or, pretty, gift bags can be used instead.)  Each box goes to a different child. You or your child can make one birthday box for one child, or a class, scout group, church or synagogue group can put together many boxes for a group of children. If you are making a lot of boxes, PLEASE make them for a variety of ages!

To start, email us at amomshelpinghand@yahoo.com and let us know if you’re making fewer than five boxes, or if you’re making a larger number.  We can give you a list of ages and gender of children currently enrolled in our program.

DIRECTIONS: (For a printable version, click link at bottom of page.)

Pick an age (or ages), and choose either boy(s) or girl(s) to send your box to. (For example, you might choose a 9-year-old girl, or a 4-year-old boy.)
Find a large sneaker-sized shoe box, and buy the things needed for a party. (Or use a pretty birthday shopping bag.)
Include:
  • Box of cake mix
  • Frosting
  • Birthday candles (no matches please!)
  • Wall decoration (like streamers, Happy Birthday Banner, etc)
  • Party hats
  • Plates
  • Tablecloth
  • Plastic ware
  • Party favors
  • Small gift - $10 - $15 value or gift card for teens

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If your child is making the box, he or she can raise the money to buy the birthday items at a bake sale, or yard sale, or by doing extra chores around the house.
Next:
  1. If using a box feel free to decorate it as you would like.
  2. Fill the box or bag with the items you have gathered (add colorful tissue paper if you’d like)
  3. Label with a tag that says age and gender box or bag is for.
  4. If you want to give the recipient child a chance to write to you, include a stamped, postcard addressed to:  YOUR NAME, C/O A Mom's Helping Hand of SWFL, 3440 Marinatown Lane, Suite 201, North Ft. Myers, FL 33903.
  5. You can also make a birthday card to put inside the box.
Contact us for drop off information. 

The Birthday Box Program may qualify as a community service requirement for your child’s scout troop, school, church or temple.
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1 Comment
John Carston link
12/1/2021 03:54:33 pm

It helped when you mentioned that it is important to celebrate a birthday with a party or present. My aunt mentioned to me last night that she is hoping to buy a birthday in a box gift set as a gift for her friend and asked if I have any idea what is the best option to do. Thanks to this informative article and I'll be sure to tell her that it will be much better if we consult a trusted gift shop as they can answer all our inquiries.

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