Two Great Ways to Give this Christmas

"So then, when we have the opportunity, let us do good to all people..." Galations 6:10

Are you looking for a great way to give back this Christmas, but your funds are a little low and you don't have enough cash to write a big check to a charity?  Problem solved.  The Mission Athens team is wrapping up two great initiatives that don't cost a penny, but will certainly do a world of good! 

The Soles 4 Soles Shoe Drive is a great way to make some room in your closet for all those new Christmas gifts AND to help people around the world.  Simply bring your gently used shoes by the Central Church of Christ in Athens, AL, and we will donate them on your behalf.  The Soles for Souls organization provides shoes to people all over the world who have none.  Children's shoes, teens' shoes, men's shoes, women's shoes, summer shoes, winter shoes....we'll take them all and make sure they get to the people who need them!  Get those shoes over here quickly--we are wrapping up our shoe drive at the end of December.



Secondly, we are giving the gift of reading to the homeless in our community this Christmas.  Operation Page It Forward is a book drive benefiting the Downtown Rescue Mission in Huntsville, AL.  Our goal is to fill a trailer full of books for their library.  Children's books, Christian books, novels, travel books, school books, Bibles....we'll take them all!  Simply bring your books by Central Church of Christ in Athens, AL and help us fill the trailer by the end of December.  The Downtown Rescue Mission provides food, shelter and hope to thousands of homeless men, women and children in the North Alabama every year, and we know that these books will be a wonderful addition to their outstanding facility.

Thank you in advance for supporting these two great ways to give back this Christmas!