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The October Newsletter of The Christmas Box International
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The Christmas Box International
Out of the BoxEvery child deserves a childhood.
www.thechristmasboxhouse.org
Edition
03October 2010
ur mission is in-
spired by the spirit
and message of The
Christmas Box, a
book by Richard Paul
Evans that empha-
sizes the beauty and
importance of love
for children.
The Christmas Box International partners with local, national and
international communities and groups to prevent child abuse and
to improve the quality of life for children who have been abused or
neglected.
Traditions of Giving Event
Traditions of Giving
Let’s Do Holiday Lunch
Richard Paul Evans’ New Book
Youth Leadership Summit
The Christmas Box Houses
Kids Fest
The Giving Tree Project
Lifestart Boxes
O
The Christmas Box International will host a complimentary, one-hour Traditions of Giving breakfast fundraising event on Thursday,November 4th, at 8:00 am. Join us for this special event highlight-ing the passionate efforts of The Christmas Box International inthe state of Utah and beyond.
Donors, volunteers and community leaders will hear personal sto-ries and messages of hope from those touched by the programsand services provided by The Christmas Box International. Formore information or to RSVP see page 2..
In this Issue
Upcoming Events
The Christmas Box InternationalPhone - 801-747-2201 Fax - 801-747-2205www.thechristmasboxhouse.org
Admin Office3660 South West TempleSalt Lake City, Utah 84115
Project Office1775 West 1500 SouthSalt Lake City, Utah 84104
Lisa McDonaldExecutive [email protected]
Sherri EngarAssistant [email protected]
Douglas SmithFinancial [email protected]
Caleb LovelessPrograms and [email protected]
Jed PlattCommunity Outreach Representative [email protected] information available online - www.TheChristmasBoxHouse.org
Christmas Box Angel Ceremony
Monday, December 6th
7:00 pm
Salt Lake & Ogden Cemetaries
The Giving Tree Project
December 7-16
Traditions of Giving Event
Thursday, November 4th
8:00 am
Little America, Salt Lake
Let’s Do Holiday Lunch
Friday, December 3rd
11:00 am
Ogden Conference Center
On September 24th the Northern Wasatch Young Professionals Network held a casino
night to raise funds for the children served by the programs of CBI. In their first year
and with the help of several dedicated volunteers, NWYPN was able to draw over 100
attendees and raise over $2,000.
Join The Christmas Box International, The Boy Scout
Group 4 of Northern Ogden, and Walker Cinema for
an advanced screening of Twilight- Eclipse.
On October 5th, our founder Richard Paul
Evans released his newest book Promise
Me. This novel debuted on the New York
Times Bestseller List at # 9.
Congratulations on another
great book!
RichardPaul Evans
Promise me
The Annual Youth Leadership Summit was held in August at
the University of Utah. Attending were 115 youth between
the ages of 16 – 18 who are in state custody due to neglect
or abuse and who are preparing to age out of foster care.
This Summit, sponsored by Utah State Division of Child and
Family Services, included a dynamic keynote speaker from
Texas who had aged out of foster care and was eventually
able to create a wonderful life for himself. He also provided
an interactive two-hour workshop.
In addition to the speaker, youth enjoyed two days filled
with building new friendships through team-building activi-
ties, learning about services that will be available to assist
them, eating great meals, dancing, having lots of fun and
practicing living in student dorms.
The Christmas Box International participated by providing
duffle bags and hygiene kits as well as games, prizes, pizza
and some engaging volunteers! The youth were given great
tools to prepare them for success as they get ready to leave
state’s custody and transition to their adult life.
Youth Leadership Summit
After much planning, remodeling began Sept 29th at the Salt Lake Christmas Box House to
create a new Atrium Activity Center through a generous donation of $27,500 from the
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). A computer lab will be provided for this new space through
grants from the Utah Families Foundation and Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation.
For information about
volunteering, donating or
fundraising, please contact:
Sherri Engar
801-747-2201
Urgently needed items:
*New winter clothing
sizes 2T – Adult XXL
The motto of The Christmas Box International
is every child deserves a childhood. Part of
any childhood should be the opportunity to
have basic things like new clothes or a chance
to go out for special activities.
Christmas Box Club Presidents:
Salt Lake County, Joell [email protected] 801-553-8020
Weber/Davis County, Tami [email protected]
Utah County, Betty Quinn [email protected]
Utah Valley CBC - To date this year, volunteers have served 217 chil-dren in the Utah County area who have been abused, neglected or at-risk. They are making preparations to serve 50 children through ourholiday Giving Tree Project.
Ogden CBC - Partnered with local schools on fundraising projects.They provided computer training for the kids at The Christmas BoxHouse on computers that they donated. They are also planning a fallcarnival for the kids and invite new club members to join them!
Salt Lake CBC - Hosted monthly activities for children and youth atthe Salt Lake Christmas Box House and group homes. Activities haveincluded a chocolate fondue party, making bird houses and journaljars, as well as an upcoming Halloween celebration.
Christmas Box Club Volunteers
Goldman Sachs provided funds for the children and teens at the Christmas Box Houses
to attend REAL soccer matches this year.
Christmas Box Wishlist
More Office SpaceRecently, we were able to relocate the
administrative offices for The Christmas Box
International to the Salt Lake Christmas Box House.
This feels like coming home for the staff at CBI. Salt
Lake County, which was given the SL CBH after it was built by
CBI in 1998, will provide offices for administrative use.
NPS and the Farmer Family have generously donated for over three
years our former administrative office space at the Globus Relief building in
Salt Lake City. This space will continue to be used for our Project Office
where we will be able to work with volunteers on different projects. NPS
also provides warehouse space and support for the short term storage of
donations and event materials.
*Gift Cards for activities in
the community
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DonateNow
Nonprofit Day on the Hill was a great success this
year! We spent the day with 33 member organiza-
tions who spoke to their legislators about their im-
pact in our community. Thanks to Jayceen Craven
Walker for sharing her expertise and enthusiasm
Award Given to CBI Volunteer
2010 Kids Fest 5k Fun RunAs part of the ongoing Salt Lake Board of Realtors Kids Festfundraising campaign for The Christmas Box International, a fun5K race and children’s “marathon” was held on Saturday morn-ing, September 25th at Sugar House Park. The children from theChristmas Box House participated as well as many wonderfulsupporters of the Christmas Box International. The Jazz Bearand Princess Amerah joined in for sending off the runnersand walkers.
Music was provided by the talented teens of the School of Rock.Author and CBI founder Richard Paul Evans spoke to the crowd and assisted Coldwell Banker Utah President Dan Christensen in awarding the race medals and tro-phies. The Kids Fest events are now in their 14th year of providing community support for theChristmas Box House childrens’ shelters through the generous work of members of the SLBOR. KidsFest committee member Ryan Kay chaired this first year of the 5K Run which is sure to continue in pop-ularity for the community.
On Friday, September 10th, Melanie White was presented the "Child Advocate
of the Year Award” by Prevent Child Abuse Utah. She was nominated for this award
because of her efforts with The Christmas Box International (CBI). The award pres-
entation was made at the PCAU gala held at the LaCaille Restaurant in Sandy, Utah.
Melanie is a Sales Associate
for Coldwell Banker and has
been a tireless CBI volunteer
for the past ten years. She
most recently served as
2008/2009 Salt Lake Board of
Realtors Kids Fest Committee
Chair and 2008-2010 Kids Fest
Golf Tournament Co-Chair.
These successful carnival and
golf tournament fundraising
events generate a sizeable do-
nation to assist in CBI’s mission of supporting children who have been abused or
neglected.
Congratulations Melanie! CBI is grateful for your dedicated service. You
have made an incredible difference in the lives of children and youth served
by our programs.
ABC4 and Timpanogos Harley Davidson in Orem sponsored Roland’s Ride
to Provide on July 17 which involved over 150 motorcycle riders raising
funds for programs at the Christmas Box Houses.
Kiwanis International District Conference on Aug 28 featured CBI founder Richard Paul
Evans as the keynote speaker. Kiwanis will be partnering in the future to bring more re-
sources to the children served by CBI.
Summer and Fall Activities at theChristmas Box HousesThanks to our generous community donors, children at the Ogden and Salt Lake
Christmas Box Houses experienced:
Boondocks
County Fair
Ogden Raptors Baseball Game
Clark Planetarium
Elephant Parade
Hale Center Theatre Tour and Musical
2009 Traditions of Giving Sponsors
Lisa Johnson Christmas Box AngelsThe Deyhle Foundation
Inland Physicians Services, Inc
Lagoon
Ringling Bros & Barnum & Bailey Circus
Hogle Zoo
Justin Bieber Concert
Lifeflight Tour
Living Planet Aquarium
Movies
Motorcycles BringDonationsOn Oct 17, the
ABATE motorcycle
group arrived on 75
bikes to deliver
$500 worth of
school supplies,
toys, books and hy-
giene items as part
of their annual
fundraising project for the Salt Lake Christmas Box
House. The group’s fundraising activities included
auctioning several custom painted pumpkins at dif-
ferent locations. They also worked with several
other individuals and groups to raise over $1000 in
cash and $500 in activity passes for the kids.
The children, teens and staff from the Christmas Box
House and the Teen Group Homes were able to
greet the group when they came and get a close-up
look or even sit on the motorcycles. The children
and teens were then able to choose some items that
they needed from the donations ABATE delivered.
Thanks again for being such a wonderful partner
with CBI for the kids!
Lifestart BoxesIn July, as part of the CBI LIfestart Initiative and with
the help of dozens of volunteers, we were able to as-
semble and send out 630 Lifestart Boxes for youth
who at the age of 18 age out of foster care. This is
the largest number to date of these move-in kits that
CBI provides annually to youth in Utah, Idaho, Ne-
vada, Arizona, Wyoming and Colorado. The kits con-
tain bedding, linens, dishes, utensils, kitchen items, a
tool kit, hygiene kit and a first aid kit to help these
youth transition to adult living on their own. Annu-
ally some 28,000 youth across the nation age out of
care. These youth generally have significantly poorer
outcomes than their peers of the same age, so this is
just one phase of the CBI Lifestart Initiative meant to
help their start in adult living be more successful.
Several major donors helped in the Lifestart Box ef-
fort. The LDS Church Humanitarian Services provided
several items for the project, the Lynne Lybbert Chil-
dren’s Fund held an online auction for St. George
Marathon slots to raise money for this project, NPS
provided the warehouse space and support for the
project, and Swift Transportation shipped the Lifes-
tart Boxes to the different states.
