Did you know that one-third of the world’s children struggle with inadequate food and drinking water—let alone having the luxury of soda pop to drink? Our Boys and Girls November Missionary Challenge is to “Pop Out for Missions.”
The national BGMC office is challenging kids to give up soda pop during the month of November. The money that would have been spent on soda pop would then be given to BGMC, which helps needy children around the world.
Here’s how it works
Kids across the nation are to make a pledge to give up soda pop for one, two, or three weeks, ending on Thanksgiving Day. On that day, kids may once again drink soda pop—remembering not only to be thankful for their own blessings, but remembering the children around the world who don’t get to celebrate the many material blessings that we are thankful for on Thanksgiving Day. Kids begin this challenge by taking pledges from their parents. Parents are encouraged not to purchase soda pop for their kids at restaurants or at the grocery store. Parents then calculate the savings from their household budgets and pledge this amount towards their kids’ Pop Out Challenge. Pledge forms can be downloaded below.
Kids can also get pledges from Grandma and Grandpa, aunts, uncles, friends, teachers, and church-goers in an attempt to raise as many funds as possible by “Popping Out For Missions!” We challenge you to not only have your kids take the “Pop Out!” challenge, but to take the challenge yourself as well. See if you can raise more pledges than the highest child. Kids love challenges like that. Perhaps the girls can compete against the boys, or the kids against the adults. Have fun as you “Pop Out for Missions!”
Resources to help you
BGMC is providing FREE resources for this fund-raising campaign. You can get 11 x 17-inch Pop Out posters to display in classrooms and around the church , Pop Out fliers to send home with the kids and Pop Out can labels to put on soft drink cans. On the Sunday you launch the campaign, give each child a can of soda with the Pop Out label on the can. Tell them that this is their last soda until the campaign is over at the end of the month.
The empty soft drink can could also serve as an offering bank if the children would like to go door to door or person to person gathering change for BGMC. (The opening would have to be widened.)
BGMC is providing FREE resources for this fund-raising campaign. Provided are 11 x 17-inch Pop Out posters to display in classrooms and around the church (item 715-163), Pop Out flyers to send home with the kids (item 715-164), and Pop Out can labels to put on soda cans (item 715-165). Please note: the can labels come two per sheet. If you need 20 labels, order 10 sheets. We are suggesting that on the Sunday you launch the campaign, you give each child a can of soda with the Pop Out label on the can. State that this is their last soda until the campaign is over on Thanksgiving Day. Note: The empty soda pop can could also serve as an offering bank if the children would like to go door to door or person to person gathering change for BGMC. (The opening would have to be widened.)
You can order all of these free resources by contacting GPH at 1-800-641-4310. Since these resources are free, we just ask that you be good stewards and only order what you will need and what you will use.
Remember, BGMC funds help our missionaries to meet the physical and spiritual needs of people around the world by supplying them with whatever they need to spread the gospel message. Thanks for participating in this event to help reach the people of the world!
If you have any questions, contact the BGMC office at 417-862-2781 or by email at BGMC@ag.org.
