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Skylar’s Shoebox Project

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Skylar’s Shoebox Project

Dec 2010:Skylar saw that people were living under the 5th street bridge in PKB. A 10y/o, very concerned. She developed a plan to help.

Her ideas were abundant and her persistence relentless.In 11 years we have delivered 1300 shoeboxes!

10/30/2026

🎄 Skylar’s Shoebox Project 2026
PayPal : [email protected]

It’s almost that time of year again!

I’m hoping to get an earlier start on Skylar’s Shoebox Project this year. Ideally, I’d like to have the majority of our shopping and supplies purchased throughout November so that December can be spent organizing, assembling, and distributing the shoeboxes.

December is already a busy month for everyone, so I’m hoping that planning ahead will make things a little less chaotic this year!

As always, we will be collecting donations to purchase winter essentials, hygiene products, snacks, and other necessities for individuals experiencing homelessness in our community.

Donations can include:

* Monetary contributions
* New socks, gloves, hats, and hand warmers
* Travel-sized hygiene products
* Shoeboxes
* Individually packaged snacks

If you’re interested in contributing this year, feel free to reach out! I’d love to get as much taken care of in November as possible.

Thank you to everyone who continues to support this project year after year! ❤️

12/16/2025

Shoebox Project update.

We’ve had some great support so far and are moving into the shopping and prep phase. My mom and I will be shopping soon to complete the remaining items using the monetary donations we’ve collected. Boxes are coming together well.

We will deliver the boxes on December 23.

Items we are purchasing / working to cover:
• Socks (Sam’s)
• Gillette deodorant (Sam’s)
• Uncrustables
• Chapstick
• Toothbrushes and toothpaste
• Disposable/usable hygiene items
• Small Gatorades
• Salty snacks (chips)
• Extra gloves and hats

Thank you for the continued support.

PAYPAL: [email protected]

11/20/2025

I have started a Walmart wishlist as I know some folks are unsure of what specific items we need. I will add to this throughout the day!

11/20/2025

It’s time for this year’s Shoebox Project.

I started this project when I was 10 after seeing people living under the bridge in Parkersburg, and every year since, we’ve filled shoeboxes with winter essentials for the homeless community. This year it feels like a late start, but we’re moving forward, per usual.

If you want to help, here are the most needed items:
• Gloves
• toboggans (we already have a great start on these thanks to Ashley Brewster.)
• Socks
• Hand warmers (great start here too, thanks Ashley!)
• Deodorant
• Toothbrush/toothpaste
• Small snacks
• Lip balm
• Travel-size hygiene items
We also typically do at least one sweet snack, one salty snack, a drink, and uncrustables for each box. (Normally from Sams.)

You can donate items, drop off shoeboxes, or contribute through PayPal if that’s easier:

PayPal: [email protected]

Everything goes directly toward supplies and assembling the boxes we deliver to House to Home Day Shelter.

Thank you to everyone who continues to show up for this project.

11/17/2023

Also- if you told me that you’d like to physically help this year, please let me know in a message on this page- not my personal, so I can keep better track of them. Thanks!

11/17/2023

Hello all, we are rapidly approaching crunch time! I’ve had folks ask what items we are going to need so I thought I’d provide a standard list of the basics we put in each box:
-gloves
-socks
-toboggan
-uncrustable
-sweet snack
-salty snack
-Gatorade/water
This year we would like to incorporate toothpaste/toothbrushes as a staple. Anything else we purchase or have purchased in the past comes from extra monetary donations (flashlights and batteries, hand warmers, candy, gum, hygiene products, etc.)

Thank you all for your continued support! You can donate via PayPal at [email protected]

11/02/2023

Hello everybody it is about that time! We have officially received our first monetary donation of the year, as well as our first donation of goods! We are excited for year 14! Thank you all for being here through the years! If you would like to make a monetary donation, you can do so through PayPal: @ [email protected] 🎁

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