Operation Easter Basket

Operation Easter Basket is a program of Justin Rudd and the Community Action Team to bring baskets filled with candy, toys, school supplies, and hygiene essentials to hundreds of under-served children in Long Beach. Last year, they provided 750 baskets and this year their goal was to give out 850 baskets. Catalyst sent the word out to all of our friends and together we contributed 97 Easter baskets for children as a part of this operation!

The participating groups in our sphere were:

+Catalyst Long Beach
+Open Door Ministries (Long Beach)
+Glory Tabernacle Christian Center (several cell groups)
+Boeing employees and BEAGLES (Boeing Employee Association for Gays, Lesbians, and Friends) Employee Resource Group
+Boeing's System's Engineering Young Engineers Group (SEYE)
+Several Boeing employees in Irvine
+Crossroads Churches (one house church in a network of house churches)
+Beaumont Mom's Club (Beaumont, CA)

The entire operation was a huge success as individuals, families, and organizations from throughout the community collected a total of 1,100 Easter baskets! See Justin Rudd's web site for a full list of contributors and also a list of which kids received the baskets!