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Would you be able to fill a shoebox!
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☺Carol in Dulwich☺ | Report | 15 Nov 2006 08:22 |
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☺Carol in Dulwich☺ | Report | 15 Nov 2006 08:27 |
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I am at the moment just filling a box, would or are you ! |
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ann | Report | 15 Nov 2006 08:28 |
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Do a couple every year.I used to do it when daughter was at school,now i take them to a shop. Annie |
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Our | Report | 15 Nov 2006 08:35 |
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Good morning :) we do one every year, ( done this years last week). we do ours in the North West for ' Operation christmas Child' this started many years ago for the children of the Romanian orphanages. |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 15 Nov 2006 09:09 |
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We collect bits and pieces through the year, eg. 2 for the price of 1 coloured pencils etc. ready for shoeboxes. I phoned to ask re. collection date and was told that this year's boxes for our local-based charity will be going to the Ukraine.The organiser will travel to help with the distribution, as in other years. One year we had a lovely thank-you card from the child who received our box.That was Romania. Please don't forget the older children in orphanages too. Boxes for teenage lads are not very plentiful apparently so we will see if we can make up another to go with our girls' boxes. Gwyn |
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Linda G | Report | 15 Nov 2006 09:12 |
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Hi Carol, I have been doing them, one for a boy and one for a girl, for the last five years since my first grandchild was born. I always do them for older children as I've been told that most people do them for the little ones. We always put in a Christmas card with a note in English and then the same thing underneath in the language of the country it's going to. Using one of the free translation sites on here of course lol. Merry Christmas Linda |
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♥Julia♦from♦Liverpool ♥ | Report | 15 Nov 2006 09:16 |
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we do them in school I have three to do this year Julia |
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PinkDiana | Report | 15 Nov 2006 09:39 |
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never heard of this before but what a wonderful idea.... I am too late for my area this year but will defo do one from now on! xx |
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☺Carol in Dulwich☺ | Report | 15 Nov 2006 11:30 |
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anyone who would like to do one, I am sure will be able to find a local collection point. 21stcenturychild.org |
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Karen | Report | 15 Nov 2006 12:09 |
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We do it as a church event. We sent 70 boxes last year and are aiming for 80 this year. We all have lunch together , wrap the boxes and then choose the things to go in them based on donations from individuals in the local area. A lady I know runs one of the warehouses and has in the past been out to Romania to physically deliver the presents. Its amazing to see the impact the something as simple as a paper tiara can have on a child. |
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Leni | Report | 15 Nov 2006 12:51 |
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We do this every year in our church, we sent 100 boxes last year. Gwyn |
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