Operation Christmas Child
What is Operation Christmas Child?
This annual project enables caring individuals, families, schools, churches, businesses, and other organisations to fill ordinary shoe boxes with small toys, school supplies, sweets, and other gifts for needy children around the world.
Operation Christmas Child sends a message of hope to children in need around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes.
Operation Christmas Child is the world's largest children's Christmas project. Since 1990 the project has brought the joy of Christmas to more than 47 million boys and girls throughout the world. Last year we sent 1.24 million shoe boxes from the UK to children in hospitals, orphanages, Internally Displaced Persons camps, homeless shelters and impoverished
Your gift is powerful
Your shoe box will make a child feel special and valued, and let them know that you care about them. Choosing gifts and then wrapping and filling a shoe box is a fun and rewarding activity for all the family – especially whenyou know these gifts are going to be used and treasured.
How to pack your shoe box
Please ensure that your boxes get to us in good time before the end of the Operation Christmas Child campaign. This years campaign dates are the 4th-20th of November 2007.
Find an empty medium-size shoe box, approximately 18 x 30 x 13cm, (we reserve the right to split boxes which are too large). Wrap the lid and box seperately in wrapping paper.
Decide if your gift is for a boy or girl. Tick the appropriate age box on the boy or girl sticker. Stick the label to the outside of the lid – on the top right as you would a stamp on a letter. You will need to tape the label to the box
Fill the shoe box with the gifts listed on the What to Pack page.
Please do not wrap any items individually.
Complete your details on the donation form and enclose £2 with the form in an envelope and seal it, or you can pay for your donation online. Place your donation envelope or online donation slip on top of the contents so that it will be clearly visible when the box is opened. Important Please enclose £2 or more towards distribution, transport, processing and promotion.
Please secure the lid with an elastic band, and Do not seal the box as it will need to be checked to ensure it meets Customs requirements.