ShoeBox Appeal

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For those who don't know, it involves filling a shoebox with gifts/products for disadvantaged children/elderly/families.


Have you ever done these? I remember doing it in my school a couple of times.
Would you ever if you haven't?


http://www.rotaryshoebox.org/ seems like a good site - it's for sending boxes all throughout the year so not just Christmas I'm hoping to do it soon! Anyone wanna join me??

[Red]

I do a shoebox every year with my church. We send it off to an orphanage in romania and they usually film them opening. So cute seeing their excitement.

[Elegance]

i did this every single year in primary school aw! i think i might consider doing it again this year

[FlyingJesus]

We lit just sent one off, it's really nice because it's more personal than just giving a fiver to the charity (not that there's any problem with that obv) and you know it's things that they really NEED as well as want

[Absently]

I remember we used to do this back in school it was so much fun. I saw a few people speaking about it on fb earlier and think I might rope all my friends into doing with me think it will be quite nice!! Does anyone know when the closing dates are for the ones for Christmas?

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We lit just sent one off, it's really nice because it's more personal than just giving a fiver to the charity (not that there's any problem with that obv) and you know it's things that they really NEED as well as want

do u do it through church or a site? obv wanna make sure its going to the right people, people have said not to do operation christmas child because it's done through the Samaritans or something and people have recommended rotary

[FlyingJesus]

Through one of my mum's churches yeah not sure which but what's wrong with Samaritans surely they don't rob the toothpaste or something lol

[Expling]

i don't think we ever did anything like this in school?? i remember bringing in bags of toys (donated my castle ) but they were going to just be sent off as a big crate somewhere
it's such a good cause though so i might do it this year!!

[-:Undertaker:-]

my schools ran the scheme for them but i never did it

[thatc00lgirl]

oooo yeah we used to do it when i was primary school.
I'm actually planning to do one for another cause, for the animals actually