Saturday, 6 October 2012

Love and hope in a Shoe box


Imagine a box filled with treasures beyond your wildest imaginations.
Imagine it bringing hope & a message of love from afar.


when a child opens a shoe box, they’re opening more than a present lovingly prepared just for them. They’re opening up their community to a world of life-changing opportunities.


Over the past week or so I've started  collecting things... we have our boxes ready to assemble and pack . We will choose gifts for boys in 5-9 yrs age. I'm going to do a girl 5-9 too for ~Charlotte~ and maybe a teenage boy.

We have made it a yearly tradition.


It's such a great and easy way to bring smiles to the many children out there that are not as privileged as our own or children in desperate situations . It also teaches my boys about the joy of giving and bringing happiness to others. The Drummer boys enjoy packing and selecting treasures (gifts).


There is 2.5 weeks until the boxes need to be handed in.

  • SOMETHING TO LOVE
    Teddy bear, doll, soft toy, etc.
  • SOMETHING FOR SCHOOL
    Exercise book, pencil case, pens, pencils, colouring pencils, sharpener, eraser, chalk, etc.
  • SOMETHING TO WEAR
    T-shirt, shorts, underwear, cap, beanie, sandals, thongs, etc.
  • SOMETHING TO PLAY WITH
    Tennis ball, cars, skipping rope, marbles, musical instrument, yo-yo, slinky, finger puppets, wind up torch, etc. (No battery operated items)*
  • SOMETHING FOR PERSONAL HYGIENE
    Soap and face washer, toothbrush, hairbrush, comb, hair-clips, scrunchies, etc.(No toothpaste)*
  • SOMETHING SPECIAL
    Carry bag, sunglasses, bangles, necklaces, craft kits, stickers, note or photo of yourself.


In 2011, teams in Australia and New Zealand delivered 290,437 gift-filled shoe boxes to South East Asia and the South Pacific. This year  the number of shoe boxes given by Australia and New Zealand will reach 3 million! Last year over 8 million children globally received shoe boxes and this season, the number of shoe boxes will reach 100 million given to children in 152 countries since 1993.
Even if you can't fill a box yourself, you can choose to adopt a box and just pay postage $9 for a box of gifts.

Whose life will your shoe box change this year?


Full details are here.

Visit The Operation Christmas Child website to find out more and to find out where to drop your shoeboxes call 1800 684 300. There are drop off points all over Australia. You can now follow your box to it's destination country.

Hurry the last day for Australia is 25th October.



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Such a worthwhile cause. Our church in Broken Hill does this every year too.
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The shoeboxes are a great idea and it's something fun for the kids to help with. I know mine have liked choosing things in the past to give to Wishing Tree etc. and they really love giving things to bring pleasure to other children.
We've started doing this too. Such a good cause :) Thanks for blog hopping with me x
I love this concept and have taken part a few times in the past, thanks for the reminder for this year.
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What a great idea!

I was only talking to my partner this week about wanting to take my Daughter to the shops to chose a gift to donate every christmas to someone in more need than herself. I think this kind of selflessness is such an important lesson for our children to learn. Especially when they are growing in an age of easy access to everything they desire.
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Thanks Trish for reminding me to get off my big butt and get this done this year......every year I have said I will do this and every year I have a last minute race around for other local Charities wishing tree’s instead of this.
The kids are Pumped and we are doing this......Thanks Honey
What a wonderful idea! I love the guide about what to include as well. I hadn't heard of this project before - I'm off to check it out :)
I am such a huge fan of this organisation and project! When my kids are a little older, we'll be getting them to do a box each for a child their age/gender :)
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What a great idea! :)
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thanks for sharing
Its a sound like good gifting idea for kids and I love this gifting idea of shoe box. I hope kids will be benefited through getting this shoe box with lot of fun indeed!! Thanks
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Monte Gale · 637 weeks ago

Its a sound like good gifting idea for kids and I love this gifting idea of shoe box. I hope kids will be benefited through getting this shoe box with lot of fun indeed!! Thanks

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