On Thursday 22nd November a representative from Operation Christmas Child collected the
70 boxes that members of St. John’s
We are delighted that despite difficult economic times we even managed
to collect a few more boxes than last year.
So, well done everybody!
Your gifts will be much appreciated by the children who receive them and
would otherwise have nothing to open on Christmas day.
For more information about how Operation
Christmas Child works visit www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk.
You may be interested to know that, according to Samaritans Purse, last year our boxes were some “of 273,234 shoeboxes sent from the UK to children living in Belarus
They went on to tell us:-
“These
shoeboxes were distributed to 11 partners in locations right across the country
- in Mogile, Kobrin, Vitebsk , Gomel ,
Grodno and Molodechno as well as around the
capital Minsk
One of our partners wrote to us: "We want to thank Samaritan's Purse for the wonderful Christmas gift boxes which helped us to open doors in many local schools and kindergartens. In one school we were told that it is a very difficult time for them and getting gifts for free means a great deal."
One of our partners wrote to us: "We want to thank Samaritan's Purse for the wonderful Christmas gift boxes which helped us to open doors in many local schools and kindergartens. In one school we were told that it is a very difficult time for them and getting gifts for free means a great deal."
“One little girl
called Natasha has a low immune system and eye sight problems. When she found
sunglasses in her shoebox she said: 'I was praying about sunglasses, and my
prayers were answered!'””
So, a big “THANK YOU” to everyone who has contributed to the scheme.
