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Christmas Shoebox Appeal |
| Posted by Administrator (administrator) on Oct 13 2011 |
The Christmas Shoebox Appeal is one of Ireland's largest children's charity projects. This annual appeal is all about giving simple gifts to children in need. It starts in your hands and ends up in theirs.
Over the last 12 years almost two million of the world’s most disadvantaged children have received a shoebox, enthusiastically packed with gifts from Ireland. Many of these children are in orphanages, street shelters, hospitals or in families stuck in the poverty trap. Their Christmas day is just like any other day, and for many their shoebox is the only present they receive. This charity is more than a shoebox; it means so much to the boy or girl to know that someone, far away, whom they will never meet, is thinking of them.
This year the school is asking children to bring in just one small gift. The school will then fill shoe boxes with these gifts.
Suggestions: Please note that all gifts should be new.
• Toys: Bear, soft toy, tennis ball, finger puppet, jigsaw, yo-yo, building blocks, trucks, cars, dolls, small musical instrument.
• Educational Supplies: Felt pens, pens, pencils, pencil sharpener, eraser, colouring book, notepad, picture or puzzle book, chalk, pencil case, stickers, etc.
• Hygiene Items: Toothbrush, toothpaste, hairbrush, comb, hair clips, bar of soap, flannel, etc.
• Other Items: Sweets (sell-by date to be at least March of the following year), gloves, scarf, sunglasses, cap, hat, bangles, necklaces etc.
• No Food, especially chocolate - non-chocolate sweets are allowed
• No medicine or vitamins of any kind
• No war related items - toy guns, soldiers or knives of any kind
• No clothing other than listed above
• No fragile items - glass containers, mirrors.
• No liquids including blow bubbles, shampoo, bubble bath, toiletry sets or aerosols.
• No dangerous items - sharp objects, scissors or razors
• No novels
• Nothing of a political nature
• No hand-knitted stuffed toys without a CE mark
To allow for the boxes to reach their destination in time for Christmas, gifts should be left into the school before Wednesday 26th October.
Last changed: Oct 13 2011 at 8:50 AM
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