’Shoe Boxes’ or to give it its proper name

Operation Christmas Child

is a branch of Samaritan's Purse

UK Charity number 1001349

Every Christmas School's, Club's, Individuals fill shoe boxes with toys, sweets, education objects, soap etc. and send them to a 'Drop Off Point'. These boxes are then sent and distributed among children in poor parts of the world.

International Christian Fellowship (ICF) used its premises for this purpose in 2005 when they collected 435 boxes and again in 2006 when they collected 3,793 boxes which were sent to Kiev.

In 2007 A Warehouse in Elstree Business Centre, Borehamwood, collecting boxes from post codes WD, HA, UB, and NW. This year 12,519 were processed and sent to Bosnia.

                                              Pictured above is a fireman helping to load the lorry, with the Mayor, Sandra Parnel, and Kathleen Dover, the Local Co-Ordinator.

This was repeated in 2008 with

12,868 going to Bosnia.

Pictured left & right is Kathleen and husband Den Dover, checking the consignments, 2008.

In 2009 over 18,000 'Shoe-Boxes' were processed and sent to Mozambique.

If you would like to help please contact Kathleen by filling in the form on the 'CONTACT US' page