​Dear All

As we look towards Christmas, Queenswood will once again be donating shoeboxes, filled with Christmas gifts, to Samaritan’s Purse International Relief which runs Operation Christmas Child, a charity which aims to demonstrate God’s love to children in need.

Samaritan’s Purse helps people all over the world who are affected by war, poverty, famine, disease and natural disasters and the organisation campaigns to transform lives. As such, in putting together a shoebox, you will be helping children around the world and enabling them to feel love and joy.

In addition to buying gifts for the shoebox, Samaritan’s Purse ask for a donation of £5.00 per shoebox to cover its operational costs. If you would like to donate a shoebox, here is what you need to do:

• Find an empty, medium-sized shoebox.
• Wrap the shoe box and lid separately in nice paper and fill the shoe box with gifts. Please see here for a list of gift suggestions and items that are not permitted.
• Click here to make a donation of £5.00 to Operation Christmas Child to cover postage.
• Print off the barcode and place it on top of the gifts you have packed.
• Place the lid on the shoe box; do not seal the box but put an elastic band around it to keep the shoe box and the lid together.
• Bring the completed shoebox into school by next Friday 15 November 2024, following which it will be taken to the collection point.

Thank you so much for your support.
Revererend Kate