ROTARY CHRISTMAS SHOEBOX APPEAL
We need your help!
There are many local people and children who know its great fun to get involved putting together a shoebox.
Get your workplace, church, club, school, Scout/Guide group, children, grandchildren or just you involved? It’s good to make Christmas time special for these children.
We have been told by recipients of shoeboxes, who have now grown up, of the excitement with which they were opened and what treasured memories they have of that special gift. Remember that recipients will be opening the box in eager anticipation of finding it full of toys and useful items, possibly the first gifts they have received.
New for this year
Our Rotary District has taken the decision to supply a regular sized Shoe Box to make it easier for those filling the boxes and fairer for those children receiving the boxes overseas. The new box of uniform size will fit into the bigger transportation boxes more economically thus reducing transportation costs overseas.
The new boxes will cost £2 per item which is a lot more realistic than some of the prices for similar appeals. We can supply the boxes to you as flat packs, so will need a bit of assembling to start with, but can still be wrapped in Christmas paper or decorated with coloured pens. We can supply you with as many boxes as you require. In the first instance boxes can be picked up from the venues listed.
Unsurprisingly our transport/fuel costs have increased considerably this year and we would ask that £2 be attached to each box please, to help cover this cost
Boxes for either Boys or Girls, ages, 1-3, 4-7, 8-11, 12-15
Ideas below of what can you put in your box, things for:
Playing – ball, skipping rope, small games, cards, dominoes, harmonicas/recorders, cars, small toys, Cuddly toy
Washing – soap, toothbrush
Writing – pens, pencils, sharpener, notebook, colouring book, puzzle book
Wearing – hat, gloves, scarf, socks, hair accessories, jewellery. Items need to be new or in good/as new condition.
Please – No liquids, sharp items, guns or war toys
Box pickup and filled box drop off (by 21st October)
- Eden Mazda Basingstoke, London Road, Old Basing, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 7JD
- Oakley Carpets, Station Yard, Andover Road, Basingstoke RG23 7HA
- Parnell, Jordy & Harvey, Estate Agent, 5 Winchester Street, Overton, RG25 3HR
- Build-A-Bear Workshop, Unit 17A Festival Place, Basingstoke
To make sure boxes don’t go astray, Rotarians supervise the whole process, including volunteers going to the countries to make sure the boxes get to the children they are intended for. Christmas Shoeboxes go to Romania, Albania, Montenegro and Moldova. Some boxes may well go to Ukrainian refugees/displaced children in these countries
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