Operation Christmas Child 2007 Needs Your Help!

Kell_ee001 · 2 Nov 2007 at 15:42

What is Operation Christmas Child?

This annual project enables caring individuals, families, schools, churches, businesses, and other organisations to fill ordinary shoe boxes with small toys, school supplies, sweets, and other gifts for needy children around the world. Operation Christmas Child sends a message of hope to children in need around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes.

This is a charity I try to help with every year and although it may seem early, they need the boxes to be delivered at Christmas. Run by the Samaritan's it is the world's largest children's Christmas project. It doesn't cost very much although the difference you can make is priceless.

Details of what to pack, how to pack and where to deliver can be found here!

divine` · 2 Nov 2007 at 15:46

Done two already this year

Random_23 · 2 Nov 2007 at 16:05

I can pack an old AGP MX400 and a soundcard (without the driver disc)

shimy182 · 2 Nov 2007 at 16:07

Random_23 said:
I can pack an old AGP MX400 and a soundcard (without the driver disc)

in that case i have a 230watt PSU which is full of dust... it can explode at anytime i reckon... now all we need is a mobo, case, mem, monitor.... etc etc

knowledge123 · 2 Nov 2007 at 16:09

I've got some spare HDD's and a DVD re-writer!

Combat squirrel · 2 Nov 2007 at 16:11

got an old mainboard and cpu !

Jono · 2 Nov 2007 at 16:14

Is it not wrong to force our religious beliefs onto poor kids in other countries?

knowledge123 · 2 Nov 2007 at 16:17

Jono said:
Is it not wrong to force our religious beliefs onto poor kids in other countries?

Not when they get a PC for free!

Kell_ee001 · 2 Nov 2007 at 16:27

Jono said:
Is it not wrong to force our religious beliefs onto poor kids in other countries?

Not when they can throw away and literature, and play with toys, eat sweets and get help with their eductaion

Maccy · 2 Nov 2007 at 16:37

Done one, going to do a second this weekend - our school has it as a charity we do every year

Megahurtz400 · 2 Nov 2007 at 18:13

We do this at school, i normally try to do one but i never get round to it. No excuse either

Last year now so ill try my hardest to get one done

Spleenus · 2 Nov 2007 at 18:30

We're doing this at my workplace, so will be contributing to it that way!

Kell_ee001 · 2 Nov 2007 at 18:53

Megahurtz400 said:
Last year now so ill try my hardest to get one done

Leaving school isn't an excuse either

bcjames · 2 Nov 2007 at 18:55

Cycling team is doing it so I will also be contributing

I remember doing something similar in primary school, had forgotten about the scheme till recently.

JodieO · 2 Nov 2007 at 21:21

I'm always in two minds about this as they put religious material into every box explaining the "real meaning of Christmas", it's a bit underhanded imo. There are organisations that do this without trying to force christianity onto people.

Vonhelmet · 2 Nov 2007 at 21:39

JodieG said:
I'm always in two minds about this as they put religious material into every box explaining the "real meaning of Christmas", it's a bit underhanded imo. There are organisations that do this without trying to force christianity onto people.

Underhanded? We're called to witness. They can take it or leave it.

TinkerBell · 5 Nov 2007 at 19:32

I am going to do this, think it is a nice thing to do for a child

Got most of the items now

Thanks Kelleeee

Morba · 5 Nov 2007 at 19:35

we prefer to do something more local. there is always a company doing a collection for toys that will goto local disadvantaged children.
you get given the name of the child (drawn from a hat type thing) and age, from that you can make a better decision as to what to buy the child. they ask that you spend no more than £10, but thats quite hard tbh.
you wrap the present up and take it back to the company, they take it to the child, to be opened on xmas morning.

poor children :/