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Christmas Love in a<br />
S<br />
The Tale of a Shoebox<br />
I’m just a humble shoebox<br />
And not worth very much<br />
But wait and see me in a while<br />
I’ll have a loving touch!<br />
I could have been discarded<br />
And simply thrown away,<br />
But now I’ve been recycled<br />
And cared for day by day.<br />
So many little toys and gifts<br />
Are snugly packed within,<br />
And when I’m really fi lled up tight<br />
Adventures will begin.<br />
I’ll soon be wrapped up neatly<br />
In paper shiny bright,<br />
And I’ll be feeling very proud<br />
So full of love and light.<br />
Then soon I will be travelling<br />
To many distant lands,<br />
And children will be waiting<br />
With eager, stretched out hands.<br />
So don’t discard your shoebox,<br />
Just think what you can do,<br />
God bless those folk who work so hard.<br />
God bless the children too.<br />
Iris Hesselden<br />
Could you recycle your old shoebox?<br />
It’s so easy –<br />
1 Simply brightly wrap the box and<br />
decide on gender and age of the child.<br />
2 Fill the box with small goodies<br />
such as a soft toy, ball, cars, doll, pens,<br />
pencils, crayons, writing/colouring book,<br />
toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, soap, hat,<br />
gloves, scarf and of course some sweets<br />
would be good with a sell-by date of<br />
at least March 2018 (but no chocolate<br />
please). More ideas can be found in our<br />
leaflets.<br />
3 Add a donation towards shipping<br />
costs.<br />
Operation Christmas Child is run by<br />
the Christian organisation Samaritan’s<br />
Purse who work with local churches<br />
and charities overseas to distribute the<br />
shoeboxes to children regardless of their<br />
background or beliefs, asking nothing in<br />
return. The children may be in schools,<br />
hospitals, orphanages or homeless<br />
shelters in impoverished neighbourhoods.<br />
The shoeboxes from Sheffi eld,<br />
Dronfi eld, Barnsley and Rotherham are<br />
brought into a warehouse in Sheffi eld<br />
where volunteers check them to make<br />
sure there are no unsuitable items<br />
included such as toy guns, liquids or<br />
clothing other then hats, gloves and<br />
scarves. After being sealed for customs<br />
purposes the shoeboxes are packed into<br />
cartons for export in late November and<br />
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats<br />
Church Offi ce: Linden Avenue, Sheffi eld S8 0GA<br />
Tel: (0114) 274 5086<br />
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email: offi ce@stchads.org<br />
website: www.stchads.org
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