School Council Project – Operation Christmas Child Shoe Box Appeal
Each year thousands of people generously pack shoe box gifts to send to children in need around the world. ERGS School Council are going to support this appeal over the next few weeks.
Each School Council Representative is to co-ordinate the collection of items for the Shoe Box(es) and the packing of it for his/her Form Class.
Each Form Class should produce at least one Shoe Box.
Step 1: Find a Shoe Box
Get an empty medium sized shoe box, and wrap the box and lid separately in colourful wrapping paper. Attach the appropriate boy/girl label, marking if your gift is for a boy or a girl. Select an age category 2-4, 5-9 or 10-14 (years) and attach the label to the top of your shoebox (Mrs Kettyle will give you a label for each box when they arrive).
Step 2: Fill with gifts
Fill your shoebox with a selection of fun toys, hygiene items and school supplies. If possible, include one or two special items you know a child will love such as a doll, cuddly toy or deflated football with pump.
Toys: Include items that children will immediately embrace such as dolls or stuffed toys (with CE label), toy trucks, harmonica, yo-yo, skipping rope, ball, small puzzles etc.
School Supplies: Pens, pencils & sharpeners, crayons or felt pens, stamps & ink pad sets, writing pads or notebooks & paper, solar calculators, colouring & picture books etc.
Hygiene Items: Toothbrush, bars of wrapped soap, comb or hairbrush, face cloth.
Other Items: Hat, cap, gloves or scarf, sunglasses, hair accessories, jewellery set, wind up torch, slinky spring, matchbox cars etc.
Do Not Include: Used or damaged items; clothing other than as listed above; war related items such as toy guns, play soldiers or knives; chocolate, sweets or other food items; seeds; aerosols; toothpaste, lotions or liquids of any type including bubbles; medicines; hand-made or knitted stuffed toys; playing cards of the 4-suit variety; anything of a political, racial or religious nature; sharp objects; glass containers or fragile items; books with mainly words.
Toothpaste and sweets can no longer be included in shoeboxes.
Step 3: Make your project donation
Put £5 into an envelope and place it in your shoe box. This money is essential to cover shipping and distribution of your shoe box.
Shoe Boxes must be checked so please give your filled box(es) to Mrs Kettyle no later than 3.30pm on Friday 22nd November.
