Community prepares for shoebox gifts for children

231 views · Published 23 September 2012 · 1:38 · Indexed 18 October 2026

Channel: 23ABC News | KERO · 2012 · News & Politics

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The Christmas holiday is a little more than three months away and one organization is preparing for the season of giving, one shoebox at a time.

The annual Operation Christmas Child collects about 1, 300 shoe boxes filled with gifts every year.  The group provides people with pre-printed green or red shoeboxes.  The community can then fill it up with toys or basic hygiene products like a toothbrush or toothpaste.

"These kids a lot of times, never receive a gift and so they are very excited to have even as

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