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Thank You For 2011
Last Christmas, nearly 1.1 million children from 14 countries across the world received a special shoebox gift thanks to the commitment of supporters and volunteers across the UK. This is more than just an impressive statistic - it is the reality that each of those children will have been filled with joy at receiving a gift of love sent by children and adults that you encouraged to get involved.
One headmistress in Kosova greeted the shoebox distribution team warmly. She said: “The shoeboxes bring kindness and some warm light into the lives of our children. Some of them have huge emotional needs, and who can meet these? They need love so much.This is real friendship, and we appreciate it!”
As our way of saying "thank you" on this website you will find more stories of the children and families impacted by your shoeboxes, from extreme poverty in Montenegro to the rural villages in Africa and many other places in between.
So whether you packed one or more shoeboxes, drove a van to collect hundreds of shoeboxes or organised a warehouse with thousands of shoeboxes, we at Samaritan’s Purse wanted to join with them to say thank you too. Without you, this Christmas miracle couldn’t happen.
Because of you, children living in difficult circumstances experienced the joy of receiving a gift at Christmas. More than a million of these children across the world want to say “Thank you!”
Click here to download our thank you PowerPoint presentation with more photographs of the children who received the shoeboxes and more about the campaign.
Click here to download the Shoebox News Thank you report.
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