Manitouwadge Public School Students Give To Children With Less

Written by Manitouwadge Public School on 24 November 2011

Manitouwadge Public School News

Manitouwadge Public School students with shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. Photo MPS

Note that in the past, one of the faces in the back row of this photo was a familiar one in school pictures – but this time Mrs. Vardy was at the school to collect the boxes for this charity!

MANITOUWADGE, ON – The young people in Mrs. Kuczynski’s and Mrs. Turnbull’s class have taken it upon themselves to fill five shoeboxes with necessities and treats that will go to underprivileged children in third world countries. The Operation Christmas Child, which is a project of Samaratin’s Purse, has been one of the many areas that our students at MPS show their compassionate and caring nature for others. It is great to see this poignant aspect of our students’ lives within the school because it certainly will carry over into their day to day desire to lend a hand outside of school as well.

Another job well done by our MPS students!

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OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD brings joy and hope to children in desperate situations around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes and the message of God’s unconditional love. It provides an opportunity for people of all ages to be involved in a simple, hands-on project of Samaritan’s Purse that focuses on the true meaning of Christmas – Jesus Christ – God’s greatest gift.

Operation Christmas Child was started in 1990 by Dave Cooke, a Welshman who felt moved to deliver gifts to Romanian orphans after seeing their living circumstances on television. In 1993, Operation Christmas Child grew and was adopted by Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian organization run by Franklin Graham.

To date, Operation Christmas Child has collected and distributed over 86 million shoe box gifts worldwide. Each shoe box gift is filled with hygiene items, school supplies, toys, and candy, is given to children regardless of gender, race, religion, or age. When culturally appropriate, copies of a book entitled The Greatest Gift of All, which has been translated into 130 different languages, are offered to children after the shoe box has already been distributed.

Join them (See link below):

In celebrating the 640,714 shoe boxes collected in Canada in the 2010 season!
In packing even more shoe boxes that will bless children around the world in the 2011 season!

The 2011 National Collection Week is November 21-27.

Many schools in the Superior North Catholic District School Board participate in OCC or similar Christmas Giving ask your child’s teacher about what their school is doing.