Schreiber School Doubles Gifting Goal For Operation Christmas Child

Written by Holy Angels Catholic School on 22 November 2011

Holy Angels students and staff excited to have doubled their Operation Christmas Child gifting goal. Photo HAS

SCHREIBER, ON – The staff and students at Holy Angels Catholic School have captured the Christmas Spirit. They should be very proud of themselves. In a collaborative effort between students, parents, staff and the community they were able to fill 41 shoe boxes, full of gifts, toys and clothing items for “Operation Christmas Child”. Somewhere in the world these boxes will be opened by young children on Christmas day who might not have otherwise received a gift. Our students at Holy Angels, learned the meaning of being a Samaritan, a good Christian and that giving of your time to help others feels great. The students and staff hoped to fill 20 boxes and by sheer generosity they were able to double this ambitious goal.

The school would like to give a special thank you to Sylvia Figliomeni for orchestrating this project and making it such a success this year.

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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.