Help local woman to fill Santa’s shoeboxes
A local woman, Debby Selfe, is urging residents to become involved in the Santa Shoebox project which opened for pledging on 1 September.
This children’s charity will be reaching its one millionth child this year, and invites donors to participate in the momentous event.
The project will announce the millionth pledge, millionth shoebox dropped off and millionth child to receive their shoebox.
Debby says a list of children’s names were made available via the Santa Shoebox Project website www.santashoebox.org.za
“Donors create a supporter profile, and are granted access to the children’s first name, age, gender and clothing size. Donors register for a drop off in their area, which takes place on specific dates in October and November, and create shoeboxes for children living in and around their own community.”
The required contents of a Santa Shoebox have been chosen with the underprivileged child in mind.
A box should contain a toothbrush and toothpaste, a facecloth and cake of soap, school supplies an outfit of clothing sweets and a toy. All items must be new, unused and age-appropriate.
Extra items are welcome, as long as they all fit into a medium-sized shoebox – the size of an adult running shoe box.
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Extra items could include for example a re- usable shopping bag in which the child can carry their shoebox home.
Contact Debby Selfe on 083 249 1525 and Nkhensani Mkhonto on 062 023 9677 the co-ordinators for the Tzaneen drop off.
They are also able to arrange to collect shoeboxes from Polokwane, Phalaborwa and Giyani too.
