How to fill a Team Hope Shoe Box
Every year our family endeavor to fill several shoe boxes for Team Hope. These shoe boxes go to children around the world who won’t be receiving other Christmas gifts this year. I have first-hand experience of seeing children in both the Dominican Republic and India receive a Christmas shoe box. In the Dominican Republic they were given to street children and the child I met in India had a parent who had leprosy. And, because of this experience, I feel strongly about supporting this project every year. I also think it helps to bring a little bit of perspective to my children, who will receive a lot this year.
I have found that it is much more cost effective to fill several boxes than just fill one as items like facecloths and soaps come in multipacks!
Once you have your box, you need to decide whether it is for a boy or girl and what age to do it for, so you can buy or find appropriate items to put in it. So, here’s what you need to put into them:
Something to:
- Wash with
- Write with
- Wear
- Wow
If you are looking for some ideas, I stock
- novelty pens,
- markers,
- neon pens,
- Unicorn Pencils and Dinosaur Pencils,
- colouring velvet note books that come with markers.
- safety scissors for younger children
- Stickers
- Toy Vehicles
- Pop Out Glasses
- Balls
- Skipping Rope and French Skipping Rope
- Yoyo
- Maracas and Castanets
- Kites
- Fancy Paper Post it Notes
- Pop-Up Puppets
- Small dolls
If you want more specific wow ideas per age and gender, check out this blog ‘Something WOW for Team Hope Shoeboxes’
You also need to include €4 towards the shipping of your box to the child. There’s a list on the Team Hope Website of items you are not to put into your boxes and also a list of drop off points for your box.
I hope you enjoy filling your box. I’m sure it will bring so much joy to a little person this Christmas.
xx Suzie
PS. If you want to support the work of Team Hope and get a gift for a child in Ireland, check out this gorgeous book Bunny’s Shoebox Journey. All proceeds from the sale of this book go directly to the work of Team Hope.
