Despite the continuing challenges posed by COVID-19, Canadians lovingly packed 413,875 shoeboxes with toys, hygiene items, school supplies, and many other items during the 2021 Operation Christmas Child shoebox campaign that recently ended.
That’s an increase of more than 40,000 over 2020’s total.
In total, Ontario residents packed 149,647 shoeboxes in 2021, an increase of 14 per cent from 2020.
North Bay also showed an increase. There were 2,177 boxes donated, up from 2,043 in 2020.
During the next few weeks, children in Central America and western Africa will be receiving shoeboxes packed by caring Canadians.
You can still pack shoeboxes for children in need. Just visit www.PackaBox.ca and do it online.
Operation Christmas Child is a program of Samaritan’s Purse Canada, a Christian relief and development organization.