Since 1990, Operation Christmas Child has brought the joy of Christmas to more than 38 million boys and girls in hospitals, orphanages, refugee camps, homeless shelters, and impoverished neighbourhoods. Under the scheme, caring members of the public send Christmas gifts, packaged in a wrapped shoebox, to children overseas who otherwise would receive nothing for Christmas (in fact, many of them have never had a present of any kind at any point in their lives).
Holy Trinity is now an official drop-off point for 'Operation Christmas Child'. Over 960 Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes were dropped off at Holy Trinity Ripon in November 2005. Last year we contributed 275 boxes to the campaign, and 110 in 2003. We now serve as the collection point for 4 local schools, and hope for even more next year.
Read more information on Operation Christmas Child, or see a fantastic video of children receiving their boxes (click on the link at the top of the page, where shown). If you would like to know more, or would like to offer your support in 2006, please contact Sally Tweddle.
Where do the boxes sent from the UK go?
| Country |
Number |
% |
|
 |
| Romania |
| Belarus |
| Serbia |
| Bosnia |
| Ukraine - Crimea |
| Russia |
| Hungary |
| Armenia |
| Croatia |
| Indonesia |
| Azerbaijan |
| Kyrgyzstan |
| Mozambique |
| Kosova |
| Ukraine - Odessa |
|
| 324,111 |
| 187,782 |
| 185,336 |
| 68,856 |
| 56,629 |
| 54,101 |
| 41,863 |
| 40,238 |
| 35,874 |
| 35,763 |
| 35,067 |
| 30,436 |
| 22,009 |
| 13,170 |
| 10,802 |
|
| 28 |
| 16 |
| 16 |
| 6 |
| 5 |
| 5 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 2 |
| 1 |
| 1 |
|
|
| Total |
1,142,037 |
|
|
|
