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Operation Christmas Child

dragonlily · 2017-11-11 18:05:18

Hi, my daughter's school is doing Operation Christmas Child. She is really excited and we have filled the box and it is all ready to go. However, I have had a look on the website and now feel a bit uncomfortable. I have no concern about supporting charities with a religious basis etc. However, this one seems quite…

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peewhyeff Posts: 1,259 Forumite

3 December 2017 at 2:41AM

Operation Christmas child was started by Dave Cooke from Wrexham. This got swallowed up by Samaritans Purse. Dave Cooke then set up Teams 4U who send out shoeboxes to Eastern Europe and is much more aligned to the original concept.

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