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Over 500 Christmas shoeboxes from Terrace on the way to Central America, Africa

People in B.C. packed just under 54,000 boxes for Operation Christmas Child in 2021
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A child in El Salvador opens an Operations Christmas Child Box. (Frank King/Samaritan’s Purse Canada)

People in Terrace contributed 556 shoeboxes filled with toys, hygiene items, school supplies and more as part of Operation Christmas Child’s 2021 campaign.

Distribution of the shoeboxes to children in Central America and western Africa has already started. In total, people in B.C. packed 53,789 shoeboxes, an increase of almost 17 per cent compared to 2020’s total.

Operation Christmas Child is a Samaritan’s Purse Canada Program that was established in 1993. Since then, it has delivered more than 186 million shoeboxes to children in more than 130 countries.

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