Samaritan's Purse

I read a few reviews about the Samaritans Purse and the concerns. My friends brother works for Samaritans Purse so I spoke to her and thought you'd be interested to know something from within the charity. It is a wonderful idea of sharing gifts with children less fortunate than ourselves at Christmas time, and showing them that there are people in the world who care about them. Each box is made up for a boy or a girl of a specific age, you can choose from three age brackets 2-4, 5-9, 10-14, however many people choose babies or small children, the least popular being the 10+ age group so if you are planning on doing a box for a child remember the ...  Read the complete review

A few friends came over for dinner last weekend. One friend was telling us about how every year she fills a box of presents and sends it off to go to a child in need. I thought this sounded like a very worthwhile cause and a really nice thing to do so I asked for more details. She gave me a leaflet on the project. Basically, Operation Christmas Child is run by the organisation Samaritan's Purse which is a Christian relief organisation working in the poorest countries in the world. People in the UK and other countries are invited to fill a medium sized shoe box with gifts for a child in a disadvantaged situation and take it to a local delivery point to be ...  Read the complete review

Samaritans Purse are a charity I first became aware of through my old church. It is a Christian charity, run by evangelist Billy Graham, although does not have a strong Christian message. The charity is commonly known as a shoebox appeal. They appeal to people in more economically developed countries, such as Britain, to fill a shoebox with little gifts to give to less advantaged children around the world. A leaflet is given out in many churches and schools explaining the items that are allowed in the boxes (chocolate isn't for instance, as it might melt). The boxes are then collected at designated collection points (again, usually schools and ...  Read the complete review

Christmas is coming, and many parents of children of school age not hunting down that elusive "must have" toy, (gogo hamsters this year apparently - cost £10, on ebay for £40) may be involved in Operation Christmas Child through this charity, Samaritan's Purse. It seems to be a way of getting back to the real meaning of Christmas and thinking of others. Over a million boxes were apparently filled and sent in Britain last year, the charity also collects in the US, Canada and elsewhere in Europe. The basic premise is that you pack a shoe box with little gifts and take it to a collection point, with a donation of a minimum £2.50 to cover the cost of ...  Read the complete review

Each year the Samaritan's do this fantastic appeal - you can usually pick up entry forms in Asda. You basically fill up a gift wrapped shoe box with items for Children in Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia who aren't fortunate enough to get gifts. Each box must be packed according to strict guidelines. If you are not part of a group who organise this then each box needs a £2.50 donation, to allow for administration and postage costs - anything left over is donated to the Samaritan's Purse. A lot of Churches, Schools, etc do these shoe boxes, and they can normally subsidise the cost - my local church is doing them with a 30p submission fee. ...  Read the complete review