Cardboard shoe boxes are used for more than just packaging shoes. They are also often used for sending food parcels and also for Christmas shoe box appeals. Christmas shoe box appeals often put toys in shoe boxes for children in hospital or in third world countries. Some charity’s that run Christmas shoe box appeals are:
Operation Christmas Child
Samaritan’s Purse
The Rotary Shoebox Scheme
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Guidelines as to what to put in the shoe boxes are different for each scheme but some items to include are: