It might be 14 weeks till Christmas, but Bethanie, WA aged care provider is getting into the Christmas spirit early this year as they hold ‘packing parties’ across five of their sites for Operation Christmas Child.
Operation Christmas Child has been around since 1993 and is an initiative run by Samaritan’s Purse providing international relief to children in poverty, via gift filled shoe boxes.
It’s estimated that just one shoe box can help make a positive impact on 15 underprivileged children and their families.
This is the eighth year that residents from Bethanie will pack and send shoe boxes to children in developing countries across South East Asia and the South Pacific.
Last year Bethanie managed to pack and send over 400 boxes, each filled with items that the children could wear or play with, as well as useful items for school, comfort and personal hygiene purposes.
Great work.
