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Close on 13,000 boxes left our main Preston Warehouse two weeks ago bound for north west Romania. Shoebox Chairman Peter Clare and regular volunteer driver Gareth Hughes travelled in a smart new tractor unit, kindly again donated for the trip by … Continue reading →

We hope to meet many Rotarians at the RIBI Conference at Harrogate in April. We will be in the House of Friendship on stand 61 and look forward to saying hello to as many supporters as possible. If you have not … Continue reading →

At last a few photos of boxes being delivered in Ukraine have started to come in. This one shows children at an Orphanage receiving gifts at Christmas.

Over 12,000 Shoeboxes left the main Warehouse on Wednesday 12th December bound for Ukraine ready for Christmas distribution. A further similar load, will go shortly to Romania and Moldova. Any boxes remaining in the Warehouse, or received after this, will still … Continue reading →

Our secretary Roy Deem from Lymm Cheshire, decided to retire from the voluntary post at the end of June after serving the Rotary Shoebox Scheme for twelve years. In addition to the usual secretarial duties, Roy also collated the whole … Continue reading →

Please order your boxes as soon as possible to enable us to spread the load at the Warehouse and enable you to make a start in your community. As you can see from the photo of Tom Gunn from Scotland, … Continue reading →

12,800 of your Shoebox Gifts are currently being delivered (4th April 2012) to western Romania in time for Easter. These will be distributed by our contacts out there, including ‘Hope and Homes for Children’ and ‘Spurgeons’. SCANIA have again helped … Continue reading →

On Monday 12th December, a lorry set off from our Warehouse in Preston loaded with 13,600 of your shoebox gifts for the children and families of Odessa and Kiev in Ukraine. A similar load will shortly be setting off for north-east … Continue reading →