Please note that there are two different charities running shoebox schemes:
Samaritan’s Purse (Operation Christmas Child) - these were the details given last month.
Mustard Seed Mission (Love in a Box)
The Trussell Trust (Christmas Showboxes for Bulgaria and Serbia)
St Peter’s Church Chertsey has Samaritan’s Purse fold-up shoeboxes and suitable knitting patterns for gifts available at the back of church, which is open daily.
Drop offs for Samaritan’s Purse shoeboxes:
CHERTSEY: St Peter’s Church Office behind the church, or leave at back of church if office is closed, by Sunday 20 November.
ADDLESTONE: HeBrews Café at St Paul’s Church (term time Tue-Fri 9am-1pm) or church on Sunday mornings, by Sunday 20 November.
LYNE: in the church during daily opening times or in the Parish Office, by Sunday 6 November.
Drop offs for Mustard Seed Mission shoeboxes:
EGHAM: via Rachel Upcott by 3 November. Please contact St John's Church Office at 01784 430964 or
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for delivery details.
OTTERSHAW: Christ Church by Sunday 5 November or delivered to Phoebe Taylor at 120 Brox Road. For further information, please contact Phoebe (01932-872136).
Drop offs for The Trussell Trust showboxes:
LYNE: in the church during daily opening times or at Lyne & Longcross Primary School, by 14 November.