City of Cranbrook Mayor Scott Manjak signed the proclamation on September 8, declaring the week of September 26, in the City as Operation Christmas Child Kick-Off Week.
Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritans Purse, an international Christian relief and development organization.  The project allows Canadians to fill shoeboxes with gifts, which then are collected and distributed to children living in desperate situations in developing countries of the world.
The decorated shoeboxes are free and can be picked up at participating businesses, banks, churches and schools in the City.   You have until November 21, 2011 to find small gifts for your shoebox and then take it to your nearest drop-off centre, where it will be shipped to a child in need.   Operation Christmas Child is the world’s largest Christmas project for kids.
For more information, call 250-426-1948 or 250-426-8751.

Photo above – left to right:  Tarja Nolin, Area Coordinator; Cory Nolin, Regional Logistics and Business Coordinator; Mayor Scott Manjak; Diane Cavers, Church Relations Coordinator; Gary Cavers, Media Relations; Rose Brenneman, School Coordinator.
By Christ Zettel, City of Cranbrook

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