By Gary Cavers

The East Kootenay 2013 Operation Christmas Child Campaign is coming to an end.

Sunday, November 24 is the last day to drop-off your gift filled shoeboxes at anyone of the local participating businesses and churches.

After the 24th, you’ll need to wait another year.

The volunteers using various vehicles are coming to the local pick-up locations 0n the November 25 so hurry and finish packing your gift shoebox.

The area volunteer chairperson Tarja Nolin and the volunteer team, emphasize, how important it is to get the shoeboxes to the drop-off centres by the 24th of November, otherwise you’ll miss having the boxes delivered  by transport truck to the main warehouse in Calgary and then onto the needy children in the world.

This year’s boxes will be travelling by air, sea and land to many places in the world where children are in need.

In 2013 a milestone was met when Samaritans Purse announced that over 100 million shoeboxes have been delivered world-wide to kids of all races, since the 1993.

You can drop-off your gift filled shoeboxes as soon as possible, at anyone of these locations:

Cranbrook:  Mcdonalds, Real Canadian Super Store, Pharmasave, Fitness Inc. and at participating banks.

Kimberley:  Royal Bank, Blarchmont Learning Center, Great Canadian Dollar Store, Remedy rx and Lindsey Park Elementary School (pictured above).

Elk Valley: Fernie Extra Foods, and Fernie Overwaitea Foods; Sparwood: Overwaitea Foods; Elkford: East Kootenay Community Credit Union.

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