Thompson’s Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes are on their way.
Two-hundred-sixty-three boxes were collected in the city and were shipped to Winnipeg on Monday by Maple Bus Lines free of charge.
They are now on their way to Calgary and from that depot they will be sent to children in India, Africa and South America.
Since 1993, 157-million shoe boxes have been shared with children in over 130 countries.
Last year alone, Canadians donated over half-a-million shoe boxes for this cause. If you missed the collection deadline here in Thompson, you can still fill a box online. Just go to samaritanspurse.ca.
