Gloucestershire Echo, UK
November 16, 2004
We’re sharing Christmas
Children at Dean Close Pre-Preparatory School harnessed the festive
spirit to help orphaned children in eastern Europe. More than 100
pupils aged between two and seven prepared Christmas boxes full of
gifts for children in countries like Armenia and Albania.
With the help of their parents, they decorated shoeboxes with
wrapping paper and filled them with toys, pens and pencils as well as
everyday items like soap and toothbrushes.
Operation Christmas Child is an international charity which sends
gifts to children in poor countries.
Headteacher Sue Bennett said: “The pupils have been thinking about
children who are not as lucky as them and realising how fortunate
they are that they’ll have more than one Christmas present.”