2021 shoebox appeal
How it works......
Each year TEECH travel to Romania and Moldova to hand deliver shoebox gifts and food parcels. If you would like to read about our previous trips, then hover over 'Christmas Shoebox Trips' in the menu on the left and choose which year you would like to read about. If you would like to see pictures from trips then please look at the photo gallery.
If you would like to complete a box then please follow these instructions:
What to do......
If you would like to complete a box then please follow these instructions:
What to do......
- Find an empty shoebox
- Wrap the box and lid separately (if boxes can be opened then this helps us in case they need to be checked by customs)
- Decide if your box will be for a boy or girl and the age (please ensure a label is placed on the box so we allocate the box to a suitable child)
- Fill your box with gifts - see suggestions list below
- Make a donation of £2 per shoebox - we use the monies to pay for ferry, fuel and road tolls to get the vehicles to their destination - the donation can be done through Golden Giving - this is important to ensure the charity can fund the trip
We ask that you place one of our labels onto the box (stick or celotape, we dont mind) and circle the age you have made a box for. Download the labels here:
WE ASK THAT BOXES ARE COMPLETED FOR AGES 3 TO 16 YEARS
| shoebox_labels.pdf |
Suggestions of gifts for your shoebox.....
Toys - soft toys, balls, yoyo, skipping rope, building blocks, playing cards, jigsaws, musical instruments, toy cars, dolls, jewellery, balloons, playing cards etc
Educational Items - pens, pencils, pencil sharpener, paper, colouring and/or puzzle books, pencil case, ruler, rubber, stickers, solar calculator etc
Personal Items - toothbrush (periuta de dinti) and paste (pastă de dinţi), shampoo (sampon), maybe consider bar shampoo, deodorant, sanitary products, hairbrush, comb, shower gel, soap (sapun), flannel etc
Other - socks, scarf, gloves, hat, sweets, wind up torch, football shirt, shorts (small clothing items so that there is a mixture in the box).
Food - rice, pasta, (dried foods), tea, coffee, oats, sweets, biscuits etc - please ensure all food has a best before date for at least 6 months
2021 - consider including a face covering and hand sanitiser in boxes for teenage children,
Toys - soft toys, balls, yoyo, skipping rope, building blocks, playing cards, jigsaws, musical instruments, toy cars, dolls, jewellery, balloons, playing cards etc
Educational Items - pens, pencils, pencil sharpener, paper, colouring and/or puzzle books, pencil case, ruler, rubber, stickers, solar calculator etc
Personal Items - toothbrush (periuta de dinti) and paste (pastă de dinţi), shampoo (sampon), maybe consider bar shampoo, deodorant, sanitary products, hairbrush, comb, shower gel, soap (sapun), flannel etc
Other - socks, scarf, gloves, hat, sweets, wind up torch, football shirt, shorts (small clothing items so that there is a mixture in the box).
Food - rice, pasta, (dried foods), tea, coffee, oats, sweets, biscuits etc - please ensure all food has a best before date for at least 6 months
2021 - consider including a face covering and hand sanitiser in boxes for teenage children,
challenge yourself
Why not challenge yourself to fill a shoebox for just £10.....you'll have to keep your eyes open and look for bargains but some of the basics for the box can be found for less than a pound to get you started, for example toothbrush, paste, combs, sweets, flannel and soap etc......this then leaves you with slightly more to spent on toys or note books and other items.
Delivery and dates
Boxes need to be with us by the Mid November. If you would like to send boxes then please contact (holly@teech.org). Any donations to the transport of the items can be made using the link below.
Thank you to all those who sent through boxes for 2020, the photos from the trip can be viewed here.
