Join us in helping to ensure that ALL women in Canada are valued, respected and treated with dignity and compassion. Every year, through the Operation Christmas Child program, people from all over America, Canada. This year I plan to give my daughter a Christmas shoebox, too.

'The amount provides a guideline so that each box can be of equivalent value,' explains the daughter of former prime minister Brian Mulroney, who along with sisters-in-law Jessica, Katy and Vanessa Mulroney, founded the ShoeBox Project in Toronto last year as a way of helping women who are spending the holiday in shelters. 'The point to the shoebox is that it offers an easy vehicle for delivery,' she says, using her iPad to scan a spreadsheet teeming with addresses of facilities she will visit later in the day, bearing carloads of the presents. 'As you can imagine, these gifts are very much appreciated by the staff who always work hard to make the holidays special for clients at Women's Residence, as well as for those women who are supported in their recent housing through outreach efforts,' says Patricia Anderson, who manages the City of Toronto's Shelter and Housing Division. The goal is build the charity, adding more cities to the project for next year. Mulroney Lapham has just hired someone to get the ShoeBox Project on Facebook – 'I really didn't have a clue,' she allows. Anno 1701 Vollversion Kostenlos Deutsch.

As for Twitter, that's her brother Ben Mulroney's department. 'It helps that he has 43,000 Twitter followers,' she says of the CTV personality. Once the shoeboxes are assembled, volunteers drop them off at businesses that have offered to serve as depots for the DIY charity, including Calphalon, Dundee Realty and Royal Lepage offices around the GTA. 'Next year,' says Mulroney Lapham, 'we want a moving company to get involved.

I think we might need it.' To donate to the ShoeBox Project, visit.

A Winnipeg group that works to ensure inner city children wake to presents under the tree on Christmas morning is running low on donations this year. Kaputa Sinhala Font. Chelsea Cardinal helped found the city’s Christmas Shoebox Drive, which gathers donations and converts them into small presents for children in need. “They live in some of the most difficult situations we can think of,” said Cardinal, adding Christmas is a difficult time for strapped parents. “It can be very shameful to have to call the Christmas Cheer Board. It can be very shameful to have to stand in line at Siloam Mission waiting for presents.” The program is now in its third year and has seen some large donations in past years. Lorette resident Gaylene Olyniuk filled up 15 boxes for children this year.

These toys have been donated for the Christmas Shoebox Drive, but the program needs many more. (Jillian Taylor/CBC) “It makes me feel terrible and makes me realize that our kids have so much stuff. Some of the things are band new things that I purged from my kids that they won’t even notice,” she said. “We need to spread it around.

We need to share.” Despite Olyniuk’s generous donation, Cardinal said this year’s collection has been very slow. She’s asking any Winnipeggers who can to donate a shoe box filled with goodies for a child in need. Anything from toys, craft supplies, gift cards, colouring books, puzzles, make up or candy can be stuffed in the boxes. The small gifts make a world of difference to their recipients, according to Cardinal. For the last two years, Christy Salwan’s five children received gifts through the program. “It helps a lot.

It’s probably the hardest time of year [for] even the working poor because it’s Christmas and kids want gifts,” she said. “[My children] were happy with everything they got from there,” said Salwan. “It was small, but it meant something to them.” Donations can be made at one of two drop off sites, including one at 482 Young St. More information can be found on Cardinal’s Facebook page for the event.

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