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Team Hope’s Christmas Shoebox Appeal is an annual campaign that delivers gifts straight into the hands of children affected by poverty. Often these shoebox gifts are the only gift that a child will receive at Christmas and the joy that they bring is incredible. Since 2010, with your help, we have delivered over 2.8 million Shoebox gifts to Vulnerable Children across the world.

 

Ways to give your shoeboxes

  • Build a Shoebox online

    Using our online box builder you can build and donate your Christmas shoebox ONLINE!

  • Build your Shoebox at home

    Our shoebox collections have now finished but you can still take part in the appeal by building a shoebox online today!

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Where To Drop Off Your Christmas Shoeboxes

If you still have a box,  please do get in touch with your local volunteer team below as they may still be able to take your shoebox.

Donate a Christmas Shoebox ONLINE

Every €25 donated will enable Team Hope’s overseas partners to create a Christmas Shoebox and deliver out into the hands of a child affected by poverty.

Download Resources

Download all of our resources for schools, businesses and churches here

Flat pack shoeboxes

Flat pack shoeboxes

This year flat pack shoeboxes are available for purchase from Team Hope in bundles of 50 to make it easier for your business/group to take part.

Shoebox stories

Elizabeth & Aida

Elizabeth in Malawi is the mother of Aida and Madaliso who received Christmas Shoeboxes all the way from Ireland in 2024. Elizabeth is also part of a piggery project started by Team Hope’s partners in her area. The profits will allow her to feed her children regularly, buy small livestock, repair their home, and most importantly, send Aida and Madaliso back to school. They dream of becoming a teacher and a doctor. 
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2024 Christmas Shoebox Appeal: THANK YOU!

In 2024, with your help, we sent an incredible 171,675 Christmas Shoebox gifts to children across 13 countries in Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. Here you can read the stories from some of the children, see how much your Christmas Shoebox gift really meant to them and how it brought joy, happiness and hope to their lives.
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Where Your Christmas Shoeboxes Went!

Your Christmas Shoeboxes left from every corner of the country in November and December, loaded up by incredible volunteers! Have a look through the list to find out where your Christmas Shoebox has gone!
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Get involved by using our campaign hashtags #MakeAChildSmile #ChristmasShoeboxAppeal
#EveryBoxCounts