Our sister city Bandai, is housing 400 refugees and many of them are children. We plan to send each of the children a shoe box filled with comfort items, to let them know that we care. Thank you for participating in our shoe box campaign, the following is a few guidelines and ideas to help you fill your shoe box.

For further information please call one of the following:

Ron Hovanes 498-6132 hovanes@telus.net

Linda Larson 498-2016 lglarson@eastlink.ca

Drop your shoe box off at the Oliver Arena on Friday, May 27^th from

3 to 5pm.

 

Pick a gender  then an age category,

0 to 2 years              2 to 6 years                         6 to 12 years                      12 and older

Ideas and items for your shoe box:

Pencils, pencil crayons, crayons, felt markers, paper, colouring books, small games, cards, craft items, comic books, socks, slippers, flip flops, small stuffed toys, face cloths, make up, tooth brushes, hair accessories, small books, candy, small toys.  Have fun, get creative!

Please Note  —  No liquids, or chocolate! Candy should be packaged.  New items only.

If you have items that you wish to drop off or if you would like to make a cash donation to the project, please call one of the contacts or bring your donation to the Oliver Arena on May 27^th from 3 to 5pm.

Sincerely,

Oliver, Sister City Committee ~~Bandai Japan, Sister City   Shoe Box Campaign

Schools   Contacts

Lori Martine             498-6971 lmartine@sd53.bc.ca

Tracy Harrington     498-4931 tharring@sd53.bc.ca

_____________________________________________________________________________________The Elementary school class with the most boxes will win a Pool Party at the Oliver Town Pool!!

The SOSS class with the most boxes will win a Pizza Party!!

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Age categories for the shoe boxes,

0 to 2 years                         2 to 6 years                         6 to 12 years                      12 and older

Ideas and items for your shoe box,

Pencils, pencil crayons, crayons, felt markers, paper, colouring books, small games, cards, craft items, comic books, socks, slippers, flip flops, small stuffed toys, face cloths, make up, tooth brushes, hair accessories, small books, candy, small toys.

Please Note  —  No liquids, or chocolate! Candy should be packaged. New items only.

Please have your boxes ready at the front office for pick up on Wednesday, May 25^th, thank you for your participation.