Christmas shoebox appeal

A story straight from a Hallmark movie. Team Hope came together in 2010 with the goal of helping disadvantaged children overseas. Since then thousands of Irish people have joined their cause, helping to put together Christmas shoeboxes filled with gifts and essentials for children in disadvantaged areas. Among those who volunteer for Team Hope is […]

6 years ago

Over 270,000 boxes were collected! This year, HerFamily has been supporting the Team Hope Ireland Christmas Shoebox Appeal. We asked our wonderfully generous readers to get on board with the campaign and pack a shoebox to send to a child in need this Christmas. Over the past two months, colourfully-wrapped boxes packed with toys, sweets […]

7 years ago

Life is hectic, particularly at this time of year. Our own to-do lists are lengthy, and a lot more seems to get added than get crossed off. So, we totally understand if you saw HerFamily‘s appeals to fill shoeboxes with Christmas presents for children in the developing world, and meant to get around to it… but […]

7 years ago

TWO MILLION SHOEBOXES! The staff and volunteers at Team Hope Ireland celebrated a landmark this week, when box number 2,000,000 was collected for their Christmas appeal. The record number was reached after 10 years of donations from families, schools, workplaces and teams all across the country – and with thanks to the many readers across […]

7 years ago

Help Team Hope reach two million shoeboxes! There’s been festive cheer spreading across the country in the past few weeks, as people in every county packed boxes for the Team Hope Christmas shoebox appeal. Collection centres have been filling with brightly coloured boxes – as the Her crew witnessed when we dropped our own carefully-wrapped […]

7 years ago