A very big ‘Thank you’ to everyone who gave contributions of goods, time and/or money to the Shoebox Appeal this year – and especially to Paulette, who did a marvellous job of publicity and pre-packing organisation. The boxes were collected on Tuesday and are now being packed by Link Romania ready for their journey across Europe. The final total of boxes from our Church was almost 500 shoeboxes, and including the surrounding area the figure totalled 860. We made lots of new contacts, including several schools. John has offered to visit them next year and give them much more information, which we hope will result in an even higher number of boxes. Once again – a big ‘Thank you’ to everyone!

John & Margaret Willemsen,