11 heartwarming pictures of people in Doncaster taking part in the Christmas Shoe Box Appeals over the years
Christmas is a time to give a gift and think of others and for years schemes like Operation Christmas Child and the Shoe Box Appeal have been sending boxes packed with love from across Doncaster to less fortunate children around the world and our serving soliders.
By Lucy Ball
Published 11th Dec 2020, 15:00 GMT
Here are some lovely memories of the kind-hearted people from the past 20 years filling boxes with treats and presents for others.
See who you can spot in these retro pictures going back almost two decades.
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Pupils pictured with some of the shoeboxes that were donated to Operation Christmas Child in 2003. The pupils are, back row, Jack Boylin, aged nine, Aiden Boylin, aged eight, and Michelle Evans, aged seven; middle row, Charlotte Sanderson, aged five, Jack Graham , aged five, Hannah Sheppard, aged seven, Karina Shawcroft, aged seven, and Chloe Shawcroft, aged six; front row, Brandan Shipman, Tyler Markham, both aged six, Alex Lindley, aged five, and Rebecca McDonald, aged six. Looking on ready to collect the boxes is Dixon Citreon's sales administrator Amanda Hutchinson. Photo: Steve Taylor
Senior Aircraft Woman Emma Yates aged 19 from Doncaster (Normally based at RAF Kinloss) made short work of sorting the Christmas boxes for troops on the 117 Accommodations unit, Basrah Iraq in 2005. Pictured with Flight Sergeant Roger Keen aged 46 from Lincoln (Normally based at RAF Waddington) Photo: submiited
Jo Austin of SOS (3rd left) is presented with Christmas boxes by l/r: Band Sgt Major Cassandra Mather, World War Two veteran Dennis Roberts, Tony Malthin(service user), Cpl Reece Atkins and Craig Wright(service user). Pictured at Milton Court, Doncaster in 2008 Photo: Roger Nadal
Pupils from Hatfield Crookesbroom Primary School have put together shoeboxes for the Doncaster Free Press troops appeal in 2009. Pictured are back l-r Abbie Webster, eight, Benjamiun Black, nine, Lizzie Colcombe, ten and Kirsten Howe, nine. Front l-r Melissa Dudley, seven and Leon Davison, seven. Photo: staff