21 heartwarming pictures of people in Sheffield taking part in the Christmas Shoe Box Appeals over the years
By Lucy Ball
Published 7th Dec 2020, 12:30 BST
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 the city to less fortunate children around the world.
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 two decades.
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Mick Walker left and Graham 0'Connor staff at Sainsbury's, Crystal Peaks with Christmas shoe boxes collected for Operation Christmas Child in 2007. Photo: Stuart Hastings
During November and early December hundreds of volunteers from Sheffield , Rotherham, Barnsley and Anston have collected and checked 31,000 Shoe boxes full of toys, sweets and hats and scarves donated by church groups, schools, businesses and individuals in 2008 Photo: Submitted