Walsworth Road Baptist Church (WRBC) and Hitchin town residents have donated over 3000 Christmas shoeboxes to Smile International over the past 3 years.  Last year saw us deliver 1084 shoeboxes together with additional relief aid to the Orpington headquarters of Smile International.

WRBC Pastor Andrew Henton Pusey has said, ‘We are delighted with the generous contributions from so many people here in Hitchin and are grateful to everyone who helped. We hope these boxes will spread a little of the Christian spirit where it is so much needed’.  Andrew’s own trip to Kosova with Smile last December has given a further impetus to the project which, from modest beginnings, has now been running in the town since 2004.

The 2011 project is now well and truly underway, with more churches joining us, and with most of the schools returning to support the project, and assemblies have been taking place to launch again this impressive townwide act of generosity and compassion.

We are aiming to collect in the majority of shoeboxes by Sunday 6 November to allow us time to sort and check the boxes before delivering them to the Smile International warehouse in Orpington, Kent.  We will be loading the van for this trip on Tuesday 15 November, and as “many hands make light work”, you are invited, please, to turn up at 9.00am at the church.  If you are also available to assist us with unloading the van in Kent, please let us know!

Smile’s Christmas Shoeboxes – Hitchin 2011
Nine schools – Six churches – Community groups – & lots of individuals!

Get in touch to be involved!   shoeboxes@wrbchitchin.org.uk

Click here to download the Smile leaflet of how you can take part!