'Boxing' Day comes early to Burscough?

We've all experienced that familiar Boxing Day feeling of over indulgence, but over the Christmas period do we take the time to consider those less fortunate than ourselves? Well, children and families in Burscough have been doing just that by supporting the Samaritan's Purse 'Operation Christmas Child' shoe box appeal.

Children from St John the Baptist Church, Lordsgate School, St John's Primary,  Burscough Village Primary and Rufford Primary have all helped to decorate an incredible 527 shoe boxes, and have filled them with gifts for children in some of the most deprived parts of the world. The boxes were collected this week by volunteers from the Samaritan's Purse Christian relief organisation, to be checked and distributed to the 18 countries they serve in Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The school children also visited the warehouse where all the boxes are collected and distributed from.

Elizabeth, aged 4, really enjoyed helping her mum put together a shoe box for the appeal, "I put in some sweeties, pens and paper, and a hairbrush for a girl who had nothing who lives in Africa. It was a nice thing to do so that she can have something to play with, and it’s always better to share" said Elizabeth.

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