Staff in the Bristol office of commercial property specialists Colliers International have once again helped children’s charity Samaritan’s Purse organise its annual Operation Christmas Child initiative.
Since 1993, more than 100m boys and girls in 130 countries have received shoeboxes full of simple gifts collected by local churches and schools from around the Bristol area.
The boxes were stored and packed at an industrial unit in Avonmouth donated by Kingston Garden Services and marketed by Colliers International.
Danielle Hatton from the industrial team at Colliers International in Bristol, who helped organise this year’s logistical effort, said the aim was to deliver one and a half trailer loads of shoeboxes to Kyrgyzstan, Romania and the Ukraine.
Roger Fenton from Samaritans Purse said the charity had hoped to improve on 2012’s total of more than a million shoe boxes.
Pictured, from left: Nancy and Pete Alford, Danielle Hatton from Colliers International and Vera Seaman
