Operation Shoebox Unclaimed

A non-profit organisation in Cape Town supporting more than 5000 children. We invite the public to 'adopt' each child and make up a shoebox filled with Christmas goodies for them. We believe every child should be spoilt and loved, not only at Christmas but all year round.

Visit the site between 17 August and 31 October every year to register to 'adopt' a child or old-age pensioner for whom you will put together a Shoebox of Love. If you opt to 'adopt' a child, we will supply you with their name, age, gender, clothing and shoe size, their favourite colour and sport, grade at school, their hobbies and interests and ‘likes’. This will allow you to personalise your shoebox of love before dropping it off at one of our drop-off points for distribution. Care packages for our aged folk are not personalised to the extent of the ones for the children. Rather we will supply you with a gender, age group and a list of content to include.