Do Not Send Update 2024 + Item of the Month | Operation Christmas Child 🇨🇦 

Whew! When I saw your title I thought you were going to say soap is no longer allowed lol. I love the song 😊

Winter items are needed even in South America…I lived in Medellin, Colombia and worked up the mountain and it could get really cold! Good idea to pick up some cute winter items!

Yay!! Awesome!! 👏👏👏

Yay for playing cards and dice in Canada! So many games the kids can play!

I'm happy to hear Canada is allowing dice and playing cards! I never saw the problem with those items because kids can make up so many games with those, and they can play with others as well.

Yeah! Are they going to provide the bigger box for you?

Happy New Year Nicole. We have similar issues with the playing cards in AU. I contacted OCC-AU last year (2023) to confirm playing cards (4-suite) can now be sent. However, playing cards that feature licensed characters bearing weapons are not allowed (e.g., Ninja Turtles). My Processing Centre was very sensitive to how children who were not familiar with the characters like the Ninja Turtles or Avengers my 'read' the cards, colouring books or toys - i.e., scare the child. As for Southern Climate items, locally we have a dedicated volunteers/teams that sew and knit clothing, including beanies for our shoeboxes. Some of our shoe boxes were sent to our northern hot climate neighbours, like Papua New Guinea, whilst others are destined for the Ukraine. So, if OCC-CA is promoting headwear / accessories may I suggest summer hats and pray the receiving child will find joy and purpose in the winter /summer clothing items in their shoebox.

Do the boxes from Canada tend to go to colder places?

where can I find a list of acceptable items?