ST. JACOBS, ON – Dec. 23, 2021: Thanks to the efforts of a dozen Home Hardware Dealers in Northern Ontario and the generosity of their customers and communities, more than 2,700 shoeboxes packed with toys and necessities will be delivered to children in need around the world this holiday season. These efforts are part of Operation Christmas Child – an annual initiative organized by Samaritan’s Purse.
“We are so proud to partner with the Timmins community and support an initiative that gives back on a global scale,” said Pascal Morin, dealer-owner of the Timmins Building Supplies Home Hardware. “We want to thank our customers for their amazing response and for helping us support Operation Christmas Child’s mission to bring happiness to children in need this holiday season.”
The campaign encourages community members to fill shoeboxes with gifts such as school supplies, hygiene products, toys, and clothing. Participating Home Hardware stores collect the filled boxes and then Home Hardware Stores Limited takes care of related shipping costs to transport the boxes to Samaritan’s Purse in Calgary so they can be inspected, then sent abroad.
“Operation Christmas Child is a wonderful way for communities to come together over the holiday season to offer joy and hope to children impacted by poverty, famine and disaster,” said Frank King, news media relations manager for Samaritan’s Purse Canada. “These shoeboxes are shipped to countries in Central America and West Africa and given to children who likely haven’t received a gift before. This important work is possible thanks to Home Hardware, which plays a vital part in making our mission a reality.”
Home Hardware Stores Limited has been involved in Operation Christmas Child since 1996. The partnership has grown to include a network of Home stores that participate in the program each year, with Home Hardware’s Distribution Centres helping to coordinate shipping of the boxes.
Thank you to this year’s participating stores:
- Timmins Building Supplies Home Hardware
- B. Taylor Home Hardware Building Centre
- Ear Falls Home Hardware Building Centre
- Hearst Home Building Centre
- Hornepayne Home Hardware
- Kenora Home Hardware Building Centre
- Grant Home Hardware Building Centre
- Massey Home Hardware Building Centre
- Red Lake Home Hardware Building Centre
- Tompkins Home Hardware Building Centre
- Sioux Lookout Home Hardware Building Centre
- Home Building Centre – Wawa
About Operation Christmas Child
Globally, generous donors in Canada and other countries have given gift-filled shoeboxes to more than 187 million children in over 130 countries since 1993. Operation Christmas Child opens doors for Samaritan’s Purse to provide other help to children, their families, and their communities through safe drinking water, literacy and job skills initiatives, feeding programs, medical care, and more. For more information on how to contribute to Operation Christmas Child, visit PackaBox.ca.
About Samaritan’s Purse Canada
Samaritan’s Purse is a Christian organization that takes its name from Jesus Christ’s biblical story of the Good Samaritan. Like that Good Samaritan, who found a beaten man and helped restore him, we aid victims of war, disease, disaster, poverty, famine, and persecution. Our other initiatives include providing safe water, literacy skills, vocational training and more for people in the developing world. Learn more at SamaritansPurse.ca.
About Home Hardware Stores Limited
Home Hardware Stores Limited is Canada's largest Dealer-owned hardware, lumber, building materials, and furniture home improvement retailer with close to 1,100 stores under the Home Hardware, Home Building Centre, Home Hardware Building Centre and Home Furniture banners. Founded in 1964 in rural St. Jacobs, Ontario, Home Hardware remains 100% Canadian owned and operated. Through the Home Hardware network, Dealer-Owners have extensive distribution and marketing capabilities as well as access to thousands of quality, brand name and private label products. Home Hardware Stores Limited has received designation as one of Canada's Best Brands and Best Managed Companies and is committed to helping Canadians with all of their project needs. More information about the company is available at homehardware.ca.
