Thank you for helping to brighten the holidays for local women! The drive is now over until the next holiday season.
Keep an eye out on this page for more upcoming events in 2022. Until then, you can support our efforts all year long!
100% of your donation will go towards purchasing gift cards and essentials for local women impacted by homelessness.
The drive is now over until the next holiday season, but you can support our efforts all year long!
Keep an eye out on this page for more events in 2022.
Here's how you can help in the off-season:
100% of your donation will go toward purchasing gift cards and essentials for local women impacted by homelessness.
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Cette année, nous nous sommes tous sentis isolés, et en particulier les femmes dans les refuges. Remplir une Boîte à chaussures peut sembler différent cette année, mais son impact est le même.
Créez une Boîte à chaussures virtuelle et en quelques minutes, vous rappellerez à une femme touchée par l’itinérance qu’elle est appréciée et que quelqu’un se sent concerné par son bien-être.
Thank you for helping to brighten the holidays for local women! The drive is now over until the next holiday season.
Keep an eye out on this page for more upcoming events in 2022. Until then, you can support our efforts all year long!
100% of your donation will go towards purchasing gift cards and essentials for local women impacted by homelessness.
Sensibilisez la communauté et soutenez la mission du projet Opération Boîte à chaussures, votre chapitre local et les objectifs de votre chapitre par le biais de divers moyens communautaires tels que les calendriers d'événements locaux, les médias locaux, les fonctionnaires et les personnalités locales.
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Aidez l'équipe à mettre en œuvre des initiatives de collecte de fonds en soutenant la logistique de divers événements et d'autres activités de levée de fonds.
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Aidez (au besoin) au ramassage et à la livraison des articles tout au long de la collecte des boîtes à chaussures de votre chapitre et à la livraison des boîtes à chaussures à nos partenaires d'agence d'hébergement.
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At any one time, approximately 80% of residents living in Bethlehem transitional housing have been former victims of abuse.
There were 6,016 households on St. Catharines' affordable housing wait list as of December 31, 2013. Wait times range from 1.5 years to 10 years.
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Southridge Shelter
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Education Foundation of Niagara
Start Me Up Niagara
Community Care
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Niagara Region Native Centre - Homeward Bound Program
Niagara Region Native Centre - Justice Outreach Program
Cope
Niagara Chapter of Native Women
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The Standard
November 26, 2021
Care and compassion in a shoebox: Campaign helps Niagara women living in shelters over holidays
YourTV Niagara
November 20, 2020
Interview with Mike Balson and Jess Boulay
The Standard
November 15, 2020
Shoebox Project thinks outside the box
Niagara Falls Review
June 5, 2020
Humanity and love in a shoebox
The Standard
June 4, 2020
Shoebox gifts: A little thing that means a lot
St. Catharines
May 13, 2020
Community heroes celebrated with 2020 Volunteer Recognition Awards
Niagara This Week
December 4, 2019
Little boxes pack a lot of love for south Niagara women in need
Niagara Falls Review
November 18, 2019
Fill a shoebox and send some love this Christmas
The Standard
December 10, 2017
Care packages assembled for Christmas
Niagara This Week
November 6, 2017
Bringing little luxuries to women in need in St. Catharines
Niagara This Week
December 5, 2013
Shoeboxes a gesture of kindness
Niagara This Week
Thursday, November 28, 2013
"The 2021 Holiday season has been the seventh year we have partnered with the Montreal Shoebox Project. This year in particular, with the impact of Covid continuing, the shoebox ensured us a guaranteed gift for all the residents. They arrived early and were well organized by the Montreal Team, plus already wrapped. We had enough for our 28 residents, and everyone had items that covered their basic needs with a few extra treats. The impact it has on our residents is filled with appreciation and gratitude. Since the items are things that are used everyday it allows for the residents to save this amount if they would have purchased it on their own. The amount saved allows for an increase in their own personal budgets which is truly helpful during these expensive times. The gift cards to McDonalds this year have surely helped the residents break isolation and treat themselves together.
The Holiday season is extra special because we get gift boxes from the Montreal Shoebox Project. We thank you all so very much for the continous generosity, and ensuring all of our residents have a gift to unwrap each year. We hope to be able to have your support each year."
- J.W., Manager Client Services at a Montréal Shelter
"The women were very happy to find practical items, items they use on a daily basis. Some were so excited and overjoyed that they called the intervention workers by their side, smiling from ear to ear, showing the contents of the boxes.
All were very grateful to receive the boxes and touched that they had been thought of. The Holiday Season can be a sad time of the year and offering a present to the isolated/lonely can make a huge difference. I hope you know that you have made a difference in hundreds of women’s lives during the past holiday season."
- A. B., Communications and Volunteer Coordinator at a Montréal Shelter
"I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the ladies and families, to extend our thanks and gratitude for your support during the holiday season. Your donations were received with grand smiles and much joy. Oh the smiles they give you when they reached in and found the personal care products, mittens, hats and scarfs. It is encouraging to know that community can work together and share in such a loving way. Thank you for your devotion and to making a difference."
- T.M., Outreach Worker at a Montréal Shelter
"Once again, this past holiday season, the women really enjoyed opening up their boxes to find all kinds much needed items. They were actually quite surprised as they really thought there would be no celebration in the context of the pandemic. So, this made the day that more special. The Shoeboxes are most definitely a big part of our celebration during the holidays!
A big thank you to everyone who participated. What a difference a Shoebox can make!"
- I. J. Intervention Worker at a Montréal Shelter
"Your Shoeboxes are amazing, filled to the brim with all types of goodies and gift cards! It is so nice that everything is new too. A real box full of all kinds of surprises and treats that make the ladies feel so special. The gift cards are so nice too! The women get to pick something they like which is really important.
The ladies made comments such as "c'est du vrai bonheur ça!", "ah mon dieu...!", and "wow, c'est magnifique!"
Having all the Shoeboxes so beautifully wrapped created a lovely decorative element in our pavilion too. We used the wall full of wrapped Shoeboxes as an attractive backdrop for photographs. Your Shoeboxes are assembled with a lot of love and it shows!"
- C.R., Assistant to Director of Services at a Montréal Shelter
"The 2021 Holiday season has been the seventh year we have partnered with the Montreal Shoebox Project. This year in particular, with the impact of Covid continuing, the shoebox ensured us a guaranteed gift for all the residents. They arrived early and were well organized by the Montreal Team, plus already wrapped. We had enough for our 28 residents, and everyone had items that covered their basic needs with a few extra treats. The impact it has on our residents is filled with appreciation and gratitude. Since the items are things that are used everyday it allows for the residents to save this amount if they would have purchased it on their own. The amount saved allows for an increase in their own personal budgets which is truly helpful during these expensive times. The gift cards to McDonalds this year have surely helped the residents break isolation and treat themselves together.
The Holiday season is extra special because we get gift boxes from the Montreal Shoebox Project. We thank you all so very much for the continous generosity, and ensuring all of our residents have a gift to unwrap each year. We hope to be able to have your support each year."
- J.W., Manager Client Services at a Montréal Shelter
"The women were very happy to find practical items, items they use on a daily basis. Some were so excited and overjoyed that they called the intervention workers by their side, smiling from ear to ear, showing the contents of the boxes.
All were very grateful to receive the boxes and touched that they had been thought of. The Holiday Season can be a sad time of the year and offering a present to the isolated/lonely can make a huge difference. I hope you know that you have made a difference in hundreds of women’s lives during the past holiday season."
- A. B., Communications and Volunteer Coordinator at a Montréal Shelter
"I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the ladies and families, to extend our thanks and gratitude for your support during the holiday season. Your donations were received with grand smiles and much joy. Oh the smiles they give you when they reached in and found the personal care products, mittens, hats and scarfs. It is encouraging to know that community can work together and share in such a loving way. Thank you for your devotion and to making a difference."
- T.M., Outreach Worker at a Montréal Shelter
"Once again, this past holiday season, the women really enjoyed opening up their boxes to find all kinds much needed items. They were actually quite surprised as they really thought there would be no celebration in the context of the pandemic. So, this made the day that more special. The Shoeboxes are most definitely a big part of our celebration during the holidays!
A big thank you to everyone who participated. What a difference a Shoebox can make!"
- I. J. Intervention Worker at a Montréal Shelter
"Your Shoeboxes are amazing, filled to the brim with all types of goodies and gift cards! It is so nice that everything is new too. A real box full of all kinds of surprises and treats that make the ladies feel so special. The gift cards are so nice too! The women get to pick something they like which is really important.
The ladies made comments such as "c'est du vrai bonheur ça!", "ah mon dieu...!", and "wow, c'est magnifique!"
Having all the Shoeboxes so beautifully wrapped created a lovely decorative element in our pavilion too. We used the wall full of wrapped Shoeboxes as an attractive backdrop for photographs. Your Shoeboxes are assembled with a lot of love and it shows!"
- C.R., Assistant to Director of Services at a Montréal Shelter
La générosité de Montreal Shoebox Project a permis d’embellir la vie de ces femmes qui viennent trouver refuge à notre Auberge pendant la période des Fêtes de Noel.La remise des cadeaux s’est déroulé le 24 décembre au soir. Organisées par nos intervenantes; cette fête et la remise des cadeaux ainsi que le souper ont contribué à créer une ambiance de chaleur et de partage et donnent à ces femmes désireuses d’améliorer leur condition de vie l’occasion de célébrer avec joie.
Également, au cours de la semaine qui a suivi le Réveillon, plusieurs anciennes résidantes sont passées à l’Auberge M. et ont reçu une boite cadeaux Shoebox. Nous avons distribué au total 38 boites cadeaux, 26 boites cadeaux aux femmes hébergées et 12 autres aux anciennes résidantes qui bénéficient de nos services de soutien post-hébergement.
Toutes les femmes ont beaucoup appréciés les cadeaux et vous remercient pour votre générosité et solidarité!
Au nom de toute l’équipe, je vous remercie chaleureusement pour votre engagement et votre soutien envers toutes les femmes de l’Auberge chaque Noel!
Merci.
- A. F., Adjointe administrative pour un refuge pour femmes de Montréal
J'aimerais d'abord te remercier ainsi qu'à tous les donateurs et à toutes les personnes impliquées pour les boîtes à chaussures de Noël que nous avons distribuées pendant la période des Fêtes!
Ce fut énormément apprécié! Les commentaires sont que positifs de la part de notre clientèle! Elle trouvent que c'est un cadeau qui est complet, un peu de tout sans oublier une petite carte de souhait et des sucreries! Un GROS MERCI du fond du cœur de la part de la clientèle! Vous avez donné un peu de soleil dans leurs cœurs à toutes nos femmes pendant cette période difficile pour elles...!!!!
- P.G., Coordonnatrice des bénévoles pour un refuge pour femmes de Montréal