DISADVANTAGED children across the world will receive gifts this Christmas - thanks to the generosity and goodwill of the Hillingdon community and global workplace provider Regus.
Over the last few weeks, individuals and groups have been dropping off shoeboxes containing presents at the Regus centres at Oxford Road, Uxbridge, Millington Road in Hayes, Furzeground Way and The Square in Stockley Park and at Heathrow.
The centres were supporting Operation Christmas Child for the second year running.
The Hillingdon centres are part of a network of almost 300 Regus centres in the UK, which together collected 5,000 boxes.
Run in conjunction with the Samaritan’s Purse charity, the appeal involves filling boxes with small toys, sweets and other gifts to send to children overseas in refugee camps, orphanages, homeless shelters and impoverished neighbourhoods.
Since Operation Christmas Child launched 14 years ago, more than 100 million children in 130 countries around the world have received a Christmas box.
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