Boxes
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All canned food should be easy-to-open (for instance, with pull tabs directly on the can) |
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No food items that require heating |
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No cleaning products |
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No alcohol |
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Leave a card or a note for the person who will receive the box |
To avoid potential problems, we ask you to respect the following instructions which are based on 5 years of experience:
1.Find an empty shoe box,
2.Fill it with 8 or 9 food items
- non-perishable,
- non-alcoholic,
- ready to eat, (no healing required, no can openers needed)
Non-perishable foods, in tins, that are ready to eat: fruit salad, fish, meat (such as snack sausages), salads, rice pudding…
Non-alcoholic beverages: 33cl cans and 50cl bottles
Candies: Cookies, chocolate, candy…
Other: Peanuts, nuts, dried fruit…
3.Add a season’s greetings card.
4.Wrap the box as a Christmas present (to make it more festive and to prevent its opening during transport)
5. Bring it to one of the storage locations.
Further instructions:
For dogs and cats, the faithful companions of many homeless persons, the Samaritains also collect food. When you deposit your shoe box in one of the designated storage locations, you may also leave your pet food contribution in a separate container, such as a plastic bag..
For big deliveries, to facilitate transport :
1. Group the shoe boxes in larger cardboard boxes (such as moving boxes)
2. Note the total number of shoe boxes within each box on the outer box.