LOCAL charity Boxes of Hope Cumbria is reminding people there is still time to pack a Christmas shoebox.
Sunday, November 12 is the last day for dropping off your gift-filled box for some of Romania's most deprived children.
You can take your box and £2 donation to the Westmorland Gazette office, Wainwright’s Yard, Kendal; Frothimoon, Highgate, Kendal; Kendal Leisure Centre; Kendal Seat, Queen Katherine’s Avenue, Kendal; Mountain Goat Tours, Windermere; Wordsworth Hotel, Grasmere; Hayes Garden World, Ambleside; Hubble Bubble, Bowness; King’s Arms Hotel, Burton-in-Kendal; GR & RD Taylor, Kirkby Lonsdale; Kirkby Lonsdale and Grange-over-Sands tourist information centres; and Witherslack Community Shop.
For ideas of what to pack, visit www.boxesofhopecumbria.co.uk or the charity's Facebook page.
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