Children aid children.YOUNGSTERS have been boxing clever and packing Christmas parcels for needy children. Pupils from Monkspath Junior and Infant School infant school n. Chiefly British A kindergarten. infant school Noun (in England and Wales) a school for children aged between 5 and 7 Noun 1. , in Farmhouse Way, collected a variety of items, from toothbrushes to crayons, which were packed into shoeboxes and gift-wrapped to be sent to youngsters overseas. "The children have filled about 350 boxes which will be sent to children in Bosnia, Croatia and elsewhere," said deputy headteacher Lesley Mellor. "The children have really enjoyed doing it and some of them have written letters and included photos in the boxes as well." The project is part of Operation Christmas Child, a national campaign to brighten the lives of youngsters who have been devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. by war, famine famine Extreme and protracted shortage of food, resulting in widespread hunger and a substantial increase in the death rate. General famines affect all classes or groups in the region of food shortage; class famines affect some classes or groups much more severely than , poverty or disease CAPTION(S): BOXING CLEVER... Monkspath Junior School pupils Jessica Hannon, Harrison Birchell, Russell Luckhurst and Kirandeep Braich send parcels to needy children |
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