NORWEB Energi and Operation Christmas Child would like to thank your readers for generously supporting the Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Appeal.

The collection, organised in conjunction with the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, was a resounding success, with a large number of boxes being collected by our appeal van.

However, it does not stop here. Norweb Energi and Operation Christmas Child will continue to collect shoeboxes to send to war-torn countries, including Kosovo, Bosnia and Albania, until December 20.

So, if you haven't done so already, please take your donations to your local collection centre or leave a message on 0161 236 3513 and our van collect your boxes.

For more information, call the Operation Christmas Child hotline on 0700 5656 999. Again, many thanks to your readers.

COLIN JOHNSTON, Norweb Energi, Talbot Road, Manchester 16.

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