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Santa Shoebox Project

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SSP collects and distributes personalised gifts of essential items and treats to children in need
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The Santa Shoebox Project originated in Cape Town in 2006 with a humble 180 shoeboxes. In 17 years it has grown in leaps and bounds, with the number of Santa Shoeboxes donated reaching a total of 1 152 587. The shoeboxes are distributed to more than 1000 recipient facilities each year, through more than 60 satellites around South Africa and Namibia. The success of the Project can largely be attributed to its personal nature – donors give gifts to children whose names, ages and genders are known. As most of the operating costs are covered by the Project’s main sponsor PEP, all private donations contribute towards the SSB Legacy. SSB Legacy brings permanent change to the lives of Santa Shoebox beneficiary children and to the impoverished communities in which they live, by establishing new and transforming existing Early Childhood Development Centres in rural South Africa, with the focus on infrastructure & DBE (Department of Basic Education) registration, teacher training, early literacy and water solutions. The project is supported by an extensive network of volunteers across South Africa and Namibia – kind-hearted people who give freely of their time, energy and expertise without remuneration. It also relies on the generous backing of various corporate sponsors pledging monetary or pro bono support. Many companies, involving their staff members pledge Santa Shoeboxes as part of their Corporate Social Investment programmes.

04/11/2026

Mossel Bay, it’s your turn. ❤️🎁

Your Drop Off opens today, and we can’t wait to see what comes through the doors.

Boxes packed by families. Boxes packed after work. Boxes with hours of decorating behind them. Boxes containing eight carefully chosen items for one child. ✨

Every arrival tells us someone kept their promise. 💛

Bring your completed Santa Shoebox to Drop Off today and send all that thought and care on its way.

Love from Everywhere keeps moving. Today’s stop, Mossel Bay. 📍❤️

03/11/2026

McGregor, we’re ready for you. ❤️🎁

Today, all that choosing, shopping, decorating and careful packing reaches one of the loveliest moments of the Santa Shoebox journey.

The handover. ✨

Bring your completed Santa Shoebox to Drop Off and let us take it from here. 💛

Across South Africa, thousands of Santa Shoeboxes are making their way from the people who packed them to the children they were packed for. Today, McGregor becomes part of that beautiful nationwide journey. 🇿🇦

Your pledge is your promise. Thank you for keeping it. ❤️

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02/11/2026

95% pledged. You beautiful, generous people! ❤️🎁

You’ve brought us so close to a Santa Shoebox for every child on our list.

With just a few days left, 100% is within reach. ✨

If you can choose one more child, or inspire one more person to pledge, this is the moment. Let’s finish our 20th year with every child on our list chosen. 💛

Pledges remain open until each local Drop Off closes. For the week of 2 to 7 November, there’s still time in these locations:

📅 Closing 5 November: McGregor

📅 Closing 6 November: Mossel Bay

📅 Closing 7 November: Ballito, Bluff, Cape Town, Ceres, Emalahleni, Jeffreys Bay, Johannesburg Flagship (Gallo Manor), Oudtshoorn, Paarl / Wellington, Pinetown / Hillcrest, Port Shepstone, Riversdale

📅 Secunda opens 7 November and closes 8 November.

Choose your child today:
https://santashoebox.org.za/pledge-a-santa-shoebox/

Your pledge is your promise. And there is still time to make a child very happy. ❤️

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31/10/2026

Incoming love! Four more Drop Offs open today. ❤️🎁

We can’t wait to say, “Love just in from Bethlehem!” And Plettenberg Bay. And Kimberley. And Somerset West. 📍

Across the country, boxes are arriving with beautiful stories of families packing together, colleagues pooling their kindness and little helpers proudly carrying their own. 💛

Now it’s time for yours to join them. ✨

Your pledge is your promise. Bring your completed, labelled Santa Shoebox to your Drop Off so we can get your love to the child you packed it for.

Swipe for your Drop Off address, times and contact details. 👉

30/10/2026

Love from Everywhere is gathering pace! 17 more Drop Offs open today.❤️🎁

We’re getting ready to welcome you in:

📍 George • Gqeberha • JHB South • Vaal Triangle
📍 Krugersdorp • Amanzimtoti • Hoedspruit • Potchefstroom
📍 Mbombela • Wolseley • Pietermaritzburg • Rustenburg
📍 Hermanus • Ladybrand • Richards Bay • Sedgefield • East London

Your pledge is your promise. 💛 Bring your completed, labelled Santa Shoebox to your chosen Drop Off and let us help your love travel the rest of the way.

Swipe for your Drop Off address, times and contact details, and plan your visit. 👉

Let’s make 30 October a very big day for love. ❤️✨

29/10/2026

Four more Drop Offs open today. ❤️🎁

Knysna, Pretoria East, Durban / Umhlanga and East Rand: Isando, it’s your turn to bring the love. 📍

One box or a bootful, we can’t wait to welcome you. 🚗 And if little hands helped with the packing, bring them along for the handover too. 💛

Your pledge is your promise. Let’s get that thoughtfully packed box to the child whose name is on the label.

Swipe for your Drop Off address, times and contact details. 👉 Give your box its final check, and make sure the label is attached.

What a feeling, sending your love on its way! ✨

28/10/2026

Moorreesburg, Bloemfontein and Stellenbosch, look at all this love. ❤️🎁

From the Western Cape to the Free State, it’s arriving by the armful. Through our Drop Off doors come the boxes you’ve packed, the promises you’re keeping and the most wonderful smiles. 💛

To every donor who made room for a vulnerable child in their shopping trolley, their diary and their heart, thank you. 🛒❤️ And to the volunteers welcoming every arrival, thank you for receiving that love with so much of your own.

Across South Africa and beyond our borders, generous hearts are bringing Love from Everywhere. 🌍✨

Our Beautiful Story has your love all over it. ❤️

27/10/2026

Let’s pack that promise. 🎁💛 Have you got all eight Santa Shoebox essentials?

From that little dress to the shorts and tee, there’s such thought going into these two boxes. Thank you for sharing your packing with us Lindokhuhle. You might just inspire a few more pledges! ✨

Packing yours? Here’s your final check:

1. Toothbrush
2. Toothpaste
3. Bar of soap
4. Washcloth
5. Educational supplies
6. An outfit of clothing
7. Sweets
8. A toy

All new, unused and appropriate for the child’s age. Remember to check their listed clothing size on the label you’ll receive when choosing the outfit. 👕📏

Adding bubbles or other liquids? Please put them in a sealed ziplock bag to keep the other gifts protected. 🫧

Then attach your child’s label, and get that love on its way. ❤️ **Your pledge is your promise.**

Please keep sharing your packing videos. We’re loving every thoughtful little detail! 📹💛 Tag us so we can share the love.

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Address

PO Box 107, Constantia
Newlands
7848

Opening Hours

Monday	09:00 - 15:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 15:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 15:00
Thursday	09:00 - 15:00
Friday	09:00 - 15:00

Website

http://www.santashoebox.org.za/

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