Easter Appeal 2024:
Help Us Spread Joy in the Black Country!
This Easter, Santa's Black Country Toy Appeal is on a mission to bring smiles and joy to children across the Black Country who might otherwise go without. With over 104,000 children facing poverty in our region, the need has never been greater.
Why Easter Eggs? š« Easter eggs symbolise new life and hope, and we believe every child deserves to experience joy and happiness, especially during festive seasons. Our Easter appeal aims to collect and distribute Easter eggs to children in need, ensuring they too can enjoy the magic of Easter.
How Can You Help? š¤
- Become a Supporter: Join us in making a difference. Every egg, every donation, and every volunteer hour counts.
- Donate Easter Eggs: Drop off your Easter egg donations at our designated points across the Black Country. Visit our website for a full list of drop-off locations.
- Spread the Word: Share this post and tell your friends and family about our Easter appeal. The more people know, the more children we can reach.
Our Impact: š Thanks to the incredible support from our community, donors, and volunteers, we've brought smiles to countless children across the Black Country. Featured on the BBC for our efforts, we're proud of the difference we're making. But there's still more to do.
Our mission, on BBC
With everyone's support, donations and heartfelt kindness, we have supported children, young people and families who need it most. Together we have brought smiles to children across the Black Country and even caught the attention of the BBC.
Statistics for child poverty throughout the Black Country
It’s a true record breaker whoop whoop and there’s more coming #operationsanta17
So I thought that was it for donations this week and the grotto was going to close tomorrow, but news of our amazing grotto has spread and we have more, and more people asking for gifts etc from us, so I have lists of people coming in tomorrow and we’ve done lots of groups today.…
We’re at an all-time high and there’s more to come #operationsanta17
Wow we’ve just hit 16042 donations and there are more to come this week: Thanks to our latest supporters and please forgive me if I’ve mentioned you twice, but it’s my first chance to catch up for a while: Dean Banner and Banelec – thanks so much for your cash donation Bex and the EDM…
Itās a record breaker!
Weāre smashing records everyone and thanks for your support over 15200 donations so far. Please see totaliser. Whoop whoop
More donations boost the appeal #operationsanta17
Huge thanks to this week’s lovely supporters David Coyle and T Heath Light Haulage have both made cash donations and the following wonderful people have dropped off gifts: Sharon Dodd Sheila Hill Jayne Bennett and the team from Ashton Care Group Bex and the team from EDM Group plus of course the fabulous Brett Harris
Meet our AMAZING supporters who’ve helped us beat last year’s total already #operationsanta17
We have some fab supporters and donations will be coming in for the next few weeks too. Here’s our latest list š Abi Knott Accord Steel Cladding Alex Stephenson Amblecote Wordsley Methodist Church Brett and the Blaze Angels Carl Ackerman Cllr Scott-Dow and UKIP Party Deb Attwood Eden Farm Hulleys EDM Group and Bex EON…
This year could be a record breaker #operationsanta17
After the best Sunday ever this week has been a record breaker! We have had 9154 donations this week and the biggest donation in Operation Santa history of 8382 brand new toys, books, clothes including designer items. Yet another miracle from the amazing Brett Harris This weekās supporters have included Amblecote Wordsley Methodist Church Vera…
Brett and the Angels save Christmas #operationsanta17
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Brett can perform miracles ! He has secured us a huge donation of brand new high end clothing and toys from a large high end retailer. This means that we can now help struggling families with some lovely new clothes this Christmas. I salute you Brett…
The most super Sunday in Operation Santa history party 2 – the BIGGEST TOY SHOP EVER! #operationsanta17
I’d no sooner got back from the Jingle Bell Jog, then I dashed across to the Civic with the lovely Brett Harris to meet Simon, Mike and Carl who had just done the biggest donation in Operation Santa history!Ā These three lovely guys and their supporters have run fundraising events to do a big toy…
The most super Sunday in Operation Santa history – part 1 #operationsanta17
Wow what a Sunday!Ā This last weekend Brett from Blaze Hair organised a Jingle Bell Run for Sunday 3rd December 2017 and what a great time we had and raised lots of lovely funds for Operation Santa.
Paul is making a huge difference to a local charity, supporting struggling families #operationsanta17
I can finally unveil one of the amazing Brett’s major miracles!Ā He has only gone and found us the lovely Paul from Eden Farm Hulleys who store and distribute frozen food, who are going to start making regular weekly food drops to the Hope Centre in Halesowen.Ā Paul we are so grateful for your support…
Meet Brett Harris our brilliant Business Ambassador to Operation Santa #operationsanta17 #webelieve
I’m delighted to introduce you to our AMAZING Business Ambassador Brett Harris, from Blaze Hair Kingswinford. He truly is an exceptional person and has such a passion to help local children and young people in need through Operation Santa. Brett is one in a million and a real angel, he pulls of miracles at the…
Marvellous Morrisons and the brilliant Brett take us over 3000 donations #operationsanta2017
Wow it’s been an amazing week already and it’s only Tuesday! The brilliant Brett Harris has worked his magic and one of his lovely supporters from Morrisons Kingswinford has added to Brett’s donations, taking us over the 3000 donations mark! Whoop whoop š
Where would we be without our regular supporters? #operationsanta17
The lovely Mrs Baldwin, who lives around the corner from Operation Santa HQ has just popped in. She normally buys us a selection of toys every year and this year was no exception. Thanks Mrs Baldwin š Jim White is another of our fab regulars and he called in last week too. Thanks Jim š…
Thanks to all you stars for your support #operationsanta17
A huge shout out to this week’s lovely supporters who’ve included: Brett Harris – Business Ambassador and a real life angel – who has pulled off two miracles and is working on a third! Alex Stephenson Jim White Lee Magic and Billy the Elf hopefully it’s a sign of good things to come
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! #operationsanta17
You would never guess Christmas was coming would you? šĀ
What a way to top the week! Cheers to Volks Magic #operationsanta17
A big shout out to our latest business supporter, who gave me a huge cash donation last week and arrived at the grotto yesterday with a lovely load of toys.Ā Here are Lee Magic and Billy the Elf with their van full of treats.Ā We are looking forward to working with an amazing business who…
We are THE OFFICIAL Operation Santa for Dudley borough #operationsanta2017
Iāve had a conversation this morning with a concerned organisation who usually have gifts and toys from Operation Santa every year, but have spotted some other Operation Santa appeals on Facebook, so I would like to clarify that although I think itās lovely that people are trying to help children and families at Christmas, we…
The amazing Brett Harris pulls off another miracle #operationsanta17
Round of applause please for the fantabulous Brett Harris from Blaze Hair. in response to an appeal from Camilla from the Hope Centre in Halesowen heās facilitating another of his miracles. More news to follow
Wow we now have a VIP donor! #operationsanta17
We’ve had a bumper few days with over 800 donations from a member of DCVS Staff, Alex Stephenson, Brett, who has secured a donation of divine clothes from a well-known actress who has been in Hammer House of Horror and Bond Films!Ā We are going upmarket for sure.
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