CBC Do Crew joins the Shoebox Project workshop
Do Crew volunteers will be part of the team on an all-day blitz to fill and wrap 1,000 treat boxes
Update: The Do Crew is now full for this event. Please check back next month to get involved in our next project!
The Shoebox Project started in 2005 when Katherine Velan and Debbi Jardine decided to put together some gift boxes for women in a Montreal shelter.
Along with some friends, they filled 25 shoeboxes with toiletries and treats.
Once they got started, Velan says, they just wanted to do more and more.
In 2011, they joined a Toronto-based group who helped initiate chapters of the Shoebox Project across Canada.
Last year the Montreal charity put together 1,200 shoeboxes and delivered them to 28 women's shelters including Chez Doris, West Island Women's Shelter and La rue des femmes.
Since the beginning of the project, the number of women in need seems to be growing but luckily so does the number of those who want to get involved, Velan says.
"Sometimes people choose to do an evening of assembling and wrapping shoeboxes when they are celebrating a family birthday or having an office Christmas party," Velan says. "It's really fun and easy to do and really anyone can do it."
This Saturday the Do Crew will be gathering to help the Shoebox Project for a few hours of the all-day blitz to assemble 1,000 shoeboxes. If you're interested in coming along, here is what you need to know:
If you would like to join us simply contact Monique Lacombe by email or phone at 514-597-4479.