Pronovix team building: contributing to a child’s smile

Christmas and the end of the year are coming. With a long and colorful year behind us, we thought it would be time to have some fun outside of work and spend a whole day together. This will be a precious time for us, but to make it even more valuable, we decided to participate in the Hungarian version of Operation Christmas Child (also known as shoebox gifts campaign).

#### What is Operation Christmas Child?
The story began in 1990, when Dave and Jill Cooke — after watching a broadcast about orphanages — decided to help children by sending them gifts in shoeboxes. With this simple idea, they opened a new way for people to bring happiness and warmth to children’s hearts, who otherwise wouldn’t be able to find a gift under the Christmas tree. Since then, 61 million shoe boxes have been delivered to kids in over 135 countries.


#### Why and how will our team contribute?
At Pronovix our motto is **“grow and help grow”**. We strongly believe that collaboration, sharing and contribution are the best ways to make the world a better place. We believe in this in every aspect of our lives, not only in our work.

We think Operation Christmas Child is a perfect opportunity for contribution. Though we know we can’t change someone’s life with a single gift, we can still make a child smile.

#### How can you contribute?
If you are interested, please visit the website of [Samaritan’s Purse](http://www.samaritanspurse.com.au/what-we-do/) (the official project leads of Operation Christmas Child), where you can [choose and donate online packages](http://operationchristmaschild.org.au/?page_id=25) for children.
If you have your own gifts to send, just check the campaign in your country to find a shoe box collection place near you.

If you would like to contribute by spreading the word, please share this blog post on your social channels. Thank you!

Source: http://operationchristmaschild.org.au/