Reigate school pupils spread Christmas joy to children abroad

REIGATE schoolchildren have packed and wrapped almost 100 gift boxes for children who would otherwise receive nothing this Christmas.Micklefield School took part in Operation Christmas Child, an annual appeal by international relief charity Samaritan's Purse. Pupils at the Somers Road school stunned teachers by filling almost twice the target number of shoeboxes. The gifts are now winging their way to children across the globe.French teacher Bethan Jackson set the students a target to complete...

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