Operation Christmas Child is well underway for another year here in the Foothills.

Collection Centre Coordinator, Jim Graham, says you need to be a little creative when it comes to what to put into your donation box.

"We get some amazing things that people do. Take a T-Shirt and stuff it inside a water bottle. And water of course being fundamental in a warm place. And maybe a few pencils, a notebook to draw in, those kind of things. Kids don't often have school supplies and so those are good things to send."

Shoe boxes are available at local churches and at the Shoppers Drug Mart in High River.

Local collection starts Monday, November 13 and wraps up Sunday, November 19.