I agree Mollie.

OP, Bamboo was only trying to raise your awareness regarding some quite serious issues relating to this 'charity'.

Personally, I'd rather my £10 (as you put it) goes to a child that is a) actually in need and b) doesn't have to endure an attempt to convert them in the process.

We did this last year but won't be doing so this year. We are committed Christians but take a very dim view of the evangelical nature of this 'charity'.

Thanks for your responses - I'm glad that somebody does care!
Was I being a bit of a madwoman last night?

read about them in their own words www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/Newsletter/october_09/

I wasn't being rude or aggressive - simply pointing out that this is not AIBU, and I was trying to raise awareness of something which I felt was worthwhile. Sorry if I came across like that.
However, I do find your sentence 'obviously no one is interested in your good deeds either' rude (and more outwardly rude than anything I've said). Nobody has to take notice of what I type, that is there choice, but if they want to send an Operation Christmas Child box, then they might want to think about children with allergies, for whom it must be awful, receiving a box, but not being able to use the stuff inside.
I am bothered about the controversy, but if I have £10 to spare, then I would rather spend it on something which might be going to a good cause than not, just in case it doesn't get there.

Pixie - I am interested in the good deeds. Sure it is well appreciated.

thoughtful idea

Your aggressive and rude tone is unnecessary. I was simply informing you of some information in case you did not know. You obviously do know about the controversy and are not bothered. I have no interest in pursuing this either. Obviously no one else is interested in your good deeds either.

I didn't post here to start a debate about the worthiness of this charity. My BIL went out to deliver the boxes to the children a few years ago, and as far as he could see (and the photos show), it was genuine.
Newspapers comment on lots of things - do you really believe everything that newspapers say?
If you don't want to send a box, that is fine, but can you start your own thread about it, please?

There have been some very negative newspaper articles about this organisation. I also have heard stories of the boxes going to children who are not in need. Someone posted on here last year about a nursery in Eastern Europe where they all received a box and the parents were more than comfortable and were baffled by it all.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/nov/10/religion.society