Barbara Shumeley in her new storage space donated by Access Storage. (Supplied)
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A retired Winnipeg nurse is celebrating an answer to prayer as she moves in supplies to a donated storage unit for her future OCC shoeboxes.
Packing shoeboxes for children around the world has become a huge passion for Barbara Shumeley. She initially started packing Operation Christmas Child (OCC) shoeboxes roughly 15 years ago, starting with a few each year.
Then when Shumeley retired, she ramped up the packing to hundreds of boxes a year.
"I was running what really did become an enterprise, out of my home," says Shumeley. With her husband's declining health, she knew that her home simply wouldn't work to store all the products and boxes throughout the year anymore.