Jan says some of the boxes go to Fiji and most go to Cambodia.
"It's a way of people, especially families and children, to think of others at Christmas."
She says a lot of these children never get a gift.
These boxes also help aid organisation, Samaritan's Purse to do more with its relief and aid work because it breaks down barriers between the workers and the locals, she says.
Operation Christmas Child began in 1993 - the height of the war in Bosnia - when there were thousands of refugees, many suffering women and children.
Empty boxes can be collected from Talk Tech Now and people have until the end of October to drop off full shoeboxes.
They are collected in October and sent to Auckland for checking before going overseas.
