Walnuts Shopping Centre one again ran the popular Love in a Box Campaign in 2012. This campaign allowed shoppers to donate filled shoe boxes to troops in Afghanistan and the centre received a total of 600 boxes, which is the most boxes collected since the campaign began!
Walnuts Shopping Centre collected shoeboxes from generous Orpington shoppers to send to troops overseas. The centre encouraged customers to fill the boxes with useful bits and pieces such as deodorant and razors and asked to tape £2 to the outside of the box to help with delivery costs. Locals were able to drop them off at Centre Management from Monday 23rd January to Monday 2nd April. The centre had a great result and received a total of 600 boxes! This was over the set target of 500!