The Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 departed in the early hours of June 9 from our hangar in Greensboro, North Carolina, carrying more than 40,000 pounds of relief supplies destined for flooded communities in southern Ukraine. “We are sending these life-saving supplies in Jesus’ Name and want to remind the people of Ukraine that they have not…
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Press Release Franklin Graham dedicates new Samaritan’s Purse airlift response center in Greensboro
Media Alert: Franklin Graham dedicates new Samaritan's Purse airlift response center in Greensboro The facility and a new 757 cargo plane expand the international Christian relief organization's capacity to respond to disasters BOONE, N.C., Sep. 21, 2023—Samaritan's Purse President and CEO Franklin Graham will dedicate the organization's new Greensboro Airlift Response Center on Tuesday, Sept.…
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Newsletter October 2023
Franklin Graham Update | October GOOD NEWS, GREAT JOY: The Lord uses shoebox gifts to bless children around the world and prepare them to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ. 'I felt the love of Jesus through the shoebox!' Dear Friend, As we look forward to celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Operation Christmas Child…
Operation Christmas Child
Press Release Operation Christmas Child Nov. 13-20 Drop-off Locations to Open 10-19-23
Nov. 13–20 Drop-off Locations to Open for Operation Christmas Child BOONE, N.C.—More than 4,500 locations will open to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts for the Samaritan's Purse project. Volunteers are preparing to collect shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, Nov. 13–20. Operation Christmas Child has been collecting and delivering shoebox gifts—filled with school supplies, personal…
Operation Christmas Child
This Week: Drop-Off Sites Open for Operation Christmas Child
This Week: Drop-Off Sites Open for Operation Christmas Child BOONE, N.C.—As the Thanksgiving season approaches, many families and children are giving thanks for all their blessings and sharing those blessing with children in need by packing shoeboxes with Operation Christmas Child. Shoebox gifts prepared by generous donors and filled with toys, personal care items, and…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Entregamos suministros de invierno a ucranianos agobiados por la guerra
Tetiana* and her family faced plummeting temperatures in Ukraine with a wood stove, but sadly, no fuel to fill it. The forests nearby had all been riddled with explosives from an earlier occupation by enemy forces, so gathering wood in the usual ways was out of the question. Unexploded ordnance was everywhere. “We could not…
Operation Christmas Child
Pastor to Pastor Church Landing Page
Partnering with Churches to Proclaim the Gospel Worldwide Every year, churches pack shoebox gifts full of toys and other fun items and send them to the ends of the earth through Samaritan's Purse. Online Interest Form Get Involved Then local churches in other parts of the globe distribute these Operation Christmas Child gifts to children in…
Operation Christmas Child
“Mama Gump”: Her Hugs Went a Long Way
“Brother Graham, I’m Mary. Gotcha some shoeboxes for God. Where do you want ’em?” That’s how Mary Damron introduced herself to Franklin Graham, 30 years ago. A coal-miner’s wife from West Virginia with a great heart for children, Mary became a global ambassador for Operation Christmas Child during just the second year of the project.…
Operation Christmas Child
Ofrecemos las Buenas Nuevas y Gran Gozo en Perú
Lima, Peru—a city 10 million people call home—is a vibrant place of ministry for Operation Christmas Child. Decades of Samaritan’s Purse outreach events in this South American country have already enabled 5 million children to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ—and the work continues. The Peru National Leadership Team, made up of six experienced, passionate…
Operation Christmas Child
Drop-off Locations to Open for Operation Christmas Child
NOV. 18-25: Drop-off Locations to Open for Operation Christmas Child BOONE, N.C.—Volunteers are preparing to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, Nov. 18 – 25. More than 4,700 drop-off locations will open across the country in November, and shoebox packers can find their local drop-off locations nearest them. Since 1993, Operation…
