Operation Christmas Child
Year-round Volunteer: Building Church Partners
Dally Quintana serves in church relations for Operation Christmas Child in the Chicago area. Building Church Partners Year-round volunteer builds relationships with congregations on behalf of Operation Christmas Child. Dally Quintana serves as the church relations coordinator in Chicago, where she leads a team of volunteers to promote Operation Christmas Child among their congregations. Dally…
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Atención compradores de cajas de regalos
As back-to-school items are placed front-and-center in stores this time of year, many Operation Christmas Child year-round shoppers are rolling up their sleeves to find great deals. School supplies are a fundamental component of quality shoebox gifts. In addition to capitalizing on seasonal sales and off-season clearance merchandise, shopping year-round divides shoebox purchases over several…
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Missouri Volunteer Motivated by Jesus’ Last Words
Springfield area resident fulfills dream to reach children for Christ through Operation Christmas Child. Jill Cobb of Mountain View, Missouri, does what she does because she’s focused on Christ’s final words on earth, which begin: “Go and make disciples of all the nations” (Matthew 28:19, NKJV). She volunteers as an area coordinator for Operation Christmas…
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Los niños escuchan en Benín el Evangelio por medio de una sencilla caja de regalos
Nine-year-old Gladys flashed a big smile as she recounted the day she received an Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift. The special items inside included a blanket folded neatly and arranged amid school supplies, a flashlight that her father needed, and other cherished items. Opening the shoebox gift was like opening up a new chapter of…
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Family Resources
Focus on the Family Our friends at Focus on the Family put together this video about one family’s tradition of packing shoebox gifts with Operation Christmas Child. How can you start a shoebox tradition with your own family? Explore our resources below! 7 Ideas for Family Impact Pack shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child…
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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…
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Press Release Operation Christmas Child November 14, 2022
DROP-OFF SITES OPEN FOR OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Boone, N.C.—As the Thanksgiving season approaches, many families and children are giving thanks and giving back—to children in need around the world through Operation Christmas Child. Shoebox gifts prepared by generous donors and filled with toys, hygiene items, and school supplies may be dropped off now during National…
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Las Buenas Nuevas florecen en África Occidental
Johnjames left his home in Nigeria to serve as a missionary in Gambia, a nearby West African nation, in January 2020. He brought with him his 5-year-old son, Unique, while his wife and newborn son planned to join them a couple months later. Due to the global pandemic, however, those travel plans were thwarted. Undaunted,…
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Press Release Operation Christmas Child Volunteers Send Christmas Joy to Children Overseas
Operation Christmas Child Volunteers Send Christmas Joy to Children Overseas Boone, N.C.—Area volunteers are celebrating the collection of gift-filled shoeboxes that will send a message of joy to children around the world: God loves you, and you're not forgotten! This year, tens of thousands of volunteers contributed to Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan's…
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Las cajas de regalos les recuerdan a los niños mexicanos que Dios está cerca de ellos
Esmeralda startled her daughter Fernanda awake as Hurricane Otis roared over their town just outside of Acapulco. Gentle words did little to sooth the 10-year-old’s fears as she saw the terror in her mother’s face, especially as the sheet metal roof peeled away. “I told them, ‘We’re going to stay here and nothing’s going to…
