A team of seven recently set sail on a 57-foot boat named Cloud Nine with cartons of Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts on board. Their destination? An isolated part of Kwajalein Atoll. Home to some 11,000 people scattered across 100 small islands, Kwajalein Atoll is a part of the Marshall Islands, a nation located in…
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Los marineros enfrentan mares difíciles para llevar cajas de regalos en el Pacífico
2026 Poster
Promote local Operation Christmas Child events by customizing and displaying these posters in classrooms, meeting rooms, businesses, drop-off locations, or around your neighborhood. Materiales y publicaciones en español. Don’t have time for mail delivery? Print your own 11” x 17” editable version. Promote local Operation Christmas Child events by customizing and displaying these posters in…
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Samaritan’s Purse Celebrates 10.5 Million Shoebox Gifts Collected for Children in Need
Samaritan's Purse Celebrates 10.5 Million Shoebox Gifts Collected for Children in Need BOONE, N.C., Jan. 17, 2020 Because of the generosity of donors across the United States, Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, collected more than 8.9 million shoeboxes in 2019. Packed with fun toys, school supplies and hygiene items, these gifts bring joy and the eternal…
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Press Release Operation Christmas Child Feb. 1 – Over 11.3 Million Shoebox Gifts Collected
Local Families Provide School Supplies for Children in Need Around the World BOONE, N.C.—As the summer season comes to an end, local families are preparing for the school year with back-to-school sales, but many families are not just shopping for their own children. Families are collecting school supplies, along with personal care items and fun…
Franklin Graham
Newsletter September
Franklin Graham Update | September Preparing War-Weary Ukrainiansfor a Harsh Winter Preparing War-Weary Ukrainiansfor a Harsh Winter Dear Friend, Winter comes early in Eastern Europe, and it looks like it will be a harsh one for the people of Ukraine. After six months of war, millions are living in badly damaged houses without power or running water as they…
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World War II Veteran Sews Hundreds of Quilts for Children’s Shoebox Gifts
Former U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Theron Jennings, 98, lives alone in a Savoy, Illinois, apartment where he sews quilts for children around the world. Since 2014, he has handmade more than 400 of these blankets, completing 160 in just the last year. Each one is lovingly packed into a shoebox gift with other toys and…
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Friendly Competition in Oklahoma Multiplies the Impact of Operation Christmas Child Around the World
Oklahoma youngsters Ava and Sam hold a friendly competition each year to see who can pack the most Operation Christmas Child gift-filled shoeboxes. But, win or lose, their real goal is the same—to see kids all over the world come to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Ava and Sam love to pack…
Nuestro Ministerio
Children’s Heart Project
Healing Hearts, Now and for Eternity Children's Heart Project 013687 $ Give For nearly 30 years, Samaritan’s Purse has arranged for critical congenital heart surgery for more than 1,600 boys and girls from over a dozen countries. “We look forward to serving more and more children,” said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse. “We pray for…
Ministerio Infantil
Niños conforme al corazón de Dios
On a warm, sunny afternoon on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda, dozens of boys and girls run, laugh, smile, and play various childhood games on a large, grassy lawn. Boys race about kicking a soccer ball, while several girls jump rope. Others giggle as they attempt to twirl hula hoops around their waists. Later, they…
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Samaritan’s Purse Releases Free Kids’ Bible Game App
Samaritan’s Purse Releases Free Kids’ Bible Game App BOONE, N.C., Jan. 28, 2020 Christian parents now have a new resource to help their kids learn about the Bible based on a discipleship program that’s already leading millions of children to Christ all over the world. Samaritan’s Purse has released a mobile app, called Greatest Journey, that lets kids…
