Drive down River Styx Road just outside Wadsworth, Ohio, and you’ll come across the “Styx and Stones Farm” sign. Pull in the driveway on any given Saturday morning in the fall, and it will be tough to find a spot to park. On one edge of the driveway sits a barn that’s at least 175…
Operation Christmas Child
God Used a Mess to Be His Message
When Sovann* was a child there was nothing but hopelessness in her life. She made a promise to herself that when she grew up, she would be a person who would listen to young people, and be a mentor. That passion and promise has led her to where she is today as a team coordinator…
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Bold Vision for the Pacific
Franklin Graham’s bold vision to deliver gift-filled Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes in Jesus’ Name to every child on 1,000 Pacific islands—more than half a million kids—began in early 2019 and will continue until every child is reached. “I want to reach these islands for Christ,” Graham said when he visited the island nation of Kiribati…
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Trail Life USA & Operation Christmas Child
Trail Life USA & Operation Christmas Child National Collection Week Your Troop Can Share the Gospel through Operation Christmas Child Report your shoebox totals by Dec. 31, 2026! Collection Form Join Trail Life USA Troops nationwide in sending the Gospel to the ends of the earth! Simply by filling shoebox gifts, your Troop can give children around the…
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Press Release Operation Christmas Child Seasonal Job and Volunteer Opportunities 10-10-23
Seasonal Job and Volunteer Opportunities Available at Operation Christmas Child Processing Centers BOONE, N.C.—Boone, North Carolina is home to one of eight Processing Centers for Operation Christmas Child, a project of the international Christian relief organization Samaritan's Purse, that sends millions of Christmas gifts to children in need around the world. Right now, Operation Christmas…
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A Little Child Shall Lead Them
A Little Child Shall Lead Them After attending The Greatest Journey discipleship course, an Operation Christmas Child shoebox recipient in Southeast Asia tells her friends about Jesus and inspires her parents to begin a children’s ministry. For 12-year-old Naomi* the box was so much more than a gift! Her Operation Christmas Child shoebox brimming with toys and…
Our Ministry
Operation Heal Our Patriots 2022 Special Report
Hope for the Journey Dear Friend, The wounded veterans who participate in Operation Heal Our Patriots tell us some heartbreaking stories. After multiple combat deployments, many return home with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and other physical and emotional wounds. All of the couples who come to our Samaritan Lodge Alaska are in fragile…
Operation Christmas Child
Press Release Operation Christmas Child December 20, 2022
THIS WEEK: 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 to children around the world: God loves you, and you're not forgotten! Thousands of volunteers contributed to Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan's Purse by packing shoeboxes filled with fun…
50 Years of Ministry
Children’s Heart Project Provides Lifesaving Operations
Through Children’s Heart Project, Samaritan’s Purse arranges surgery for children with congenital heart defects who live in countries such as Uganda, Mongolia, and Bolivia, where the required medical expertise and equipment for this type of surgery are not available. Since 1997, more than 1,400 boys and girls have received lifesaving operations through our project. Partner…
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Resources & Ideas Hub
Resources & Ideas Hub Explore the links below for ideas of how you or your group can pack shoeboxes and touch the lives of children and families around the world, bringing hope through the Good News of Jesus Christ in the form of a simple gift. Shipped To You Free Materials A place to order…
