As a year-round volunteer, Rebecca Parker-Moore leads the efforts of Operation Christmas Child’s area team in Huntington, West Virginia. “An area coordinator overseas all the operations of collecting shoeboxes, shepherding a team, and just being the face of Operation Christmas Child in a community,” Rebecca said. At age 16, Rebecca started packing shoebox gifts simply…
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Shoebox Gifts Go Even Where There Is No Road
Sixty bare-chested men started running towards Dian and Sandee. The group’s leader was waving his rifle in the air and yelling. Among the throng was a man carrying a black cooking pot and more men brandishing their rifles in the air. The two women froze. But to their surprise, the horde ran past them and…
Flood Relief Work Completed in Midland, Michigan
Over the weekend, our volunteer teams in Midland, Michigan, completed work on flooded homes in the area. Over the course of our relief work, nearly 1,500 volunteers joined our relief efforts and completed clean up and recovery on 315 homes. We praise God for at least 49 salvations, many seeds planted, and many people blessed…
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Operation Christmas Child (Chinese)
Operation Christmas Child Operation Christmas Child 由像你一樣的人們共同參與，將裝滿禮物並精心包裝的禮物盒送給世界各地的 貧困孩童。透過遍布 100 多個國家的教會，我們分享耶穌基督的永恆盼望， 同時通過這份有形的禮物，向孩童及其家人傳遞上帝的愛。 許多收到禮物盒的孩童也參加了我們的 12 堂門徒訓練課程: 最偉大的旅程 (The Greatest Journey)。他們在課程中學習跟隨耶穌， 並將祂的故事傳頌出去。 如 何 準 備 禮 盒 當 您 以 虔 誠 的 心 準 備 包 裝 禮 物 時 … 請 記 住 ， 您 的 禮盒 可 能 是 孩 子 收 過 的 唯…
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Operation Christmas Child Audio PSA’s
Audio PSA's Our PSAs are available for use by media outlets and websites in the United States. Unless a kill date is noted, PSAs can be aired indefinitely. If you have any questions regarding PSAs or would like to arrange an interview, please submit a Media Request. National Collection Week Promo with Dates Flight dates:…
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Volunteer Photos
Volunteers These photographs are available for news media outlet use in coverage of Samaritan's Purse-related stories. If your news outlet uses a photograph, please credit: "Courtesy of Samaritan's Purse." These photographs are not for commercial use. Ministry partners in Mongolia share the Gospel at an outreach event. Download Volunteering at a shoebox processing center can be great fun!…
50 Years of Ministry
100 Million Shoebox Gifts Collected
Evilyn Pinnow, a then 12-year-old from Wisconsin, traveled more than 5,000 miles across the United States collecting items to place inside Operation Christmas Child’s symbolic 100 millionth shoebox before she headed to the Dominican Republic to place it into the hands of a precious child in need. In California, friends of the ministry added socks…
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A Shoebox Gift Filled A Hole in His Heart
When people tell Karabo Maretlane he’s lucky, he says, “I’m chosen.” Karabo grew up in a village in the southern African nation of Lesotho. When he was 5 years old, his father died and his mother left him with his grandmother. As this elderly woman raised him, she taught him how to read, write, and…
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Christian Leaders in Guam Are Excited About Operation Christmas Child
Guam, the westernmost territory of the United States, is a rich blend of various cultures. Located in the north Pacific—about 1,500 miles east of the Philippines—Guam’s 168,000 citizens include the island’s native Chamorros, along with a melting-pot population from the Philippines, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Australia, the mainland U.S., Europe, and various other Micronesian islands.…
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Press Release Reach Millions of Children With Hope 10-6-20
Operation Christmas Child Aims to Reach Millions of Children with Hope this Year Even During the Coronavirus Pandemic, Everyone Can Bless a Child in Need BOONE, N.C. Oct. 6, 2020—As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause fear and uncertainty, Samaritan’s Purse is calling on churches and families to pack more shoebox gifts than ever before…
