Marika and Michael Chasse had unloaded a 26-foot box truck full of Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts and were headed home when Marika insisted that they make a stop. “Honey, we gotta pull over. We’ve got an empty truck—we can go buy more shoebox items,” she told her husband. This was on a Monday morning,…
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Operation Christmas Child Brings Hope to Fire-Ravaged Community
Notebooks and pencils were some of the items that immediately caught Fernanda’s attention when she peered inside of her shoebox gift. She’d be going back to school in a few months and had no supplies to take with her—everything she owned had burned during a fire a few weeks earlier. The inferno had attacked the…
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Blessing Children in Chile
Boys and girls in Santiago, Chile, are learning about God’s love for them through Operation Christmas Child outreach events at local churches. Every child who receives a gift-filled shoebox also gets a copy of The Greatest Gift Gospel booklet. Watch the video above to see how the Lord used a shoebox gift prayerfully packed in…
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How to Pack a Shoebox
How to Pack a Shoebox Operation Christmas Child delivers great joy and the Good News of Jesus Christ to children in need around the world through gift-filled shoeboxes. Each box packed full of quality toys, school supplies, and personal care items becomes a tangible expression of God's immense love for the child. For many, it is…
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American Heritage Girls & Operation Christmas Child
American Heritage Girls and Operation Christmas Child National Collection Week Nov. 16–23, 2026 Connect Your Troop to Operation Christmas Child Welcome to the 2026 #AHGOCCPRICELESS Shoebox Challenge! 2026 #AHGOCCPRICELESS Shoebox Challenge! Collection Form Join Troops around the country united in one common focus—equipping the next generation with the tools to treasure and cultivate their relationship with their…
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Year-Round Volunteering with Operation Christmas Child
Volunteer Year-Round Volunteer Join a local team to promote Operation Christmas Child in your community all year long! Volunteers serve year-round to recruit and train participants, as well as to coordinate the collection of shoebox gifts. This requires leaders and prayer warriors, people with skills in logistics and administration, and those with the gift of…
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Follow Your Box Look-Up
Follow Your Box Look‑Up Tool Discover Your Shoebox Gift's Destination Once shoeboxes are processed by late December or early January, you can check country destinations here if you donated through Follow Your Box and attached the bar code label to your shoeboxes. If you recently dropped off your shoebox, it is likely that it has not…
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Official Shoebox Gift Suggestions
What Goes in My Shoebox? Make Your Gift Fun, Full, and Personalized. For children around the world, a shoebox is often their very first gift. Given together with the Good News of Jesus Christ, it communicates God’s love to a boy or girl in need. So, it is important to make sure your gift is…
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Operation Christmas Child Operation Christmas Child delivers gift-filled shoeboxes to children in need around the world together with the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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The Journey of a Shoebox
The Amazing Journey of a Simple Shoebox Gift Begins with You and Results in Evangelism, Discipleship, and Multiplication Packing From children to seniors, people pack shoebox gifts each year to bless children in need around the world. Parents often use the project to teach their kids about giving. Year-round volunteers support these efforts across the country.…
