Operation Christmas Child
Drop-off Locations to Open for Operation Christmas Child
NOV. 18-25: Drop-off Locations to Open for Operation Christmas Child BOONE, N.C.—Volunteers are preparing to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, Nov. 18 – 25. More than 4,700 drop-off locations will open across the country in November, and shoebox packers can find their local drop-off locations nearest them. Since 1993, Operation…
Discipleship, Education & Training
The Heart of a Chaplain
In 2009, the Rev. Mark Sukulao lay in a hospital bed in Zimbabwe, very ill, discouraged, and in almost constant pain. This hospital was the third one he had been admitted to in less than two months, and now he was facing another surgery. Many anxious thoughts churned through the pastor’s mind. What was God’s…
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Press Release Operation Christmas Child October 12-31-21
Samaritan's Purse Celebrates Over 10.5 Million Shoebox Gifts Collected for Children in Need BOONE, N.C., Jan. 31, 2022—Despite a global pandemic, millions of shoebox packers shared the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season. Nationwide generosity contributed to a successful shoebox gift collection season at drop-off locations for the Samaritan’s…
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David and a Toy Car
David and a Toy Car "My interest in how things—and people—can be restored to new life probably started with that toy car." I received my shoebox gift in Romania at age 2, the youngest you can be to receive a box. So, I don't remember all the details of what happened. But my older sister…
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Press Release Operation Christmas Child October 10, 2022
Nov. 14–21 Drop-Off Sites to Open For Operation Christmas Child Boone, N.C.—More than 4,500 locations will open to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts for the Samaritan’s Purse project. Volunteers are preparing to collect shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, Nov. 14–21. Operation Christmas Child has been collecting and delivering shoebox gifts—filled with school supplies,…
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Vladimir and the Toy Car
Vladimir and the Toy Car "How could something as small as a toy car teach me about God’s love?" When I was 9 years old I essentially lost my family. My mother died, and my father’s alcoholism made it difficult for him to raise me. In Ukraine it was tough to find enough work to…
Operation Christmas Child
THIS WEEK: U.S. COLLECTION SITES JOIN GLOBAL CHRISTMAS PROJECT TO SEND JOY TO CHILDREN OVERSEAS
Nov. 12 – 19: National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Gifts BOONE, N.C., Nov. 12, 2018 — As Thanksgiving Day approaches, U.S. families are expressing their gratitude by giving back. They are filling shoeboxes with fun toys, school supplies and hygiene items to send to children in need around the world. For many…
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Volunteer to Assemble BASBO Boxes
Volunteer to Assemble Shoeboxes Built Online We praise God that hundreds of thousands of shoebox gifts were ordered this year through Build a Shoebox Online! Yet before these boxes can make their way to hard-to-reach countries with the message of His love, they must be assembled according to specific instructions. You’re invited to participate in this…
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Volunteers Know ‘Each Shoebox Is a Missionary’
When Carol and Pat Nelson volunteer with Operation Christmas Child, they know first-hand how much each gift can mean. Twelve years ago, the Nelsons packed their first shoebox for Operation Christmas Child and sent it off with a letter and a picture. Seven months later, they received a thank-you letter written in French from a…
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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…
