Give your $10 donation per shoebox online! Help cover the cost of collecting, processing, and shipping a gift-filled Operation Christmas shoebox to a boy or girl in need. A $10 donation per box also helps provide The Greatest Gift Gospel Booklets, which are written in the children’s language and distributed along with shoebox gifts, as…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Rebuilding the Caribbean After the Hurricanes
As Pastor Nolan Nanton prepared to lead a prayer meeting in January at the New Testament Baptist Church on the island of St. Martin, he stopped and gazed upward. It was a scene he knew all too well—the church sanctuary without a roof. It had been shredded four months earlier when Hurricane Irma pummeled the…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Building a New Life After Fleeing Sudan
Ismail guides his five whining goats to a post where he ties them up. He then walks his garden rows in peace, without fear the beasts will destroy his crops in a hungry frenzy. There is wire fence on three sides of the garden and on a fourth side a tall wall built of large…
Our Ministry
7 Ways to Give on Giving Tuesday
7 Ways to Give on Giving Tuesday Your gift to Samaritan's Purse on Giving Tuesday will provide tangible care to people in need around the world, while also offering them the eternal hope of Jesus Christ. 1 Bring Clean Water to a Community THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, WE BRING CLEAN WATER TO COMMUNITIES that have been…
Operation Christmas Child
Why $10?
Why $10? A donation of $10 per shoebox gift is critical for Operation Christmas Child. It provides for: Collection After shoebox gifts are dropped off at nearly 5,000 locations around the United States each year in November, trucks transport the precious cargo to eight different processing centers. Processing Eight processing center warehouses around the country…
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Fact Sheet: Samaritan’s Purse
Samaritan's Purse Facts President & CEO William “Franklin” Graham III, son of the late Billy Graham Founded 1970, by Bob Pierce Purpose Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to victims of war, natural disasters, disease, famine, poverty, and persecution in more than 100 countries, with the purpose of sharing…
Our Ministry
2024 Year-End Report
Thank You Hurricane Helene Sudan Operation Christmas Child Brazil Beryl Mexico 2024 Year‑End Report Thank You Millions of people worldwide have been devasted by natural disasters, poverty, famine, and war and desperately need physical relief and the hope of Jesus Christ. Samaritan's Purse is reaching hurting families while also letting them know they are not forgotten…
Operation Christmas Child
Host a Packing Party
Packing Party Resources Families and individuals can make fun and meaningful memories by packing shoebox gifts for children in need! What a great way to start a Christmas tradition that emphasizes giving—as the Lord says, "It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35).There's nothing like the personal touch of shopping for and…
Operation Christmas Child
Pastor to Pastor Church Landing Page
Partnering with Churches to Proclaim the Gospel Worldwide Every year, churches pack shoebox gifts full of toys and other fun items and send them to the ends of the earth through Samaritan's Purse. Online Interest Form Get Involved Then local churches in other parts of the globe distribute these Operation Christmas Child gifts to children in…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Livestock Program Helps Vulnerable Farming Families in Niger
Laiha’s oldest child was 5 years old when her husband died. She was left to raise their three children alone on the outskirts of Abalak in western Niger. Each day brought anxiety about whether she could provide for her family. “Life has been hard for me,” she said. “Even basic things like feeding my family…
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