{"id":174589,"date":"2021-07-28T09:22:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T13:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/?p=174589"},"modified":"2021-07-28T09:24:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T13:24:25","slug":"pr-occ-07-28-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/operation-christmas-child\/pr-occ-07-28-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release Operation Christmas Child July 07-28-21"},"content":{"rendered":"<!------------------------------\r\n------------------------------\r\nHTML COPY INTO WP\r\n------------------------------\r\n------------------------------>\r\n<main class=\"press-release\">\r\n    <article>\r\n        <h1>Donaciones se Multiplican con las Ventas de Regreso a la Escuela<\/h1>\r\n\r\n        <p><strong>BOONE, N.C., 28 de julio, 2021-- A medida que se acerca el nuevo a\u00f1o escolar, los embaladores de caja de regalos de Operation Christmas Child est\u00e1n haciendo uso de los precios de vuelta a la escuela para comprar regalos y art\u00edculos esenciales para los ni\u00f1os necesitados en el extranjero. Los participantes est\u00e1n recogiendo los materiales escolares, junto con art\u00edculos de higiene y juguetes divertidos, para empacarlos en caja de regalos. Samaritan\u2019s Purse entregar\u00e1 estas caja de regalos llenas de regalos a ni\u00f1os en m\u00e1s de 100 pa\u00edses.<\/strong>As the new school year approaches, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/what-we-do\/operation-christmas-child\/?utm_source=OCC-Press-Release-Coordinator-Back-To-School&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=OCC-Start-Screen-Pitch\">Operation Christmas Child<\/a> shoebox packers are making use of back-to-school prices to purchase gifts and essential items for children in need overseas. Participants are collecting school supplies, along with hygiene items and fun toys, to pack in shoeboxes. Samaritan&#39;s Purse will deliver these gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than 100&#160;countries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n        <!--Luis Gonzales--> \r\n        <div class=\"img-copy\">\r\n            <figure class=\"img-left mw-30 desktop\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/occ\/occ-newsroom\/Luis-young-uniform-vertical.jpg\">\r\n                <figcaption class=\"caption-hover\">Luis Gonzales, a shoebox recipient raised by a single mother in the ghetto of Panama City,&#160;Panama<\/figcaption>\r\n            <\/figure>\r\n            \r\n            <p>Para muchos ni\u00f1os, el acceso a estos art\u00edculos simples es cr\u00edtico para una educaci\u00f3n. Este fue el caso de Luis Gonzales, un receptor de caja de regalos y criado por una madre soltera en el gueto de la Ciudad de Panam\u00e1, Panam\u00e1.<\/p>\r\n            <figure class=\"img-left mw-30 mobile\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/occ\/occ-newsroom\/Luis-young-uniform-vertical.jpg\" style=\"width:100%!important;max-width:100%!important;\">\r\n                <figcaption class=\"caption-hover\">Luis Gonzales, a shoebox recipient raised by a single mother in the ghetto of Panama City,&#160;Panama<\/figcaption>\r\n            <\/figure>\r\n            <p><i>\u201cS\u00e9 lo que es no tener suficiente dinero para suministors escolares b\u00e1sicos\u201d, dijo Gonz\u00e1lez, cuya experiencia no es infrecuente para muchos ni\u00f1os que viven en la pobreza. Un d\u00eda, Gonz\u00e1lez recibi\u00f3 una caja de regalos de Operation Christmas Child y la encontro llena de los suministros escolares que necesitaba. \n\"Mi caja de regalo me dio la oportunidad de seguir una educaci\u00f3n y me ense\u00f1\u00f3 a nunca perder la esperanza. Estos regalos realmente pueden impactar la vida de un ni\u00f1o para siempre\", dijo Gonz\u00e1lez.<\/i>&#8221; said Gonzalez, whose experience is not uncommon for many children living in poverty. One day, Gonzalez received a gift-filled shoebox from Operation Christmas Child and found it filled with the school supplies he needed. <i>&#8220;My shoebox gift gave me the opportunity to pursue an education and taught me to never lose hope. These gifts can truly impact a child&#39;s life forever,<\/i>&#8221; said&#160;Gonzalez.<\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <!--Olesea Makarets-->\r\n        <div class=\"img-copy\">\r\n            <figure class=\"img-right mw-40\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/occ\/occ-newsroom\/Week9-Olesea-article-header.jpg\">\r\n                <figcaption class=\"caption-hover\">Olesea Makarets who was born and raised in a family of nine in a small village in&#160;Moldova<\/figcaption>\r\n            <\/figure>\r\n            <p>Para Olesea Makarets, que naci\u00f3 y se cri\u00f3 en una familia de nueve en un peque\u00f1o pueblo de Moldova, lo que m\u00e1s le destac\u00f3 fue un paquete de marcadores coloridos. \u201cNo pude quitarles los ojos. No sab\u00eda que algunos de los colores exist\u00edan. Estaba tan emocionado que salt\u00e9 y empec\u00e9 a correr por la habitaci\u00f3n.  Los marcadores que mi familia ten\u00eda en casa estaban secos. Los sumerj\u00edamos en agua s\u00f3lo para que duraran un poco m\u00e1s. Siempre me hubiera gustado poder colorear y dibujar, los marcadores eran exactamente lo que quer\u00eda. Apenas pod\u00eda esperar para mostrar a mis amigos en la escuela los nuevos marcadores\u201d. <i>&#8220;I couldn&#39;t take my eyes off them. I didn&#39;t know some of the colors existed. I was so excited I jumped up and started running around the room. The markers my family had at home were dried out. We would dip them in water just to make them last a little longer. I always wished I could color and draw&#8212;the markers were exactly what I wanted. I could hardly wait to show my friends at school the new&#160;markers.<\/i>&#8221;<\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <!--Sisters Shanika and Sherika-->\r\n        <div class=\"img-copy\">\r\n            <figure class=\"img-left mw-40\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/occ\/occ-newsroom\/Week3-Twins-article-header.jpg\">\r\n                <figcaption class=\"caption-hover\">Sisters Shanika and Sherika who grew up in rural&#160;Jamaica<\/figcaption>\r\n            <\/figure>\r\n            \r\n            <p>Las hermanas Shanika y Sherika, que crecieron en la Jamaica rural, recibieron cuadernos y l\u00e1pices en sus regalos de caja de zapatos a la edad de 8 a\u00f1os. \u201cAntes de esto, nuestro padre cort\u00f3 un cuaderno y un l\u00e1piz por la mitad para que tendr\u00edamos materiales escolares.  Tambi\u00e9n recibimos nuestra primera calculadora, una peque\u00f1a y gris que todav\u00eda nos encanta usar. A trav\u00e9s de los regalos de caja de zapatos, aprendimos que no tienes que ser vecinos cercanos para ayudarnos unos a otros. Estos regalos vinieron de extra\u00f1os.\u201d <i>&#8220;Before this, our father cut a notebook and pencil in half so we&#39;d have school supplies. We also received our first calculator&#8212;a small, gray one we still love to use. Through the shoebox gifts, we learned that you don&#39;t have to be close neighbors in order to help each other. These gifts came from&#160;strangers.<\/i>&#8221;<\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <!--National Collection Week-->\r\n        <p><strong>La semana nacional de recolecci\u00f3n es del 15-22 de noviembre.<\/strong> La Semana de Recolecci\u00f3n Nacional es del 15 al 22 de noviembre. Los participantes pueden donar $9 por cada caja de regalo en l\u00ednea a trav\u00e9s de \u201cFollow Your Box\u201d y recibir una etiqueta de seguimiento para descubrir su destino. Aquellos que prefieren la comodidad de las compras en l\u00ednea pueden navegar por samaritanspurse.org\/buildonline para seleccionar regalos que se ajustan a la edad y el sexo espec\u00edficos de un ni\u00f1o, y luego terminar de empaquetar la caja de regalos virtual a\u00f1adiendo una foto y una nota personal de aliento. Las cajas construidas en l\u00ednea van a pa\u00edses de dif\u00edcil acceso. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/operation-christmas-child\/endsoftheearth\/?utm_source=OCC-Press-Release-Coordinator-Back-To-School&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=OCC-How-to-Pack-Release\">hard-to-reach&#160;countries<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n        <!--OCC Mission-->\r\n        <p class=\"occ-mission\">Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan&#39;s Purse, seeks to demonstrate God\u2019s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world and, together with the local church worldwide, to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has collected and delivered more than 186 million gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than 160 countries and&#160;territories. <\/p>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n<\/main>\r\n<!------------------------------\r\n------------------------------\r\nHTML END COPY INTO WP\r\n------------------------------\r\n------------------------------>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Giving Multiplied with Back-to-School&#160;Sales BOONE, N.C., July 28, 2021&mdash;As the new school year approaches, Operation Christmas Child shoebox packers are making use of back-to-school prices to purchase gifts and essential items for children in need overseas. Participants are collecting school supplies, along with hygiene items and fun toys, to pack in shoeboxes. 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