Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham encouraged volunteers and staff at the Charlotte Processing Center in North Carolina during a community celebration event on Dec. 3. He expressed thanks to volunteers in Charlotte as well as the thousands of volunteers working in seven other processing center locations across the country to prepare shoebox gifts for international…
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Trail Life USA & Operation Christmas Child
Connect Your Troop to Operation Christmas Child National Collection Week Some of the best outdoor adventures require an investment. The more you give of yourself, the greater the reward. Jesus defined greatness in a related way: “He who is greatest among you shall be your servant” (Matthew 23:11 NKJV). The Trail Life calls for servant…
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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…
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Press Release Operation Christmas Child January 01-13-21
Samaritan's Purse Celebrates 9.1 Million Shoebox Gifts Collected for Children in Need BOONE, N.C., Jan. 13, 2021—Despite a global pandemic, millions of shoebox packers shared the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season. Some 7.8 million gifts were brought to curbside drop-off locations nationwide for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation…
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NOV. 12 – 19: DROP-OFF SITES OPEN FOR INTERNATIONAL CHRISTMAS PROJECT
Local Families Make Global Impact Through Operation Christmas Child BOONE, N.C., Nov. 1, 2018 — This month, nearly 5,000 U.S. drop-off locations across the nation open to collect shoebox gifts for children overseas during Operation Christmas Child’s National Collection Week, Nov. 12–19. U.S. families, churches and groups are busy transforming empty shoeboxes into fun gifts…
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You, Too, Can Become a Year-Round Volunteer!
Have you ever considered getting more involved with Operation Christmas Child? It’s not just a holiday ministry—more than 9,000 people across the United States volunteer year-round with this Samaritan’s Purse project! They serve in roles ranging from area leadership to logistics to community relations to church relations. LEARN MORE ABOUT SERVING AS A YEAR-ROUND VOLUNTEER…
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Five Creative Ways to Pack Shoeboxes During COVID-19
A global pandemic isn’t stopping Operation Christmas Child from delivering gift-filled shoeboxes to boys and girls in the far corners of the world. Children need hope now more than ever in such uncertain times, and these tangible expressions of God’s love can be a great encouragement. Most important, children need to hear the Good News…
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God’s Perfect Timing in Honduras
Guanaja is one of Honduras’ three picturesque Bay Islands, located 44 miles off the north coast of the mainland in the Caribbean. One of its cays is home to the densely packed tiny town of El Cayo: population 5,300. It’s known as the Venice of Honduras because of a series of winding canals that run…
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Local Christians Use Shoebox Gifts to Help Plant Churches in Remote Mongolia
Highways leading out of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital city, continue east for many miles as far as the city of Chinggis. From there, the roads diminish to mere gravel paths that stretch across the vast pasturelands of Khenti Province. It’s from Chinggis, where transportation begins to get more difficult, that six churches are praying—paving the way—for…
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Franklin Graham Thanks Processing Center Volunteers
Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham today thanked the thousands of volunteers who are currently working in eight processing center locations across the U.S. to prepare millions of Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts for international shipment. Headed to over 100 countries this year, the gift-filled shoeboxes will bring great joy and the Good News of Jesus…
