New guidelines in place now for Operation Christmas Child boxes
As summer fades and social media announces how many weeks remaining until Dec. 25, thoughts begin turning to Operation Christmas Child (OCC).
Almost 43,000 OCC boxes collected at Columbus center
Volunteers from Columbus and surrounding cities — making up a multi-county area team — have collected enough gift-filled shoeboxes to reach more than 42,900 children in need through the Samaritan’s Purse project, Operation Christmas Child, but they are not resting on their success.
Romanian W student recalls impact of Operation Christmas Child
Lorena Surducan remembers a soft toy lamb she became attached to as a child of 5 or 6 growing up in Brasov, Romania, in the Carpathian Mountains.
Changes coming to Operation Christmas Child shoebox items
Operation Christmas Child Collection Week is months away — mid-November — but some area churches, organizations and individuals will be shopping this summer for items to fill thousands of “shoeboxes” destined for children in more than 100 countries.
Operation Christmas Child Collection Week is just ahead
Long tables set up at Columbus’ First Baptist Church Wednesday evening were loaded with notebooks, pom poms, hair clips, toothbrushes, small stuffed animals, crayons and combs.
A ‘bear ministry’ unites communities and sends smiles around the world
What stands about 7 inches high, sees the world through little button eyes and will soon travel thousands of miles around the globe?
Pack those boxes: Operation Christmas Child collection week ahead
It’s that time of year again. No, we’re not talking about the holidays. It’s Operation Christmas Child time.
Operation Christmas Child hosts ‘Christmas in July’
Operation Christmas Child Regional Manager Shelli Wisard of Atlanta will be in Columbus Saturday, July 19 to share experiences she had on a recent trip to distribute OCC shoeboxes in the Philippines.
Small boxes, powerful gifts: 30,000 boxes or bust is area goal for Operation Christmas Child’s Collection Week
The gifts are small — a stuffed animal, pencils, a pretty hair clip, bar of soap or tiny model car. But they deliver a powerful message. One that says, “You are not forgotten. Someone cares.” To a little girl in an orphanage in Rwanda, or a boy living in a Peruvian village hut, or in any of more than 100 other underserved countries, the modest gifts can make a difference.
Operation Christmas Child hopes to eclipse 20,000 gift boxes
Each year, thousands of people from the Golden Triangle pack an assortment of items — some necessities and school supplies, some gifts — into shoe boxes to be shipped to needy kids around the world.
OCC brings Christmas in July to Columbus
Operation Christmas Child Regional Manager Gabe Walker, of Atlanta, will be in Columbus Saturday to share the mission behind the Samaritan’s Purse shoebox ministry.
OCC brings Christmas in July to Columbus
Operation Christmas Child Regional Manager Gabe Walker, of Atlanta, will be in Columbus Saturday to share the mission behind the Samaritan’s Purse shoebox ministry.
Operation Christmas Child numbers are in
The Operation Christmas Child Columbus Collection Center received a record 18,662 packed shoeboxes and plastic containers for the Samaritan’s Purse project during the 2010 year-end drive, reported OCC area coordinator Nelda Brown. This marks a four percent increase from 2009.
Shawn Parker: Thanks for help with shoebox mission
I would like to express appreciation to our mayor, city council, and city department heads and employees for helping last Monday with the Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child shoebox collection effort. First Baptist Church serves as a Collection Center for this ministry and received over 18,500 shoeboxes this year from the surrounding region.