Operation Christmas Child

Operation Christmas Child is a ministry from Samaritan's Purse - an organization that sends Jesus' love and hope to child all around the world at Christmas time.

This year our church was a collection center for our county here in Iowa...and we collected 273 shoeboxes. Here is a pictures of the cases of boxes that we collected this week.

It is not to late to send a gift of hope to children around the world.

Here are a list of instructions if you wanted to help!

How to Pack a Shoe Box
1. SHOE BOX
Use an empty shoe box (standard size, please) or a small plastic container. You can wrap the box (lid separately), but wrapping is not required. Most importantly, pray for the child who will receive your gift.

2. BOY OR GIRL?
Determine whether your gift will be for a boy or a girl, and the child’s age category: 2-4, 5-9, or 10-14. Print out the appropriate boy/girl label by downloading the artwork to the right. Mark the correct age category on the label, and tape the label to the top of your box.

3. FILL WITH GIFTS
Fill the box with a variety of gifts that will bring delight to a child. Use the gift ideas provided on the bottom of this page.

4. INCLUDE YOUR DONATION
Please donate $7 or more for each shoe box you prepare to help cover shipping and other project costs. You can give online by using our EZGIVE option, or you can write a check to Samaritan’s Purse (note “OCC” on memo line) and place it in an envelope on top of the gift items inside your box. If you or your family are preparing more than one shoe box, please make one combined donation.

5. DROP OFF
Place a rubber band around each closed shoe box and drop off at the Collection Center nearest you during our collection week November 16 - 23.For locations and hours of collection visit our Drop-Off Locations page where you can find the nearest place to take your shoe box by entering your ZIP Code or you can call 1-800-353-5949.You can also send your shoe box gift to: Samaritan’s PurseOperation Christmas Child801 Bamboo RoadBoone, NC 28607


or go to http://master.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/occ/ for more information!

This Christmas is more than giving gifts - it is an opportunity to share what you have been blessed with!