Operation Christmas Child National Collection Week is right around the corner. ALPACA box, will you?
If you aren't familiar, Operation Christmas Child is a program sponsored by Samaritan's Purse (a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization headed by Franklin Graham) which sends shoeboxes filled with gifts to hurting children around the globe. The shoeboxes are filled by individuals who volunteer to do so. Those of us who wish to pack, select for either a boy or a girl from one of three different age ranges. Boxes are then donated at designated sites where they begin a journey that ultimately lands them in the hands of children who need them. In addition to receiving a shoebox, each child is also given a copy of The Greatest Gift, which shares 11 Bible stories. That book is published in more than 80 different languages!
If you have followed my blog, you may recall reading about Operation Christmas Child each year. Since the beginning of the program in 1990, my husband and I have been filling and donating shoeboxes and since 2015 I have been volunteering at my church's drop-off center. We accept filled boxes from other churches, groups, organizations and individuals and then pack them into cartons. It is rewarding and something I enjoy immensely.
If you would like to show God's love by filling a shoebox, now is the time! Individiual churches are already accepting them and drop-off sites will be open beginning November 18 for National Collection Week. If your church doesn't participate, but you would like to pack a box you can click here. You will find lots of information and there is also a tab where you can enter your zip code and be directed to a local drop-off site.
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My friends found this adorable stuffed animal and generated
the sign for the display that they made at our church.
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If you have followed my blog, you may recall reading about Operation Christmas Child each year. Since the beginning of the program in 1990, my husband and I have been filling and donating shoeboxes and since 2015 I have been volunteering at my church's drop-off center. We accept filled boxes from other churches, groups, organizations and individuals and then pack them into cartons. It is rewarding and something I enjoy immensely.
If you would like to show God's love by filling a shoebox, now is the time! Individiual churches are already accepting them and drop-off sites will be open beginning November 18 for National Collection Week. If your church doesn't participate, but you would like to pack a box you can click here. You will find lots of information and there is also a tab where you can enter your zip code and be directed to a local drop-off site.
If you participate, you will be able to say
ALPACA box, too!