Operation
Christmas Child Fact Sheet
Drop-Off Dates and times
Directions
How to Pack a Shoebox
What?
Operation Christmas Child is a project of international Christian relief organization, Samaritans Purse, named the most efficiently run religious charity in America by SmartMoney magazine (December 2000). Headed by Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham, Samaritans Purse is currently working in 100 countries.
Kids from across America, who have a newfound understanding of the fear and suffering other children throughout the world endure, are joining the effort to bring hope and a measure of comfort to children in need worldwide.
This year some 6 million underprivileged children in more than 95 countries on six continents will receive personal, gift-filled shoe boxes through this kids-helping-kids project. For many of these children, the shoe box gift will be the only Christmas present they have ever received.
Who?
Families, schools, churches, scout troops, civic clubs, and other organizations in thousands of cities in all 50 states and ten additional countries will fill shoe boxes with personal gifts, school supplies, candy, necessity items, family photos, and notes of encouragement.More than 65,000 volunteers worldwide and more than 52,000 volunteers in the United States will help prepare shoe boxes for shipping.
When?
Kids, families, scout troops, schools, churches, civic clubs, and businesses are filling their shoe boxes now. Shoe box gifts are dropped off at one of more than 1,000 drop sites located in all 50 states.Official shoe
box collection week is November 14-21, 2011,
right here at Redeemer Covenant Church.
Where?
The shoe boxes will be filled and donated by people in 11 countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, the Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, Finland, and New Zealand.Samaritans Purse staff and partners will hand-deliver the shoe box gifts to some 6 million children in more than 95 countries on six continents including countries in Africa, where children suffer the effects of war and the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
How?
By land, by air, by sea, by mule The shoe box gifts are processed in 7 major centers across the United States (Boone, N.C.; Charlotte, N.C.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Atlanta, Ga.; Denver, Colo.; Irvine, Calif., Anchorage, Alaska) and loaded onto some of the worlds largest cargo planes, trucks, and sea containers bound for the far reaches of the earth.Once the boxes are transported to countries around the world, Samaritan's Purse representatives and national partners will travel by truck, bus, train, helicopter, boat, foot, and even mule to hand-deliver the gifts, along with a colorful childrens book of the Christmas story.
To order materials contact Samaritan's Purse:
1-800-353-5949 or www.samaritanspurse.org
www.MyRedeemer.com
Contact us - Redeemer@twcny.rr.com