Samaritan's Purse deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team and over 38,000 pounds of relief supplies to Jamaica within 48 hours of Hurricane Melissa making landfall, providing shelter materials, water filtration systems,

Evangelical relief organization Samaritan's Purse on Saturday airlifted over 100,000 pounds of relief supplies to Gaza in its new 767 cargo plane. The aid included food, blankets, and solar lights for civilians affected by two years of devastating conflict.

Franklin Graham visits the Samaritan’s Purse Airlift Response Center in Greensboro on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, before the inaugural flight of the organization’s 767 cargo plane. Loaded with supplies for Gaza, the flight departed for Israel. Courtesy of Samaritan’s Purse

Individuals, families, churches and groups can fill empty shoeboxes with school supplies, personal care items and toys.

Tomorrow, Samaritan's Purse will launch its third airlift to Jamaica, scaling up the organization's ongoing relief efforts to Hurricane Melissa—the largest storm in the country's history. The 767 cargo plane will carry an Emergency Field Hospital to the island nation.

Residents and Staff to Pack Hundreds of Gift-Filled Shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. SALEM, OR , October 29, 2025 -- Bonaventure Senior

Samaritan's Purse (NSP, Boone, NC) has introduced its first B767-300F to service, with a relief flight between Greensboro Piedmont Triad International and Tel Aviv Ben Gurion carrying supplies for families in Gaza, the company said in a statement.

A group of local opticians are spreading festive cheer early this year by calling on their local communities to donate to the Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Appeal, organised by Samaritans Purse.