Community members can start dropping off shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child at Living Stones Church in Kona on Nov. 17. The project is part of the Samaritan’s Purse organization, where shoeboxes ...

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

Members of Great Bend's First United Methodist Church got together Wednesday to turn old T-shirts into jump ropes. The jump ropes will be included in the shoe boxes filled with gifts for this year's ...

How one shoebox can make a world of difference — inside Acadiana’s effort to bring holiday hope to children in need ...

The season of giving is fast approaching, and Samaritan’s Purse Annual Collection Week is just a few weeks away. They’re ...

Anyone can help other people in need this fall as we look ahead to the holiday season. And as people all over the world prepare to make or buy gifts for precious loved ones, Samaritan's Purse, the ...

A group of local opticians are spreading festive cheer early this year by calling on their local communities to donate to the ...

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

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Samaritan’s Purse is asking shoppers to put their best foot forward this holiday season and fill a shoebox for a child in need. It’s part of their ‘Operation Christmas Child’ campaign ...

Volunteers are preparing to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, Nov. 18–25. More than 4,700 drop-off locations will open across the country in November, ...

Operation Christmas Child spokeswoman recalls the power of a yo-yo she received in a Ukrainian orphanage. God’s love entered Elizabeth Groff’s life in the form of a yellow yo-yo packaged inside a ...

LELAND, N.C. (WECT) - The holidays will be here before we know it, and Samaritan’s Purse, a disaster relief organization that runs Operation Christmas Child, is already gearing up and packing presents ...