Category: Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child, spreading the gospel of Christ by giving children in other countries a shoebox full of goodies. Check out this list of ideas of what to stuff in a shoebox, plus things you cannot put in them. Learn more about OCC too. #OperationChristmasChild #ShoeBox #OCC #occshoeboxes
![Operation Christmas Child Now Has It's Own Plastic Box - Now you can pack your goodies inside a specially printed Operation Christmas Child Plastic Box. Plus their cardboard box has been resigned and is bigger too.](https://www.courageouschristianfather.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/OCC-PlasticBox-CardboardBox.png)
Operation Christmas Child Celebrates Millions of Gift-Filled Shoeboxes Amidst a Pandemic Year
Operation Christmas Child Celebrates Millions of Gift-Filled Shoeboxes Amidst a Pandemic Year – Despite a global pandemic, millions of shoebox gifts for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child were collected the week before Thanksgiving following a curbside drop-off model at more than 4,000 locations nationwide.
![Shoeboxes are needed more than ever this year - Operation Christmas Child Aims to Reach Millions of Children with Hope this Year and believe that Even During the Coronavirus Pandemic, Everyone Can Bless a Child in Need.](https://www.courageouschristianfather.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2073US-C-178_1700x594.jpg)
Shoeboxes are needed more than ever this year
Shoeboxes are needed more than ever this year – Operation Christmas Child Aims to Reach Millions of Children with Hope this Year and believe that Even During the Coronavirus Pandemic, Everyone Can Bless a Child in Need.
![Samaritan's Purse Celebrates 10.5 Million Shoebox Gifts Collected for Children in Need - A stuffed animal and a toy car brought great joy to a boy in Botswana. | Samaritan’s Purse Photo](https://www.courageouschristianfather.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/1935BC-H-695-scaled.jpg)
Samaritan’s Purse Celebrates 10.5 Million Shoebox Gifts Collected for Children in Need
Samaritan’s Purse Celebrates 10.5 Million Shoebox Gifts Collected for Children in Need – Because of the generosity of donors across the United States, Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, collected more than 8.9 million shoeboxes in 2019. Packed with fun toys, school supplies, and hygiene items, these gifts bring joy and the eternal hope of the Gospel to children around the world.
![Operation Christmas Child Now Has It's Own Plastic Box - Now you can pack your goodies inside a specially printed Operation Christmas Child Plastic Box. Plus their cardboard box has been resigned and is bigger too.](https://www.courageouschristianfather.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/OCC-PlasticBox-CardboardBox.png)
Operation Christmas Child Plastic Box A New Option
Operation Christmas Child Plastic Box A New Option – Now you can pack your goodies inside a specially printed Operation Christmas Child Plastic Box. Plus their cardboard box has been resigned and is bigger too.
![School supplies packed in shoebox gifts often offer children, like this young boy from the Malawi, access to the basic materials needed to attend school. - Americans Send School Supplies to Children Overseas](https://www.courageouschristianfather.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/d121_operationchristmaschild-schoolsupplies.jpg)
![US Donors Collect School Supplies for Children Around the World - Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has delivered shoebox gifts to more than 146 million children in more than 150 countries and territories. (photo: Zimbabwe)](https://www.courageouschristianfather.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/d40_operationchristmaschild_p.jpg)
US Donors Collect School Supplies for Children Around the World
US Donors Collect School Supplies for Children Around the World – Make a Global Impact with Back-to-School Shopping This Year. Amid the back-to-school sales and shopping sprees, some U.S. shoppers are looking past their own checklist by collecting school supplies for children living in poverty overseas. For some of these children, access to these simple items is essential to an education.
![Using special tracking technology, participants can discover where in the world their gifts will be delivered to children in need. Boxes can be registered at samaritanspurse.org. (photo: Malawi)](https://www.courageouschristianfather.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/d118_operationchristmaschild.jpg)
U.S. Volunteers Exceed Goal of Collecting Christmas Gifts for 12 Million Children
U.S. Volunteers Exceed Goal of Collecting Christmas Gifts for 12 Million Children. U.S. volunteers have collected enough gift-filled shoeboxes to reach more than 12 million children in need through the Samaritan’s Purse project, Operation Christmas Child, but they are not resting on their success. Although local drop-off locations have closed for the season, there is still time to remind children overseas that God loves them.
![Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Location - Hard to reach area](https://www.courageouschristianfather.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/OCC-location-hardtoreacharea.jpg)
I know the location of the Shoebox but I don’t
I know where my operation Christmas child shoe box went but I don’t. The tracking tells you where the shoebox but with mine, it says something different. #shoebox
![Dollywood and Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Challenge](https://www.courageouschristianfather.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Dollywood-Shoebox.jpg)
Dollywood & Silver Dollar City Make Memories with Shoeboxes
Dollywood & Silver Dollar City Make Memories with Shoeboxes. Herschend Family Entertainment Teams Up with World’s Largest Christmas Project to Share Joy with Children in Need Overseas.#Shoeboxes #Dollywood #SilverDollarCity #OperationChristmasChild
![Through Operation Christmas Child, kids and families wrap and pack empty shoeboxes with simple items most people take for granted, including toys, school supplies and hygiene items. - Retail Chain Hobby Lobby Joins Effort to Make Christmas a Reality for 12 Million Children -](https://www.courageouschristianfather.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/p20_operationchristmaschild_press.jpg)
Hobby Lobby Joins Effort to Make Christmas a Reality for 12 Million Children
Retail Chain Hobby Lobby Joins Effort to Make Christmas a Reality for 12 Million Children. “We are delighted to partner with Operation Christmas Child to help show God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world,” said David Green, founder and chief operating officer of Hobby Lobby. “This initiative will touch countless lives with a Christmas gift and the greatest gift of all—the good news of Jesus Christ.” #HobbyLobby #OperationChristmasChild #OCC
![100 millionth shoebox delivery in Dominican Republic. (Photo Compliments of Operation Christmas Child) Back to School](https://www.courageouschristianfather.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/shoe_box_distribution4.jpg)
Families Collect School Supplies for Operation Christmas Child
School Supplies for Operation Christmas Child, some U.S. families are shifting their focus from their own back-to-school checklists to helping children in Need Around the World. #occshoeboxes #ipackedashoebox #OperationChristmasChild
![Samaritian's Purse Operation Christmas Child - OCC logo (Back to School)](https://www.courageouschristianfather.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/OCC-logo-2015.jpg)
Operation Christmas Child Exceeds Collection Goal
Operation Christmas Child Exceeds Collection Goal by collecting more than 8.7 million shoebox gifts—filled with fun toys, school supplies & hygiene items —for children in need around the world. #OperationChristmasChild #OCCconnect #OCC
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