INDIANAPOLIS — Local families are preparing for the school year with back-to-school sales and adding more items to their lists for children in need around the world. Shoe box packers are using this time to purchase gifts and essential items to fill Operation Christmas Child shoe box gifts. Many children around the world are not able to afford school supplies, and coloring pencils, crayons, and markers are a luxury many cannot access.
For Olesea Makarets, a shoebox recipient from Moldova, markers in her home were shared among her siblings. The colorful markers were used until the very last drop , and then she and her siblings would dip the markers in water to try to make them last longer. For more information, call 937-374-0761, or visit samaritanspurse.
org/occ . National Collection Week is Nov. 18-25.
Participants can donate $10 per shoe box gift online through “Follow Your Box” and receive a tracking label to discover its destination. Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, seeks to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world and, together with the local church worldwide, to share the good news of Jesus Christ. Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has collected and delivered more than 220 million gift-filled shoe boxes to children in more than 170 countries and territories.
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