Special to Atmore News
More than 4,500 locations will open to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts for the Samaritan’s Purse project. Volunteers are preparing to collect shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, Nov. 14 – 21.
In Atmore, Grace Fellowship 1412 E. Nashville Avenue, is the drop-off site. Dates and times are as follows:
Monday, Nov. 14: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 15: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Wednesday Nov. 16: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 16: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 17: 1 p.m.. – 3 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 18: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 19: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Sunday, Nov. 20: 12 p.m.- 2 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 21: 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Operation Christmas Child has been collecting and delivering shoebox gifts — filled with school supplies, hygiene items and fun toys — to children worldwide since 1993. In 2022, Operation Christmas Child hopes to collect enough shoeboxes to reach another 11 million children.
Individuals, families, and groups still have time to transform empty shoeboxes into fun gifts. The project partners with local churches across the globe to deliver these tangible expressions of God’s love to children in need.
“Now more than ever, children around the world need to know that God loves them and there is hope,” said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse. “A simple shoebox gift opens the door to share about the true hope that can only be found in Jesus Christ.”
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 198 million gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than 170 countries and territories. This year, Operation Christmas Child will collect its 200-millionth shoebox.
For more information – How to Pack a Shoebox, other drop-off locations, etc. – visit the Operation Christmas Child website.