Operation Christmas Child National Collection Week

Join hundreds of thousands of volunteers across the U.S. as they transform empty shoeboxes into gifts of hope during Operation Christmas Child’s National Collection Week, Nov. 13-20. Celebrating its 30^th year, the Samaritan’s Purse project hopes to deliver 11 million shoebox gifts, 50,000 from the Columbus area alone—filled with fun toys, school supplies and hygiene items—to children in need around the world. To find one of 28 drop-off locations in the Columbus area, visit samaritanspurse.org/occ.