Submitted by Marika Chasse:
Metro Atlanta volunteers are working together to impact the lives of 26,000 needy kids by packing and collecting shoe box gifts through the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind—Operation Christmas Child—where participants fill empty shoe boxes with items for kids suffering from natural disaster, war, terrorism, famine and poverty. Soon, these shoe boxes will be delivered to 8.5 million kids worldwide.
As the project wraps up its National Collection Week, Nov. 14-21, many families will turn to the web to help a child in need.
How to Pack a Shoe Box Video: Click here for Operation Christmas Child Instructional Video (Scotty McCreery of American Idol fame helps teach you how!)
Beginning Nov. 22, donors can also virtually pack shoe box gifts through the online tool—“Build a Box.” It’s a convenient, yet meaningful way to join in a project that will bring hope to more than 8.5 million kids this year. For many of these children, the simple shoe box will be the first gift they have ever received.
Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has hand delivered more than 86 million gift-filled shoe boxes to needy children in more than 130 countries. For more information on how to participate in Operation Christmas Child, call 770.777.9342 or visit www.samaritanspurse.org/occ.
If you are interested in speaking with Atlanta area volunteers or get more details, please don’t hesitate to give me a call.
Marika Chasse
Media Volunteer
404-510-9219
Twitter: @OCC_shoeboxes
Facebook: www.facebook.com/OCCshoeboxes
www.samaritianspurse.org
