With holiday supplies already covering the store shelves, individuals, families, churches and groups in and around Breckenridge are working to make Christmas a reality for kids in need around the world by filling shoeboxes with toys, school supplies, hygiene items and notes of encouragement. Especially during November, Operation Christmas Child is moving into high gear while Breckenridge-area volunteers prepare to collect 12,000 gift-filled shoeboxes during National Collection Week, Nov.17–24.
The Breckenridge Collection site will be the Church of Breckenridge at 405 Sunset. Pickup times are: 3-6 p.m. Monday through Friday, Nov. 17-21; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22; 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23; and 10 a.m.-noon Monday, Nov. 24.
At the Church of Breckenridge, for example, anyone can drop off a gift-filled shoebox to send to a child overseas. On arrival, using whatever means necessary—trucks, trains, boats, bikes and even elephants—the shoebox gifts will then be hand-delivered to children worldwide. For many children, this shoebox gift will be the first gift they have ever received. A full list of collection locations can be found online. Though the shoebox gifts will often travel thousands of miles, using special tracking technology, participants can follow their boxes online and discover the country to which their gifts will be delivered to children in need. To register a shoebox gift, use the online donation form at samaritanspurse.org.
Operation Christmas Child has collected and delivered more than 113 million shoebox gifts to suffering children in more than 150 countries since 1993, and hopes to collect another 9.9 million gift-filled shoeboxes in 2014. Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international Christian relief and evangelism organization headed by Franklin Graham.
For more information about how to participate in Operation Christmas Child, call 800-353-5949 or visit samaritanspurse.org. National Collection Week for gift-filled shoeboxes is Nov. 17-24; however, shoebox gifts are collected all year at the Samaritan’s Purse headquarters in Boone, N.C. Participants can also build a shoebox through an online tool offering a personalized and convenient way to send a gift to a child in one of the hardest-to-reach countries.

With holiday supplies already covering the store shelves, individuals, families, churches and groups in and around Breckenridge are working to make Christmas a reality for kids in need around the world by filling shoeboxes with toys, school supplies, hygiene items and notes of encouragement. Especially during November, Operation Christmas Child is moving into high gear while Breckenridge-area volunteers prepare to collect 12,000 gift-filled shoeboxes during National Collection Week, Nov.17–24.
The Breckenridge Collection site will be the Church of Breckenridge at 405 Sunset. Pickup times are: 3-6 p.m. Monday through Friday, Nov. 17-21; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22; 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23; and 10 a.m.-noon Monday, Nov. 24.
At the Church of Breckenridge, for example, anyone can drop off a gift-filled shoebox to send to a child overseas. On arrival, using whatever means necessary—trucks, trains, boats, bikes and even elephants—the shoebox gifts will then be hand-delivered to children worldwide. For many children, this shoebox gift will be the first gift they have ever received. A full list of collection locations can be found online. Though the shoebox gifts will often travel thousands of miles, using special tracking technology, participants can follow their boxes online and discover the country to which their gifts will be delivered to children in need. To register a shoebox gift, use the online donation form at samaritanspurse.org.
Operation Christmas Child has collected and delivered more than 113 million shoebox gifts to suffering children in more than 150 countries since 1993, and hopes to collect another 9.9 million gift-filled shoeboxes in 2014. Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international Christian relief and evangelism organization headed by Franklin Graham.
For more information about how to participate in Operation Christmas Child, call 800-353-5949 or visit samaritanspurse.org. National Collection Week for gift-filled shoeboxes is Nov. 17-24; however, shoebox gifts are collected all year at the Samaritan’s Purse headquarters in Boone, N.C. Participants can also build a shoebox through an online tool offering a personalized and convenient way to send a gift to a child in one of the hardest-to-reach countries.