By Nicole Albarran
Did you know that Operation Christmas Child gives shoeboxes filled with toys and accessories to less fortunate children? Well they do, they give these shoeboxes to children affected by natural disasters, war, poverty, famine and diseases. This program occurs throughout the year, however there are more drop off places during November. It was created by Dave and Jill Cooke in the United Kingdom in 1990. After three years, their program joined a partnership with Samaritan’s Purse. In that same year they managed to give 28,000 children shoeboxes filled with needed items with the help of Samaritan’s Purse. Since then, their program Operation Christmas Child has been able to deliver shoeboxes to over 146 million children in 100 countries.
If you can't pack a shoebox because you don't have any shoeboxes, you can have some mailed to you or you can make one online by choosing what it will contain and then workers would mail them for you by just donating $25. Now, this my question to you, have you donated anything this year?