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Follow on Google News | Houston Kids Make Impact on Needy Children OverseasHouston Kids Are Joining the Effort to Help Millions of Needy Children Worldwide by Filling the Empty Boxes from Their New, Back-to-School Shoes.
By: Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child, a project of international relief and evangelism organization Samaritan’s Purse, headed by Franklin Graham, encourages volunteers to fill simple shoe box gifts with toys, necessity items, school supplies, candy and often hand-written notes of encouragement. The gifts are then hand-delivered to children worldwide who are suffering because of natural disaster, disease, war, terrorism, famine and poverty. “With all the sales on back to school items, this is the perfect time to start buying items for a shoe box,” said Mark Cooper, Regional Director of Operation Christmas Child for Texas and Louisiana. “It’ For many of these children, the shoe box gift will be the first gift they have ever received, letting them know they are loved and not forgotten. Why now—months before the holiday season? Operation Christmas Child is not limited to just a few weeks a year. It is a year-round project, requiring months of organization and preparation to reach millions of kids around the world. Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has distributed shoe box gifts to more than 69 million hurting children in some 130 countries. HOW CAN I HELP NEEDY KIDS WORLDWIDE? It’s Simple! PREPARE— PACK—Fill shoe boxes with school supplies, toys, necessity items, hard candy and a letter of encouragement. Step-by-step shoe box packing instructions are available at www.samaritanspurse.org. PROCESS— For more information on how to participate in Operation Christmas Child, call 817-595-2230 or visit www.samaritanspurse.org. National Collection Week is Nov. 15-22, 2010; however, shoe box gifts are collected all year. # # # A project of internation relief organization Samaritan's Purse, Operation Christmas Child will hand-deliver some 8 million shoe box gifts to hurting children in more than 100 countries this year. It is literally the world's largest Christmas project. End
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