Collection Week will be here faster than you think! Why not always have an Operation Christmas Child shoebox to fill so you’re ready when collection time rolls up. No more last minute rushing and paying full price for everything because collection week snuck up on you. Wait?! That never happens
National OCC Collection Week 2021 runs from Nov. 15 – 22nd. Halloween is over. Christmas is coming –er, Thanksgiving is coming, and that means this must be OCC Collection Week! You filled your shoebox. You brought it your church. Now what? Once collected, all the churches are bring their van loads
Packing OCC shoeboxes for children can be a lot of fun and is a great family ministry activity, but there are some things that you need to keep in mind. You don’t want to do all that work just to have it rejected. 10 Things You Need to Know About
I get quite a bit of Operation Christmas Child questions. I mean a lot of questions. I thought a Q & A post might be a great idea to answer some of those questions. What is the difference between a Relay Center, Processing Center and a Collection Center? Relay Centers
Are you ready for Operation Christmas Child Collection Week? Shoeboxes? Check. Packing list? Check. Volunteer slots? Um. Wait, what? Yes, volunteer slots! Are you on the calendar for your local Collection Center? If you’re not, let me tell you what you’ve been missing out on. A happy, festive atmosphere. Volunteering
Today’s post is by Diane Rice, the Inland Northwest Area Coordinator for the Operation Christmas Child Collection Center. It is comprised of notes she took at the Area Coordinator’s Conference in Boone, NC last March and she felt led to share them with us. A small shoebox can have a
We shop with joy, filling the shoe box with things we think the child will need. A toothbrush and toothpaste, a pair of socks, pencils and sharpener, crayons and a coloring book, stickers and glue sticks. We pack it in neatly, as much as the little box will hold, add
Operation Christmas Child is an organization working to reach kids for Christ with a simple gift of a shoebox. I had a chance to sit down and chat with Diane Rice, the local Network Collection Coordinator for Operation Christmas Child here. I wrote about what happens to your shoebox after you
Operation Christmas Child has been a ministry dear to our hearts for many years now. The first time we ever joined in the filling of OCC shoeboxes was about 10 years ago. I decided to get my 3rd grade Missionette class at church involved. We’ll just pack a couple of shoeboxes,
Fall is one of our favorite times of year. Leaves changing color and falling off the trees. Frost on the grass. Jack-o-lantern molding on the front porch. It must be fall again! It brings with it a reason to make hot cocoa and wear a jacket, and it also opens