Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child has been collecting and delivering shoebox gifts—filled with school supplies, hygiene items and fun toys—to children worldwide since 1993. This is a project that everyone can still be a part of, even with COVID-19 restrictions.

Individuals, families, and groups on the Olympic Peninsula still have time to transform empty shoeboxes into fun gifts. Find a step-by-step guide on the Samaritan’s Purse website: https://samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/pack-a-shoe-box/

You can bring your filled shoeboxes to the following OCC drop-off location.

Forks, WA – First Baptist Church of Forks

651 S. Forks Avenue, Forks, WA 98331-9014

Mon, Nov. 15: 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Tue, Nov. 16: 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Wed, Nov. 17: 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Wed, Nov. 17: 4:30 – 7 p.m.

Thu, Nov. 18: 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Fri, Nov. 19: 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Fri, Nov. 19: 4 – 7 p.m.

Sat, Nov. 20: 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Sun, Nov. 21: 1 – 7 p.m.

Mon, Nov. 22: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, seeks to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world and, together with the local church worldwide, to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has collected and delivered more than 188 million gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than 160 countries and territories.