Area residents are on a mission to make a lasting impact on children in need by packing shoeboxes for boys and girls around the world—for many of the children, it will be the first gift they have ever received.
From November 13 – 20, Junction City residents will transform empty shoeboxes into gifts of hope filled with school supplies, hygiene items, notes of encouragement and fun toys, such as a doll or soccer ball. Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, will deliver these shoebox gifts to children overseas living in extreme poverty or affected by war, disease and natural disaster.
Junction City area residents are not alone in their effort to help children around the world. More than 150,000 volunteers including families, churches and other groups are linking arms across the country to contribute to the largest Christmas project of its kind. In 2017, Operation Christmas Child hopes to collect enough shoebox gifts to reach 12 million children, with over 12,000 shoeboxes coming from Central Kansas.
Drop-Off Location: First Christian Church, 1429 Saint Mary’s Rd, Junction City
OPERATING HOURS
Mon. Nov 13: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., 5 p.m.– 6 p.m.
Tues. Nov 14: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Wed. Nov 15: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., 5 p.m.– 6 p.m.
Thurs. Nov 16: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Fri. Nov 17: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., 5 p.m. – 6 p.m
Sat. Nov 18: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Sun. Nov 19: 12 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Mon. Nov 20: 9 a.m. – 12 noon