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Organizers of Operation Christmas Child in Iowa celebrate effort

December 24, 2015 By Radio Iowa Contributor

Box distribution in Masaka, Uganda

Box distribution in Masaka, Uganda

Organizers of a statewide project to supply children in war-torn and poverty stricken countries with Christmas gifts are celebrating the results of this year’s effort. Iowans filled roughly 59,000 shoes boxes with school supplies, gifts, and everyday necessities that were send around the world.

Pastor Ruth Yeaton of First Baptist Church in Charles City says her church served as one of the dropoff sites. “We received boxes from Nora Springs, Plainfield, New Hampton, Charles City, and Floyd…and we packed them in cartons and send them to Waterloo,” Yeaton said. In Waterloo, the cartons are repackaged and shipped to Minneapolis before being delivered around the world.

Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, is the world’s largest Christmas outreach of its kind. “We received a list of about 10 to 12 different countries where our boxes were going to be sent. This year, most of them were being sent to warm weather places,” Yeaton said. “So, flipflops, t-shirts, and caps become really important items to add to the boxes as well.”

Many of the Iowa children who helped packed shoe boxes included handwritten letters and photos of themselves. According to the Samaritan’s Purse website, since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has delivered gift-filled boxes to over 124 million children in more than 150 countries and territories.

by Chris Berg, KCHA

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