Aug. 28—The kickoff for Operation Christmas Child takes place every year in September, but this year's kickoff will have a little extra "kick" to it. That's because the national shoebox ministry is ...

Alex Nsengimana was 7 years old when he got his first gift: a shoebox. The young boy had just endured the horror of the Rwandan genocide that saw an estimated 800,000 people brutally murdered in 1994.

Charleston Southern University is celebrating a major milestone in giving back. For the seventh consecutive year, the school ...

Local churches are continuing to rally around those in need through Operation Christmas Child.This is an annual initiative to ...

Washington Avenue Bible Church in Ephrata Borough is among nine Lancaster County locations that will collect shoeboxes next week filled with toys, school supplies and hygiene items to send to children ...

Operation Christmas Child has been gathering gifts and delivering them to needy children worldwide for 33 years. Amanda Koldenhoven figures that this year marks her 24th volunteering for the program. ...

East Texas Baptist University recently participated in its 10th annual Operation Christmas Child, an outreach program ...

ZEELAND — West Michigan residents looking to make a positive impact on the lives of children around the world can pack a shoebox as part of Operation Christmas Child. Operation Christmas Child, a ...

Christmas may still be more than a month away, but collections for this year's Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts are ...

East Valley residents began their annual collection of Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts on Oct. 4 with a goal of collecting 15,000 gift-filled boxes this year. “Our purpose is to share God’s ...

ATLANTA, Ga. -- Sauleja Satkute's life comes full circle this month in her hometown in Lithuania, where she will volunteer with Operation Christmas Child in the same church where she was given a ...

Operation Christmas Child spokeswoman recalls the power of a yo-yo she received in a Ukrainian orphanage. God’s love entered Elizabeth Groff’s life in the form of a yellow yo-yo packaged inside a ...