For the second year in a row, Samaritan’s Purse members Gail and Andy Haboush visited the club to enlist help with Operation Christmas Child. Operation Christmas Child is a yearly program that sends shoe-box sized gifts to children in need around the globe.
Individuals or groups pack the boxes with items for children that are age appropriate and sometimes a luxury, such as a toothbrush for a child in an orphanage that only has one toothbrush. Other items can be small toys, school supplies, socks, washcloths, soap, etc.
This year the collection dates for completed boxes are Nov. 18-25th, and donations can be dropped off at either their Banks location (Banks Community United Methodist Church, 42451 NW Depot Street) or at their Hillsboro location (West Valley Community Church, 5215 NE Elam Young Parkway).
The cost to ship the box to a child is $7 again this year, and if you pay for the shipping online here, they can let you print out a barcode that will be scanned, and the final destination country of your box will be provided to you.
Optimist members interested in filling and shipping a box can pick up empty boxes at the Tuesday meetings, and bring them filled, to club member Sarah Newton on Tuesday, November 19th for delivery to the Hillsboro location that morning.
