Holiday Help: Operation Christmas Child

The holidays are fast approaching, and many people need help this season. Want to reach out? For this month, the Doing Good blog will feature an opportunity each day. Looking for a comprehensive list? Check out the Rappahannock United Way’s holiday opportunities guide.

This week is the national collection week for Operation Christmas Child,an international project which sends shoe box gifts this year to more than 8.5 million children in 100 countries suffering from natural disaster, war, terrorism, disease, famine and poverty.

Here are some local places where you can drop off contributions, today through next Monday. Bring shoe boxes with school supplies, toys, necessity items, hard candy and a letter of encouragement.  Step-by-step shoe box packing instructions are available at www.samaritanspurse.org.

Fairview at River Club Church

10835 Tidewater Trail

Fredericksburg, VA 22408

540/907-9149

Mon: 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Tues: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Wed: 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Thurs: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Fri: 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Sat: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Sun: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Mon: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Gordon Road Church of God

10613 Gordon Road

Spotsylvania, VA 22553

540/972-9123

Mon: 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Tues: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Wed: 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Thurs: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Fri: 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Sat: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Sun: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Mon: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Mount Ararat Baptist Church

65 Toluca Road

Stafford, VA 22556

540/422-1900

Mon-Tue: 3pm-5pm

Wed: 3pm-6pm

Thu-Fri: 3pm-5pm

Sat: 9am-12:30pm

Sun: 12:30pm-5pm

Hanover Baptist Church

10312 Hanover Church Road

King George, VA 22485

540/775-5081

Mon-Tue: 6pm-7:30pm

Wed: 9am-10:30am

Thu: 6pm-7:30pm

Fri: 3pm-4pm

Sat: 9am-10:30am

Sun: 12:30pm-2pm

Lake of the Woods Church

1 Church Lane

Locust Grove, VA 22508

540/972-4296

Mon: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Tues: 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Wed: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Thurs: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Fri: 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Sat: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Sun: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Operation Christmas Child uses tracking technology that allows donors to “follow your box” to the destination country where it will be hand-delivered to a child in need.  To register shoe box gifts and find out what country they are delivered to, use the EZ Give donation form found at www.samaritanspurse.org.

Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child, a project of international relief and Christian evangelism organization Samaritan’s Purse, headed by Franklin Graham, has delivered more than 77 million gift-filled shoe boxes to needy children in some 130 countries.

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