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Operation Christmas Child Lands in Erie County. How You Can Donate Gifts to Children

Nearly 5,000 drop-off sites across the U.S. collect shoebox gifts to help Samaritan's Purse reach its goal of 12 million children worldwide in 2025.

  • Today Operation Christmas Child opened its 2025 collection season with nearly 5,000 U.S. drop-off locations, during National Collection Week Nov. 17-24, according to organizers.
  • Samaritan's Purse says the program seeks to demonstrate God's love through partner churches and aims to reach 12 million children in 2025.
  • Volunteers and families can pack shoeboxes with toys, school supplies and personal-care items or build virtual boxes online at samaritanspurse.org, where donors are asked not to include food, toothpaste or sharp items.
  • The shoeboxes will reach children in hard-to-reach places, from jungles to remote Pacific islands, building on more than 232 million shoeboxes delivered since 1993, organizers say each shares God’s love.
  • Local churches including Flagship Free Will Baptist Church and First Alliance Church accept shoebox donations during select hours from Nov. 17 through Nov. 24; contact Nicholas Sorensen at Nsorensen@gannett.com.
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Operation Christmas Child has dropoff locations in Killeen-Copperas Cove area

The collection season for Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse began Monday in the Killeen area, as nearly 5,000 drop-off locations open across the country.

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Hometown News Volusia broke the news in on Monday, November 17, 2025.
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